Re: [Trisquel-users] Compatibility with T430 ThinkPad laptop

[chris]

Good advise. I wouldn't attempt the BIOS hack either. While some users might  
be capable of it that could make your system unbootable. It's better to just  
get a USB wireless adapter. This works around the problem as it is only the  
Mini PCIe slot which has the restriction. Should modding / flashing the BIOS  
fail it is not necessarily a mistake you can easily recover from. There are  
some new laptops which have a feature built in that makes it possible to do  
so in some instances although it's not something I'd want to attempt (it's  
not easy or fun). So if that happens you can basically trash the laptop.

The fingerprint readers actually might work. There is a lack of support  
within GNU/Linux distros for them though. We have a model with a fingerprint  
reader now and it's got a driver in the development. There are others which  
already have drivers too although no GUI utility integrated with the  
distributions. You can manually install it although the amount of work to set  
it up and use a basically useless feature doesn't add up. These fingerprint  
readers don't enhance security. They are as bad as no password at all.  
Breathing on them in some/maybe all cases has the same effect as the  
legitimate user putting a finger on the fingerprint reader.