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    [–] [email protected] 44 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Am I supposed to have Wifi driver issues? My laptop's one always worked flawlessly without me having to even look at it

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

    Wi-Fi used to be a pretty common thing to not work out of the box or to break in updates. I kept a usb Wi-Fi dongle in a bag as a backup just because of this.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

    It's a really simple problem to avoid, and IMO has been for years. It's been at least 10 years since I've bought something without intel wifi so maybe I'm out of touch, but I'm kind of astounded there are so many upvotes to the meme.

    My rule for a very long time has been: Get something with intel wifi, or even atheros wifi, and you will almost certainly not have a problem. Get broadcom wifi and your problem will directly relate to how much effort your distro has put into trying to make broadcom not be shit. Stay the fuck way from realtek and mediatek.

    That's it. I literally can't recall a time since about 2010 when I had a wifi problem with Linux on any device I owned.

    I keep two of these in my bag for instant wifi on any device I might happen to be working on that doesn't have it. Most recently popped one into an old desktop I picked up for my youngest son, and have used it previously as a workaround for someone who had a laptop where the onboard wifi worked but would not come back from sleep. (That was broadcom, IIRC)

    [–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

    Trust me when I say this, that wasn't always the case 😔.