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> There are no laptops in the market which support free firmware for WiFi, except those from Purism. There are at least the handful the FSF RYF certifies.¹ Un
by boogies 6y ago
> There are no laptops in the market which support free firmware for WiFi, except those from Purism.
There are at least the handful the FSF RYF certifies.¹
Unfortunately you do appear correct about Intel WiFi not having Free software support² (though that adapter certainly should).
¹https://ryf.fsf.org/categories/laptops https://ryf.fsf.org/categories/laptops
²https://h-node.org/wifi/catalogue/en/1/1/Intel-Corporation/undef/undef/undef/wifi-works/undef https://h-node.org/wifi/catalogue/en/1/1/Intel-Corporation/u...
- ipodopt 6y agoI recall running into issues with WiFi firmware from Purism. I installed the prop. driver and got some improvement. Although, I ended up upgrading the wifi chip altogether in the end.
- fsflover 6y agoThe problem is the lack of freedom-respecting WiFi hardware which supports 802.11ac/ad/ah/ax: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Frequently-Asked-Questions#26-why-doesnt-the-librem-5-support-new-wi-fi-standards-80211acadahax https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Freque....
- fsflover 6y agoYes, there are indeed RYF-certified laptops supporting free WiFi firmware, but they are now vulnerable to Spectre, Meltdown etc, and not fixable. So unfortunately this is not very secure to use them...