My mistake, I copied the wrong one. I meant to copy the one above it.
I believe the 'Penguin Wireless N Mini PCI for GNU / Linux' card is the wrong
card for this laptop. It appears to need a Mini PCIe card, not an older
PCI-style mini card.
The 'Penguin Wireless N PCI Card for GNU / Linux v5 /w Low Profile Bracket'
is for a slim desktop system. It would not
Here is the wifi options at ThinkPenguin:
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/catalog/wireless-networking-gnulinux
For a Dell Latitude D620, I would assume you would need either the
'Penguin Wireless N Mini PCI for GNU / Linux' or the 'Penguin Wireless N PCI
Card for GNU / Linux v5 /w
How do I get the wireless functionality to work for this laptop?
I tried sudo aptitude install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer but it
tells me that no packages are found with the name of firmwareinstaller
or installed. Also with the apt-get command it says that the package is not
Those packages do not exist in Trisquel. Your wireless chip needs proprietary
software in order to function and Trisquel is only made up of free software,
as defined by the Free Software Foundation, so you won't find proprietary
packages in it. May I suggest replacing your WiFi card with one