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It's interesting to see how adding of features correlates with the quality of a software. I haven't had problems with wifi on Linux since 2012 (when I came back
by jeena 7y ago
It's interesting to see how adding of features correlates with the quality of a software. I haven't had problems with wifi on Linux since 2012 (when I came back to it from OS X after leaving 2006 with huge problems before NetworkManager was introduced, etc.). It was until two or three months ago after a kernel update my laptop started dropping the connection with my 5 Ghz network, only at home. It seems to be a common problem with the Qualcom chip driver which worked nice on this laptop for almost two years.
I like progressiveness a lot and also new features, etc. and I found a workaround (switched off 5Ghz at home), so it's ok and I can always install an older kernel too which is the freedom of free software, I wasn't able to do stuff like that on OS X.
- theelous3 7y agoAh! I should try this! Arch on a dell xps, fine for two years and now have some issue where network buffer doesn't flush (cursory investigation). Have been fairly sure it's an issue post update. Thanks for the idea :)
- jeena 7y agoYeah mine is a XPS 13 with Arch on it.
- zozbot234 7y agoQuality regressions are common when running bleeding-edge software, this is why going with something LTS is recommended for actual productive use. Now if average non-enterprise folks could get a proper, LTS version of Windows 10...
- tsar9x 7y agoIntel iGPU driver (i915) is broken in 5.4 release, I think there are still big issues with QA.