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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41880.0&return_msg=41880.16"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41880.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41880.11">11–19</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=41880.16">Linux wifi help :(</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="41880_16_19_10"> <a name="a41880_16"></a><div class="message" id="message_41880_16"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time"> 3 Feb 2017 15:11</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Feb 2017 16:05"></span></span> <span class="message_count">16 of 19</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41880.16">41880.16</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41880.15">41880.15</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I had a very quick search to see what support that distro had for Intel WiFi (obviously little or none), and the first few forum posts were just people getting angry for others linking to non-free proprietary firmwares. At which point I thought, I'm not Richard Stallman so I really don't care. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41880.16&return_msg=41880.16" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41880.16"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41880_17"></a><div class="message" id="message_41880_17"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time"> 3 Feb 2017 16:11</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Feb 2017 16:25"></span></span> <span class="message_count">17 of 19</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41880.17">41880.17</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41880.16#a41880_16" target="_self">41880.16</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Richard cares so you don't have to.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41880.17&return_msg=41880.16" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41880.17"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41880_18"></a><div class="message" id="message_41880_18"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time"> 3 Feb 2017 16:38</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Feb 2017 16:38"></span></span> <span class="message_count">18 of 19</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41880.18">41880.18</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41880.16#a41880_17" target="_self">41880.17</a></div> <div class="message_body"> It's a massive weight off my penguin shoulders. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41880.18&return_msg=41880.16" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41880.18"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41880_19"></a><div class="message" id="message_41880_19"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time"> 3 Feb 2017 19:39</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Feb 2017 23:55"></span></span> <span class="message_count">19 of 19</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41880.19">41880.19</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41880.15">41880.15</a></div> <div class="message_body"> It's the nature of the beast though innit. If you want to be *100% certain* that there's nothing proprietary on your machine, then Trisquel is the right choice. Which means for the vast majority of people in the vast majority of situations, it's a terrible choice.<br /><br /> There are *plenty* of other distros (Debian's a good choice for a fairly hard-line but still sane approach to freeness).</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41880.19&return_msg=41880.16" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41880.19"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </body>