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...or pick an operating system where you don't need to read the handbook to get working WiFi.
by RamRodification 4y ago
...or pick an operating system where you don't need to read the handbook to get working WiFi.
- djbusby 4y agoI'm on Linux and have to get a rtw8852 driver from some random-ish gitHub repo to get WiFi in a recent Lenovo. Does this mean WiFI is only for Win/Mac?
- gtirloni 4y agoDoes it mean rtw8852 is supported on *BSD?
- trelane 4y agoRTW8852 based wifi, sure. You can get Linux preinstalled, and with full support from some places. I highly recommend doing that if you're going to run Linux. They'll not have that chip though. They'll have one that works.
- unethical_ban 4y agoThat's odd. My 2018 Lenovo Thinkpad had working Wifi out of the box from day 1. The last time I had wifi driver issues on Linux was 2008.
- reactordev 4y agoNew chip for Wifi6 hasn’t made it upstream to the kernel yet and relies on patches.
- alexklarjr 4y agomostly, I can’t make both my usb wifi5 dongles work on ubuntu 22 as well as random Qualcomm wifi4 pcie. These chips must be decade old.
- twelvedogs 4y agoi recently spent 4 hours installing random driver versions to get wifi working on a windows pc, i'm of the opinion wifi is just for phones at this point