Re: [DNG] Rant: was fresh install of chimaera on an Ultrabook

Auteur: Olaf Meeuwissen
Date:
À: Hendrik Boom
CC: dng
Sujet: Re: [DNG] Rant: was fresh install of chimaera on an Ultrabook - no touchpad

Hi,

Hendrik Boom writes:

> On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 08:02:59PM +1000, wirelessduck--- via Dng wrote:
>>
>>
>> > On 30 Jul 2021, at 05:15, Steve Litt <slitt@???> wrote:
>> >
>> > Riccardo Mottola said on Thu, 29 Jul 2021 16:07:11 +0200
>> >
>> >> Sometimes you can find another card, but that is not always possible.
>> >> Rarely you can know exactly what is inside a Laptop on beforehand.
>> >
>> > Riccardo,
>> >
>> > You just reminded me that I always recommend having a known good,
>> > doesn't-need-drivers wifi dongle on hand for those times when your
>> > laptop's wifi won't work during installation. Some are made for the
>> > Raspberry Pi: I'd guess that those would work on pretty much any
>> > hardware.
>> >
>> > SteveT
>>
>> The FSF publishes a list of Linux-compatible hardware at https://ryf.fsf.org
>
> Probably only hardware for which the Linux drivers are free.

Yes, as in Free Software and certifiedly so ;-)
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