KseniyaK@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.ml · 5 months agoAre there any modern wifi cards that work with Linux and have 100% FOSS drivers (no proprietary binary blobs)?message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1103arrow-down1message-squareAre there any modern wifi cards that work with Linux and have 100% FOSS drivers (no proprietary binary blobs)?KseniyaK@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.ml · 5 months agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareReddfugee42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 months agoYou could always get an Ethernet-connected AP. This will allow you to use the latest WiFi but not compromise your OS.
minus-squarecoffeejoe@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoWhat os is the ap running?
minus-squareReddfugee42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·5 months agoThat’s the beautiful thing - it doesn’t matter.
minus-squarerefalolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agosome people would prefer to only use FOSS software and hardware, though
minus-squareAuli@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoGood luck with that. What switch are you going to run? What access point what gateway for your ISP.
minus-squarerefalolinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-25 months agopretty much any open source hardware can do all of those things… not sure what you’re trying to say
minus-squareReddfugee42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoYeah but to the degree that they need the firmware running on each chip in the device to be a FOSS chip firmware?
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoIf you are going that route just use vfio
You could always get an Ethernet-connected AP. This will allow you to use the latest WiFi but not compromise your OS.
What os is the ap running?
That’s the beautiful thing - it doesn’t matter.
some people would prefer to only use FOSS software and hardware, though
Good luck with that. What switch are you going to run? What access point what gateway for your ISP.
pretty much any open source hardware can do all of those things… not sure what you’re trying to say
Yeah but to the degree that they need the firmware running on each chip in the device to be a FOSS chip firmware?
If you are going that route just use vfio