Not to knock running Linux on your laptop, but... It is still fairly common to have the WiFi on a small mini-PCIe card slot, so it is usually possible to open

Not to knock running Linux on your laptop, but... It is still fairly common to have the WiFi on a small mini-PCIe card slot, so it is usually possible to open up the laptop and replace it with one which has a better driver. I don't know how common it is now, but some laptop manufacturers would also put in firmware checks, so that only the WiFi that was factory installed would be recognized. So even if you can physically replace the WiFi, it might not work. All I'm saying is that it may be worth investigating if you or anyone else runs into that sort of problem.