Network card: Intel I218-V - Libre/open source drivers?

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Garsmith
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Joined: 07/27/2013

I was looking at a motherboard that and it did not have standard Realtek network card that has open source drivers but it had a Intel I218-V and what I know Intel do not always release the source of their drivers. I tested to download their drivers and this text comes up.

"This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation."

To be extra certain -> Do someone know if this card works with Trisquel?

I'm a bit surprised that not more hardware is added in the h-node.org database.

Legimet
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Joined: 12/10/2013

Most Ethernet cards use free drivers and no loadable firmware. Most WiFi cards use free drivers but nonfree firmware. This driver doesn't load firmware so it should be fine.