On Friday, October 28, 2016 at 8:17:04 AM UTC-4, Web Dawg wrote: > > On Oct 28, 2016 5:36 AM, "pixel fairy" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > debian looked good at first, but its hardware support is too many > generations behind. tried switching sys-net to debian, and it couldnt find > my intel wifi from 2010. i understand ubuntu has a licencing issue, and > thus, can not be used. > > > Are you sure you just do not have to look in the non free repos and > install the wifi stuff correctly? Usually, because manufactures choose not > to open source drivers there are binary blobs that the source never gets > released for and the debian defaults will not use this driver... > > Usually they are in repos you have to enable after install. Aka non-free >
yes. the non-free firmware was installed, but intel blobs were in their own package. tried it and it works. but newer adapters need new kernels and firmware packages. so we would still need a more current distribution for sys-net. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-devel/a21bbcbe-4644-4465-b30f-7be20b826e79%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
