Re: [Trisquel-users] Hey does anyone know where I can buy Atheros AR928X

[calmstorm]

One last thing i wondered, (unrelated to wifi card but,)

What would be a good solid state drive for this device.  I want a solid state  
due to three things, it doesn't break nearly as easily, it does not overheat  
as quickly and distributes the heat more, but also it drains less battery  
power.


X60 Tablet is the device, by the way. That is all i can think of to ask right  
now.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hey does anyone know where I can buy Atheros AR928X

[chris]

I think you don't understand the problem. The white list is the problem. Your  
HP might have had an Atheros chip in its white list, but most don't. You got  
lucky it sounds like. The reality is this practice almost always causes a  
problem for people moving to free software. You can point to systems that  
aren't implementing the restrictions probably. I believe Dell's Alienware  
line-up might not have the restrictions for instance- or it appeared that way  
to some user on these forums at some point.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hey does anyone know where I can buy Atheros AR928X

[vita_cell]

I removed Ralink RT3290 wifi half-sized pcie card. With it I couldn't boot  
Trisquel. For boot I had to remove the Ralink wifi cadr, and use laptop  
wired. I don't want to protect HP, they don't respect any user's freedom,  
this is a simple information. I don't know if my HP have a whitelist.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hey does anyone know where I can buy Atheros AR928X

[calmstorm]

X60 Tablet is an old model which is compatible with libreboot according to  
the the libreboot francis rowe.


And yea, I do intend flashing libreboot. isn't it obvious? xD

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hey does anyone know where I can buy Atheros AR928X

[vita_cell]

http://www.ebay.es/usr/hebeda?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hey does anyone know where I can buy Atheros AR928X

[davesamcdxv]

Wellm, Chris did say that just in case.

Anyway, to repeat what he said, you need a full-sized mini-PCIe card.

https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-mini-pcie , NOT  
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-half-height-mini-pcie-card

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hey does anyone know where I can buy Atheros AR928X

[calmstorm]

well okay thanks. :) but tell me, is there no wpa2 compatible atheros wifi  
card that would be compatible?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hey does anyone know where I can buy Atheros AR928X

[vita_cell]

Some HP laptops have whitelist for their own pcie wifi cards, I have a i7  
third generation laptop from HP, and I tryed 2 mini pcie wifi Atheros card  
and both working.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hey does anyone know where I can buy Atheros AR928X

[calmstorm]

would this one be compatible with libreboot X60 Tablet?



https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/wireless-n-pci-express-dual-band-mini-half-height-card-tpe-nhmpci

I am just wondering what is the best wifi card for such a tablet to have.  
(needs to be half height though I think.)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hey does anyone know where I can buy Atheros AR928X

[chris]

No,

I don't believe so anyway. It looks like you need a full height mini pcie  
card for that model:


https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-mini-pcie

If you haven't free'd the BIOS on this system though it probably won't work.  
It may or may not be possible to flash LibreBoot on it though. Once LibreBoot  
is on the system the above card should work. The reason it doesn't with the  
native BIOS is that IBM/Lenovo implement digital restrictions. I'd advise  
avoiding Lenovo as a result unless your going to flash LibreBoot (I'd also  
suggest avoiding Apple, Sony, Dell, Toshiba, and HP as they also have used  
digital restrictions and/or proprietary components which can't be replaced  
with free ones on at least some if not all models in the last 10 or so  
years).


http://libreboot.org/docs/hcl/index.html#supported_x60t_list

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hey does anyone know where I can buy Atheros AR928X

[greatgnu]

Ha! I bought two of those on ebay for 15 euros months ago. One is spare. :P

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hey does anyone know where I can buy Atheros AR928X

[t8mf4nu6lizp]

So does  
https://tehnoetic.com/tehnoetic-wireless-adapter-gnu-linux-libre-tet-n150


Some products from both TP and TE have FSF recommendation  
https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/respects-your-freedom

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hey does anyone know where I can buy Atheros AR928X

[legimet . calc]

ThinkPenguin has some wireless cards: http://libre.thinkpenguin.com