The report mentions that the test was effectuated using 'Debian GNU/Linux Testing', which is NOT a fully free GNU/Linux-Libre distribution. http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html This does NOT guarantee that components, such as the WiFi card, may function on a 100% free distribution like Trisquel.

so? i haven't seen any message saying that the degree of support is dependent of the fact that you're running a linux with or without firmware installed. if the purpose of h-node is to cover only hardware that works without firmware, which i don't believe it is, then you can stop right there - no reasonably modern comodity system works without firmware these days.

alright, i see: "The h-node project aims to create and maintain a comprehensive hardware database in order to identify what devices work with fully free operating systems and which do not." this has been kind of misleadingly communicated/advertised as something different during a talk at debconf. i'll remove the hardware entry, thanks.

You can use Debian "with only the main archive area enabled" as stated on the homepage. The "contrib" and "non-free" areas must not be enabled when testing hardware.