Re: HP plat fair with drivers?
On Sat, Aug 14 2021 at 07:02:31 PM, Keith Bainbridge <ke1thrboz@gmx.com> wrote:
> On 11/8/21 00:14, Nicolas George wrote:
>> Based on past experience, I am favoring HP, because AFAIK they mostly
>> play fair about Libre drivers
>
> Good afternoon
>
> I'd like to agree that HP plays fair with drivers.
>
> A friend bought a HP laptop last year. His favoured distro is Mint(bunt)
> which I have found provided good support for ALL wifi. But he had to
> buy a plug-in USB dongle wifi.
>
> Admittedly, we haven't been able to meet face to face long enough to try
> harder with him. I suggested he try a new Mint Edge complete with
> kernel 5.11, but he can't find his toy. I reckon my wifi is working
> much better than ever with the 5.11 kernel
>
>
> I sat listening to Keith Packard at linux.conf.au 2016, quite impressed
> with his support for OSS in general. Pity about this wifi card in his
> laptop. And no, I don't know model details. It was pretty cheap.
>
Keith Packard is not the "Packard" from Hewlett-Packard. The "Packard"
in HP was David Packard, and the company was started well before the
current set of hackers were born.
Keith Packard, despite his accomplishments, probably has no influence
on the wifi cards in HP laptops.
--
regards,
kushal
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