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Well it is until you want reliable WiFi and hibernate/suspend that actually works...
by csmuk 13y ago
Well it is until you want reliable WiFi and hibernate/suspend that actually works...
- iends 13y agoI've not had problems with wireless under Linux since ~2000. Suspend/Resume is also catching up.
- SkyMarshal 13y agoSuspend works fine now in my experience, it's mainly hibernate where the remaining issues are.
- CSDude 13y agoInterestingly muy suspend/resume worked always for 3 different computers, but failed on one desktop.
- lukeschlather 13y agoI reinstalled Ubuntu on an Asus that shipped with Ubuntu, and wireless randomly doesn't work on boot. Claims that it's disabled by hardware switch (there is no hardware switch.)
- mixmastamyk 13y agosudo rfkill unblock all Why? I don't know, but I have to run this command a few times a year. It's in my history so it's easy to find.
- lttlrck 13y agoThe biggest complaint I have by far is power management. It seems to be better with recent kernels but still almost 50% of what I would get with Windows.
- csmuk 13y agoAgreed with this. It's why I still run Windows as a host and Linux in VirtualBox instance. If you run it the other way round, the battery life is half. (that is with powertop optimisations and a fair chunk of other optimisations as well)
- BadassFractal 13y agoWhy is this still such a pain point?
- Iftheshoefits 13y agoI can't speak for hibernate/suspend, as this has worked well for me on every linux laptop I've owned (first one in the mid-2000s). For WiFi, many (most) vendors simply refuse to provide open source drivers, which hinders inclusion in the kernel. The blame here is almost entirely on the hardware vendors.