> Hello. I am very interested in free software & Trisquel, but first I > need to be sure that, if I buy a wireless usb adapter support by a > fully free operating system > (http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/net/wireless/cards.html, or > http://www.h-node.com/wifi/catalogue/en), > would it be as simple as plugging it in while running the Trisquel > Live cd and it automatically working?
There are few cards which need free firmware not installed by default, atheros-firmware is one of packages with such firmware. The h-node page should state if it's needed for the device. > Sorry if this sounds stupid, but I need to be 100% sure. It's a common problem, and not very easy one. Some cards have multiple version numbers, each with different chipset or free software support. Often it's not possible to learn which version a card has without buying it. I recommend choosing a card knowing that it's exactly the version needed or that there aren't cards of the same name and possibly different version not supported by free software.
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