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> had no idea Broadcom chipsets didn't have Linux drivers Actually, it was a Realtek chipset (I'm not currently using that laptop, so I remembered incorrectly)
by berdario 10y ago
> had no idea Broadcom chipsets didn't have Linux drivers
Actually, it was a Realtek chipset (I'm not currently using that laptop, so I remembered incorrectly). The driver was available, but it was severely unstable, dropping connections and packets, and even triggering kernel panics a few times (once it even happened during a coding interview!)
> On the security point, SuperFish was on a different product line
Unfortunately, SuperFish was not the only fiasco that Lenovo plagued its devices with:
http://thehackernews.com/2015/09/lenovo-laptop-virus.html http://thehackernews.com/2015/09/lenovo-laptop-virus.html
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150812/11395231925/lenovo-busted-stealthily-installing-crapware-via-bios-fresh-windows-installs.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150812/11395231925/lenov...