Re: [Trisquel-users] What's the simplest way to thoroughly check for proprietary software on my computer?

[dguthrie]

The other common point of issue with Trisquel is 3D graphics. Look for your  
model of graphics card: older NVIDIA cards do sometimes run problem free  
(circa 2010), but ATI and AMD cards ('Radeon') won't work without proprietary  
firmware and/or driver. If you have an Intel chip (not the newest ones  
though) you can probably run without trouble because there is a free driver  
that Trisquel includes.
It's only really relevant to 3D acceleration and graphics, it would probably  
be fine as long as you don't have AMD or ATI chips. You can run a desktop  
(albeit slower) such as XFCE and LXDE without 3D acceleration easily because  
there is often some limited 2D support for the X Window System in the  
drivers.
But keep testing the live CD/DVD/USB, this is basically the same as a normal  
installation. In the meantime for the WiFi you can connect directly to the  
router/access point with an ethernet cable, to test packages.