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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Are there any modern wifi cards that work with Linux and have 100% FOSS drivers (no proprietary binary blobs)? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 months ago by KseniyaK@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I was thinking of getting a wifi card like that, but can't seem to find any.

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[–] CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Even if so, it would likely still have proprietary blobs, just embedded into a ROM or flash chip on the card. Personally, I'd rather have firmware loaded at runtime over hard-coded, at least then the blob is able to be reverse engineered possibly.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

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