KseniyaK@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoAre there any modern wifi cards that work with Linux and have 100% FOSS drivers (no proprietary binary blobs)?message-squaremessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 4 months agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareChurbleyimyam@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoI got an Atheros card, which is fine for WiFi on Debian 12 and was cheap to buy. Drivers were in the Debian foss repo. Bluetooth is not working on it though. Interestingly, the Bluetooth did work under PureOS but I never figured out why.
minus-squareStrit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months ago Interestingly, the Bluetooth did work under PureOS but I never figured out why. The bluetooth probably needs a non-free firmware blob, as most of them do.
I got an Atheros card, which is fine for WiFi on Debian 12 and was cheap to buy. Drivers were in the Debian foss repo. Bluetooth is not working on it though. Interestingly, the Bluetooth did work under PureOS but I never figured out why.
The bluetooth probably needs a non-free firmware blob, as most of them do.