Re: HP plat fair with drivers?

From	Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: HP plat fair with drivers?
Date	2021-08-14 18:20 +0200
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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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  Re: All-in-One printer: HP OfficeJet 8012 Peter Ehlert <pb21a@sdi-baja.com> - 2021-08-10 16:40 +0200
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          Re: All-in-One printer: HP OfficeJet 8012 Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-08-13 11:20 +0200
            Re: All-in-One printer: HP OfficeJet 8012 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-08-13 12:20 +0200
    Re: All-in-One printer: HP OfficeJet 8012 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-08-14 14:20 +0200
  Re: All-in-One printer: HP OfficeJet 8012 Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-08-11 00:40 +0200
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  Re: All-in-One printer: HP OfficeJet 8012 Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2021-08-13 13:20 +0200
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          Re: All-in-One printer: HP OfficeJet 8012 Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2021-08-13 16:00 +0200
            Re: All-in-One printer: HP OfficeJet 8012 Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-08-13 18:10 +0200
              Re: All-in-One printer: HP OfficeJet 8012 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-08-13 19:40 +0200
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    Re: HP plat fair with drivers? Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net> - 2021-08-14 18:20 +0200

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