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Revision as of 00:06, 9 October 2021
Firmware is a class of software, which runs directly on the hardware while device drivers help make different devices work with a given operating system.
This collection lists notable device drivers and firmware that isn't already shipped as part of Linux-libre. In other words, things that users might have to specifically go and download separately from what they already have.
If the nonfree software is outside the bounds of the free operating system that the free software is running on, it is ok to be listed. For example, some software to do printing from GNU/Linux on a printer that has its own internal nonfree OS.
Device drivers
Firmware
- Computers
- ROM chip
- Network equipment
- Wifi
- USB wifi
- firmware-ath9k-htc: ath9k_htc is a kernel driver, but it also requires the firmware that isn't part of the kernel.
- USB wifi
- Wifi
- Smartphones
- Modem
- Pinephone Modem SDK
See also
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