[GTALUG] Lenovo Thinkpad T410

[Blaise Alleyne]

On 26/01/15 01:02 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 11:53:06PM -0500, Blaise Alleyne wrote:
>> The other tricky this is wireless, and going with Intel isn't enough... I have
>> Intel wireless adapters for my ThinkPad X60 and T61, both of which do *not* work
>> with free software and require proprietary drivers in GNU/Linux. I thought I was
>> okay because the wireless cards were "intel" when making the purchase, but I was
>> wrong about the particular type of Intel wireless adapter.
> 
> No the intel wifi requires non-free firmware, but the drivers are fine.
> If you go back far enough to the old 2200, then it was a problem, but
> anything recent is fine.
> 

Oh, yeah, the proprietary drivers work fine, but that's only if you're willing
to run proprietary drivers.

I'd really rather not, hence the ThinkPenguin adapter, and hence wishing I
hadn't just trusted "intel" when buying the thing...