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differences in the entry: vendor
SAMSUNG
differences in the entry: model name
Galaxy SIII (GT-I9300)
differences in the entry: subtype (notebook or netbook)
not-specified
differences in the entry: architecture
ARM
differences in the entry: does it have a free bios?
no
differences in the entry: can free operating systems be installed?
yes
differences in the entry: does the device prevent the installation of wifi cards not-approved by the vendor?
not-specified
differences in the entry: year of commercialization
not-specified
differences in the entry: GNU/Linux distribution used for the test
parabola
differences in the entry: compatibility with free software
E-garbage
differences in the entry: tested with the following kernel libre
differences in the entry: video card model
differences in the entry: does the video card work?
not-specified
differences in the entry: wifi model
differences in the entry: does the wifi card work?
no
differences in the entry: webcam model
differences in the entry: does the webcam work?
not-specified yes
differences in the entry: Description
As Replicant is not an allowed distribution, I've to set the compatibility with free software to E, as Parabola cannot boot on the device that easily: The nonfree bootloader is incompatible with upstream Linux, which makes parabola impossible to boot unless you compile your own kernel or install another nonfree bootloader. The Internal WiFi also doesn't with free software. The GPU probably works nowadays, and the modem is still unsupported upstream.
That device also supported by Replicant 6.0, and here it would be a "Class D (Bronze)" as "More than one device is not supported": The GPS doesn't work, nor the WiFi, nor Bluetooth, plus there is no 3D acceleration. On Replicant >=9, we may have 3D acceleration but it's not really mandatory if most applications work fine without it.
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