The only thing that matters is the chipset... which is usually not even
specified on the wrapping. Worse: the manufacturer may change the chipset on
a same model, which may used to work with free or no firmware but not anymore
after the change.
As far as I know, The only reliable way to
That is sad indeed. I bought five of those many years ago and free kernels
perfectly support their AR9271 chipset:
$ lsusb
(...)
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0cf3:9271 Qualcomm Atheros Communications AR9271
802.11n
(...)
Acquiring a USB adapter that works with free software...
The most trustworthy way is to buy from http://libre.thinkpenguin.com which
guarantees that the sold hardware works with free software. You can also buy
a model that was recently reported to work with free software and hope the
No Wifi adapter here. If it was really plugged when you executed 'lsusb',
then it suggests the hardware is defective.
The chipset in that model may have changed... What is the output of the
following command (to be executed in a terminal when the adapter is plugged)?
$ lsusb
Your god RMS is all the time saying that others OS's are dangerous because
they run malicious software, where is the prove in one specific case?
Running malicious software is dangerous. But the dichotomy free/proprietary
has nothing to do with that.
And that naive idea that free-software
Excellent reply. I just would like to add that youtube-dl is free software.
Like Firefox is free software even if it does not block proprietary
JavaScript, GNU/Linux is free software even if it can run proprietary
binaries, etc. That said, youtube-dl interpreting proprietary JavaScript
https://h-node.org/wifi/catalogue/ (but a same model can have different
chipsets and there is no way to know without testing)
https://h-node.org/notebooks/catalogue/ (same as above)
Install the latest version of the Linux-libre kernel; if Wifi still does not
work, acquire a Wifi adapter
If it worked for Trisquel 6, there's a good chance it will work on Trisquel 7
is that your question?
You can try, and if unsucessfull try with installing the latest kernel from
https://jxself.org/linux-libre/
There is also wifi dongles at Thinkpenguin
Well, it is cleaner to have your homemade programs (for all users of the
system) in a separate directory. Nothing prevents your program in /usr/bin
from being overwritten if you install a package that happen to have picked
the same name as yours for one of its binaries.
See what
/usr/local/bin is intended to contain such local scripts.
Is it? I've been living a lie!
I always put my own scripts and things in /usr/bin with everything else.
Is there some practical reason behind this? Or just Unix tradition?
You should write to ch...@thinkpenguin.com (CEO of ThinkPenguin and a
Trisquel user).
And, as forecast, it does not work with Linux-libre.
You showed us your Ethernet card.
The description of my Wifi card by 'lspci' starts with Network controller:
and would not be retained by 'grep net', which is case-sensitive ('grep Net'
would catch it) unless option -i is used ('grep -i net' would catch it).
You can show us the unfiltered
But your system would not respect your freedoms. At least your kernel would
not.
I use a TP-Link TL-WR740n running open wrt (very easy to flash with a
graphical interface) and it works perfectl with my trisquel 7.
http://www.tp-link.com/En/products/details/?model=TL-WR740N
https://openwrt.org/
You know you can install Trisquel alongside Windows, right? You would then
have a menu to choose the OS when powering up the computer.
Well, I still have the issue and haven't been able to find a fix. Updating
to the latest linux-libre kernel didn't help, and neither did all the
wireless module tricks and tricks found on Ubuntu forums.
Actually, I have found several messages on the Ubuntu forums describing the
exact same
The problem is still there :(. I just tried to transfer a 136 Mb folder from
one computer to another with samba and wireless got disconnected after
transferring a dozen files. I was also disconnected while simply downloading
my email.
Am I the only one experiencing such an issue on
This is the thread where I speak with myself, so please indulge me one last
time lol :). Well I sure hope it is the last time!
I *may* have found the fix! I was finally able to transfer some large
directories with samba over my wireless connection.
Here's what I did:
1. Disable ipv6 in
Disabling ipv6 in network manager *may* have fixed the problem. I was
finally able to transfer some large files through ssh and smb, whereas it
kept failing previously. I will now hope that the issue is gone for good.
Keeping my fingers crossed...
Those other GNU/Linux you have used were relying on a Linux kernel that
includes some proprietary drivers and firmware (such as the kernel released
by Linus Torvalds himself). A blob was responsible for your Wifi card
functioning (and, who knows?, spying on you, opening a backdoor, etc.).
25% on the benefits, yes. Here is the link (where the libre part of the URL
is essential).
Thanks, but no link. Please send me the link.
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 5:20 PM, magicban...@gmail.com wrote:
25% on the benefits, yes. Here is the link (where the libre part of the
URL is essential).
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Aniyan Rajan aniyan.raj...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks, but no link. Please send me the link.
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 5:20 PM, magicban...@gmail.com wrote:
25% on the benefits, yes. Here is the link (where the libre part of the
URL is essential).
Here's the
Isn't the port 6667 filtered by some firewall?
Any port can be filtered.
I am really not knowledgeable when it comes to networking. I guess the
Network Tools I can find in the GNOME Shell menu (I believe they are easily
accessible in GNOME Classic too) must be helpful... but I do not really know
how to use them. In the terminal that would be 'nmap'... but again,
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Please remember that the Trisquel project is committed to free software. The
community is supposed to never give instructions for installing proprietary
software. This includes the firmware for your Wifi card. In our opinion, this
is not helping to invite the reader to give up some of her
If I were you, I would stick with the devices listed in the Shop/ Wireless
networking section of http://libre.thinkpenguin.com (they ship worldwide).
The point is: it usually is hard (if not impossible) to know what is going to
be the actual chipset the device is equipped with. The
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