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I've been trying to convert people to various flavors of Linux for 20 years now and the usual showstopper is wifi not working at all, or at least without a ton
by pmarreck 7y ago
I've been trying to convert people to various flavors of Linux for 20 years now and the usual showstopper is wifi not working at all, or at least without a ton more fiddling. Interesting to see that some things haven't changed.
Trying to be constructive here, might it be because automated testing can't easily test things that touch the "real world"? Or is it due to some sheer number of possible wifi hardware implementations? Or both? (I really wish the vast majority of wifi antennas were hooked up directly to a generic SDR at this point)
- freedomben 7y agoIf you are pushing your new converts to install/update to bleeding edge kernel releases, you're really doing them a disservice and setting them up for failure.
- pmarreck 7y agoOver the course of 20 years? I’ve seen this issue from attempting an old Red Hat mainstream distro on an old Thinkpad years ago to any one of a number of Ubuntu or other distro install attempts over the years
- gsnedders 7y ago> Trying to be constructive here, might it be because automated testing can't easily test things that touch the "real world"? The Linux kernel still has embarrassingly little automated testing, and what is done is largely done by third-parties.
- pmarreck 7y agoThat’s... actively stupid at this point