Re: [gNewSense-users] linux-libre .deb for AMD 64 bit

[Ted Smith]

On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 12:24 -0500, Quiliro Ordóñez wrote:
> 
> 
> 2009/5/27 Leo <address@hidden>
>         On Wednesday 27 May 2009 11:06:47 Quiliro Ordóñez wrote:
>         > 2009/5/27 crap0101 <address@hidden>
>         >
>         > > Il giorno mer, 27/05/2009 alle 07.15 -0500, Quiliro
>         Ordóñez ha scritto:
>         > > > Have a user with a Broadcom BCM 4312 802.11b/g.
>         >
>         > I have realized  BCM 4312 uses non-free firmware. Is it a
>         good idea to
>         > install non-free firmware while I can get the owner a
>         wireless card with a
>         > fully libre driver?
>         
>         
>         You can try OpenFWWF[0]; maybe you can make it work for that
>         model. It is
>         never a good idea to use nonfree sofware.
>         
>         [0] http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf/
> 
> Just chated with lxo from linux-libre. He said it will not work with
> it because linux-libre is designed to prevent from installing non-free
> software. And OpenFWWF was not considered yet.

It was considered, I believe. The changes just aren't in place yet.

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