Dear Sir Grant
Option 3 is not an option because the hardware has a mechanism that prevents
the computer from booting if you change the wireless device. Some has been
written on that on the fsf.org website but no solution is being offered.
Option 2 - I agree! But when I tried to do that I got stuck because the
trisquel distro has no menu for hardware drivers. I don't know how to do it
and feel bad asking for help on here with installing a non free driver.
Short of getting rid of the computer or not going online which is what it's
there for I have no option. Longterm somebody has to reverse engineer the b43
driver for broadcom as there seem to be millions of people in this dilemma.