On 26/01/15 01:02 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 11:53:06PM -0500, Blaise Alleyne wrote:
The other tricky this is wireless, and going with Intel isn't enough... I have Intel wireless adapters for my ThinkPad X60 and T61, both of which do *not* work with free software and require proprietary drivers in GNU/Linux. I thought I was okay because the wireless cards were "intel" when making the purchase, but I was wrong about the particular type of Intel wireless adapter.
No the intel wifi requires non-free firmware, but the drivers are fine. If you go back far enough to the old 2200, then it was a problem, but anything recent is fine.
Oh, yeah, the proprietary drivers work fine, but that's only if you're willing to run proprietary drivers. I'd really rather not, hence the ThinkPenguin adapter, and hence wishing I hadn't just trusted "intel" when buying the thing...