Dear All, My laptop (Dell Inspiron N4010,intel core i5 processor, Intel 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Family PCI Express) comes with some hardware which have no support for ( based on the fact that they do not work with gnewsense without any additional firmware) gnewsense a completely free (as in freedom) GNU/Linux Operating System.So I am considering the replacement of some of them which are very important to me by those hardware which support gnewsense.
I want to have a working wired internet connection.I am listing some of the devices on my system : Ethernet Controller :Attansic Technology Corp. (Atheros AR8152 Ethernet Adapter) Network Controller :Broadcom Corporation (Unknown Device). I would like to know what hardware I need to put in place of these to have a wired network connection without the need of a proprietary firmware (preferably cheap). Another important problem is that no USB device is detected when inserted. I give some of the output of lspci and lsusb : USB Controller :Intel Corporation (Unknown Device) Bus :001 Device:008 Dell Computer Corp. Bus :001 Device:007 Dell Computer Corp. Bus:001 Device:006 Microdia Bus:001 Device:005 Realtex Semiconductor Corp. Bus:001 Device:003 Broadcom Corp. I prefer a device that works with gnewsense without any proprietary firmware.But I do not know what should be replaced by a supported hardware. I also mention the audio and video devices for the sake of completion: Audio Device : Intel Corp (unknown Device) VGA Compatible Controller : Intel Corp (Unknown Device) I do not know whether this will result in some problems in playing video and audio files.I wish to know about this issue. I also looked at the hardware list provided by the FSF.But I was not able to get much information on those devices on the net. So I request help from this community .This is a long mail. But please go through it .I am depending only on this community for support . With Best Regards, Arun Prasath V
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