Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Q

[tom lukeywood]

"don’t know if what I’m asking is something entirely wrong, at least in 
> this place."
Of course not we are here to help! (although I think to keep FSF certification 
the gnewsense devs can not promote the use of non-free software and it somewhat 
defeats the point of the project.)

According to h-node your wifi card does not currently have free firmware 
available:
https://h-node.org/search/results/en/1/search/wifi/3165

but you can get USB Wi-Fi cards (this one worked well for me) that do:
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-usb-adapter-gnu-linux-tpe-n150usb

I have been told that you can find the above Wi-Fi card cheaper on eBay if you 
just search the model number directly, but think-penguin will give good 
customer support regarding it working with free software if your not too tech 
savvy.

"I really want to try the distro and this is the hardware I have and no other."
Feel free to ask me more questions if you get stuck.

-- 
  tom lukeywood
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On Sat, 5 Oct 2019, at 6:15 PM, Andy M. Cabriales wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I am thinking to migrate my laptop to gNewSense but I have a concern 
> with my wifi card. 
> It’s an Intel Wireless AC-3165 rev 79. 
> I have been trying some versions of Ubuntu/Debian before but despite 
> seeing people being able to get it working, I never been able to do so. 
> 
> I am also aware about the gNewSense and proprietary software, so I 
> don’t know if what I’m asking is something entirely wrong, at least in 
> this place.
> 
> I’m looking forward to hear from you. 
> 
> I really want to try the distro and this is the hardware I have and no other.
> 
> Thank you all in advance,
> 
> A 
> 
> 
> 
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