2018-05-02T09:36:56+0200 ludek.stas...@gmail.com wrote:
> of fun. Yes, I absolutely agree to use a relatively small non-free
> driver with the fact that when I do not need it, I will remove it is
> the ideal solution. I like how we are called in the Czech Republic "a
One must notice however that
Many thanks loldier to your answer, the word fanatics I thought rather of
fun. Yes, I absolutely agree to use a relatively small non-free driver with
the fact that when I do not need it, I will remove it is the ideal solution.
I like how we are called in the Czech Republic "a golden middle
2018-04-27T12:09:45+0200 ludek.stas...@gmail.com wrote:
> Yes, it is true, that it should not be a problem to install non-free
> firmware with libre kernel. Except Ubuntu/Trisquel I use many other
One must note that, compared to common distros, free/libre ones don't
*facilitate* installing
I'm not a fanatic and I try to look at everything with insight and use common
sense...
How come a freedom-loving user is a 'fanatic' if he/she refuses to install
non-free software? I understood you already had a working free wifi dongle to
use with your toughbook.
If otherwise, this
Yes, it is true, that it should not be a problem to install non-free firmware
with libre kernel. Except Ubuntu/Trisquel I use many other distributions and
for example in libre Slackware variant there is relatively simple way to
modify Slackbuild file and install libre kernel with necessary
The Libre Kernel is a Kernel that is clean of blobs or possible non-free
firwares also in the repositories.
So if in any case you need install any firware you are alone to do it
manually with or without any help of people on foruns and without technical
help (documentation) of the distros
It looks to stand for asking for the deblobbed iwlwifi drivers and that's not
yet done.
Many thanks to all your answers and explanation, what deblobbing true means.
It is sad, that most of the wifi cards do not working with libre kernel, but
for now I understand the reason.
I will use small USB wifi dongle from TP Link, it works well with Trisquel
without any issue. Maybe in
Yes definitely good news to me (it true), which my wifi card needs the
nonfree iwlwifi driver up to 4.15.n kernels, will that be asap ported to
Parabola thanks?
Deblobbing something means removing the freedom offending driver or firmware
and not suggesting it in documentation or otherwise endorsing it.
There’s a difference between how Trisquel and Debian handle this. Debian
gives instructions on how to enable non-free software while Trisquel
Dear Trisquel Community,
for my office and programmers work I have used Panasonic Toughbook CF-30
machine because it allows me to work in all weathers and is extremely
reliable. I'm excited Linux user and free distributions have its charm.
Trisquel 8 works very well in this notebook
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