Subject: Re: bug#33190: Choose devices according to linux-libre code

From: David Larsson <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 12:15:41 +0100 (CET)

Here's a list of places where you can get hardware that should be
compatible:
   * [[https://shop.libiquity.com/product/taurinus-x200|Libiquiti]]
   * [[https://minifree.org/|Minifree]]
   * [[https://tehnoetic.com/|Tehnoetic]]
   * [[https://store.vikings.net/|Vikings]]
   * [[https://puri.sm/products/|Purism]]

--
HTH
David Larsson

On Thu, 22 Nov 2018, Ludovic Courtès wrote:

> Hello,
>
> <[email-masked]> 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’.
>
>
>