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> For instance, on my Mac’s built-in bluetooth, my mouse (a Logitech MX Master) displayed noticeable jank—stopping, then jumping, instead of moving smoothly. A
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> For instance, on my Mac’s built-in bluetooth, my mouse (a Logitech MX Master) displayed noticeable jank—stopping, then jumping, instead of moving smoothly.
Anecdata. On my Mac the MX Master 3 works flawlessly via Bluetooth. However, it has janks when I use it on my recently purchased ThinkPad running Linux.
> Similarly, when connected to Mac bluetooth, my Jabra Evolve 75 headset would frequently have the mic or sound drop. It (mostly) worked fine on its own dongle.
Again, all my bluetooth headphones work fine on my Mac, but on some (not all) of my Linux computers it sometimes work and sometimes doesn't. I don't know if it's Linux or the hardware.
Also, on the aforementioned ThinkPad, when I connect a new device via bluetooth the wifi disconnects and immediately reconnects 40% of the time. Don't know what's up with that.
I've been using Linux long enough to take things like these in its stride :)
(Btw, it was after I was issued a Mac by my employer that I started using Bluetooth devices regularly; before that in Linux it was mouse via IR-usb-thing, wired headphones etc.)
I agree with the general sentiment that wired devices are inherently more reliable. But I don't know if we should collectively move towards wired, or improve the reliability of wireless.
- notfed 4y ago> Again, all my bluetooth headphones work fine on my Mac, but on some (not all) of my Linux computers it sometimes work and sometimes doesn't. The issue I'm currently dealing with is that my Bluetooth ZMK keyboard works flawlessly on Linux but won't pair with a Mac. I guess devices are nuanced.