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Re: [gNewSense-users] linux-libre .deb for AMD 64 bit
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crap0101 |
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Re: [gNewSense-users] linux-libre .deb for AMD 64 bit |
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Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:05:15 +0200 |
Il giorno dom, 02/08/2009 alle 14.49 +0200, Patrik Lembke ha scritto:
> On Wed, 27 May 2009 13:14:06 -0300 Leo <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 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/
> >
>
> Sadly I think the OpenFWWF firmware still has non-free parts (from the
> page you sent a link to):
>
> "To make the firmware work properly you need at least 2 more files that
> must be extracted from original Broadcom drivers:"
>
Is there anyone who use it? Is it unusable without this 'addiction'?
>
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