From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: znavko@tutanota.com
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org, 33190-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33190: Choose devices according to linux-libre code
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 10:28:49 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87h8g9cvfy.fsf__39190.8625061207$1542879057$gmane$org@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <LPvzcBE--3-1@tutanota.com> (znavko's message of "Sun, 28 Oct 2018 19:45:12 +0100 (CET)")
Hello,
<znavko@tutanota.com> skribis:
> As I've got here
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2018-10/msg00083.html
> some devices cannot work without linux-firmware, requiring non-free
> software drivers. It is so bad.
>
> I believe the issue can be solved by choosing devices that have proper
> support by linux-libre code. So how to do this? Is there any info how
> to choose devices working nice on linux-libre?
The manual gives a couple of hints:
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Hardware-Considerations.html
The problem is of course not specific to GuixSD, that’s why the manual
refers to H-Node, but there are probably other similar resources out
there.
HTH,
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-11-22 9:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-10-28 18:45 Choose devices according to linux-libre code znavko
2018-10-30 9:56 ` bug#33190: " swedebugia
2018-11-22 9:28 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
[not found] ` <87h8g9cvfy.fsf@gnu.org>
2018-11-22 11:15 ` David Larsson
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