On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Steve Woodruff <lets.get.su...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, what puzzles me, is that there are many, many other users out there > who have this firmware working, and most of them seem to run into no (or > relatively few) issues. I still do want to try to get my card to work again, > so I'm very much still open to suggestions.
Other distributions (such as Debian and Ubutnu) leave the non-free software in the kernel. This permits the cards to work. gNewSense values freedom more, though, and actively removes any software that is determined to be non-free. This means that it supports fewer wireless cards but is made up exclusively of free software. To use gNewSense is to make a philosophical choice that free software is more important. > Out of curiosity though, what would be some of the "best" wireless card > models for a 'Free' system?It looks like your Broadcom 4311 is a mini-PCI > Express device? My laptop uses that, and I bought a card from [1] although > there are other choices available. It is supported by the ath5k driver, although you will need a newer kernel because ath5k didn't appear in the kernel until version 2.6.25 and gNewSense still uses 2.6.24. Installing a newer kernel is very easy: http://aligunduz.org/gNewSense/ [1] http://www.oxfordtec.com/us/p226/SparkLAN-WPEA-166G-miniPCI-Wireless-card---Atheros-AR5006EG-AR2425-Single-Chip-Solution-mini-PCI-E,-mPCIe-adapter/product_info.html _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list gNewSense-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
