[Trisquel-users] Bluetooth and wifi queries

[andere]

Hi All,

I'm new to to Trisquel and free software in general. I've recently install  
Trisquel on my Acer 4752 laptop and am loving the operating system so far. I  
ran into a problem (I've submitted the problem to the Issues section but it  
appears it might be a hardware thing rather than a Trisquel) and I'm no  
longer able to access the BIOS.

Is there anyway to disable Bluetooth without going into the BIOS? I never use  
Bluetooth and wouldn't mind uninstalling it altogether, however when I went  
to do so using Synaptic, it looked as though a whole heap of gnome  
dependencies might also be uninstalled so I aborted for fear that I might  
break my system! What would happen if I proceeded with this?

Also, are there any alternatives to the wifi dongles that thinkpenguin  
offers? As much as I'd love to support thinkpenguin and free software and  
hardware, $44 plus shipping is a bit steep for a casually-employed student  
like me.


Thanks in advance