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I'll agree that Macs have it pretty good, but to say 'Linux just works' with WiFi is a bold statement. Some Linux distributions work well, but when you have to
by kiwih 5y ago
I'll agree that Macs have it pretty good, but to say 'Linux just works' with WiFi is a bold statement. Some Linux distributions work well, but when you have to fall back to the command prompt to do something as simple as connect to an enterprise WiFi network for a device as common as a raspberry pi [0] because there is no GUI, well.
I'll grant that at least the steps are moderately consistent.
Anecdotally, even on my Ubuntu laptop, at least once a year I lose WiFi and have to delve into some online forums to learn what just broke it.
I use both Linux (Ubuntu/Raspian) and Windows extensively and overall most things just work better on Windows, poor design philosophies aside.
[0] https://iceburn.medium.com/raspberry-pi-connected-to-wifi-of-wpa2-enterprise-ddd5a40c0b07 https://iceburn.medium.com/raspberry-pi-connected-to-wifi-of...
- jimmygrapes 5y agoI installed Ubuntu Server 20.04 on a spare laptop. Long story short, it did not have any way to connect to my WiFi network unless I either first went through the guided installation with an Ethernet cord attached, or went through some excruciating troubleshooting steps involving setting up hardware via obtuse CLI commands and arguments. I tried the latter just to see if I could without looking things up on my phone/separate computer, and even with a bit of cheating I still gave up and tried again with the cord plugged in.
- rbanffy 5y agoI’m happy that these reports are relatively rare. Most of the time, it just works.