Is this laptop good for trisquel?
Hi guys! iam planning on buying a new laptop and was wondering if this one looks any good?
the link is in swedish but the main parts of importance i guess is the graphics and wifi:
Graphics processor Intel HD Graphics 4000
Wireless unit Atheros WB222
http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.aspx?sku=778866&cks=ASS&assoc=B99EC1DD-959C-4C0C-9D36-284FB69F5D76#extra
Regards!
Ok it seems intel 4000 should work just fine. And i think WB222 uses the AR9462 chip! Not entirely sure though! if someone knows please let me know :)
I am a member!
Atheros is usually a good choice although not always. There are wifi bluetooth combo cards that are a bad choice. A portion of the card is reliant on non-free firmware that won't work in Trisquel.
The documentation I looked at was unclear for this card although it is a bluetooth/wifi combo that I haven't seen before. Other users have reported issues with this card in 5.5. It may be fixed in Trisquel 6 with the newer kernel.
I'm going to investigate it further although it's going to take a while to determine if its free software friendly or not. The chips are not as readily available as they could be.
Its working fine!! =) dunno about cardreader/bluetooth yet though but wifi is working really good :)