Choose devices according to linux-libre code

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  • Chris Marusich
  • David Larsson
  • Ludovic Courtès
  • swedebugia
  • znavko
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znavko wrote on 28 Oct 2018 19:45
LPvzcBE--3-1@tutanota.com
Hello, Guix Help!

As I've got here https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2018-10/msg00083.html 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?
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swedebugia wrote on 30 Oct 2018 10:56
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Hi


On 2018-10-28 19:45, znavko@tutanota.com wrote:
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> 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?

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Ludovic Courtès wrote on 22 Nov 2018 10:28
(address . znavko@tutanota.com)
87h8g9cvfy.fsf@gnu.org
Hello,

<znavko@tutanota.com> skribis:

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> 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:


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’.
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David Larsson wrote on 22 Nov 2018 12:15
(name . Ludovic Courtès)(address . ludo@gnu.org)
alpine.LNX.2.21.9999.1811221213430.12650@localhost
Here's a list of places where you can get hardware that should be
compatible:

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HTH
David Larsson

On Thu, 22 Nov 2018, Ludovic Courtès wrote:

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> Hello,
>
> <znavko@tutanota.com> 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’.
>
>
>
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Chris Marusich wrote on 30 Nov 2018 03:12
Close 33190 because it is not a bug
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tags 33190 notabug
close 33190
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I am closing this bug report because it is not a bug in Guix or GuixSD;
it is a problem caused because the reporter's hardware requires non-free
software to function. Guix and GuixSD do not support non-free hardware.
If I have misinterpreted your bug report, please feel free to re-open
the bug report and explain the problem in more detail.

As for your question on how to deal with the situation, I see that you
emailed help-guix@, so any further discussion about that topic can
happen there. Generally speaking, I'm sure people will be happy to help
you choose hardware that does not require non-free software, or to work
around hardware that does.

Thank you,

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Chris
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