[daveheq]

How do you deal with Broadcom WiFi drivers?

[__turbobrew__]

You buy laptops with Intel nic's

[the_pwner224]

I looked into WiFi cards a year ago for a computer build, and iirc you can get a very high end Intel NIC for <$30.

Atheros also has good support for Linux.

I just looked it up, and Intel's best chip the AC 9560, with 2x2 1.73 Gbps WiFi and Bluetooth 5.0 is <$20.

It's an easy swap on desktops and on most laptops too.

[yourad_io]

How can you swap anything aside from disk or RAM in modern laptops?

Isn't everything soldered these days - including RAM in some cases ?

[e12e]

Wifi is also generally on a card.. For Lenovo thinkpad, Dell and à few others.

Unfortunately not the sp4: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Microsoft+Surface+Pro+4+Tear...

[ageofwant]

You unscrew the small screw that keeps the mPCIe wifi card in place lift it out and throw it in the fish tank where it becomes part of the amusing detritus of social commentary and landscape art you've been contributing to.

Now pop in the $18 Intel card you ordered last night and landed a hour ago.

Your done !

Oh wait ! NOOB, you forgot to replace the screw !

[efreak]

And then you throw the entire laptop after the card, because your new Intel WiFi card isn't on the whitelist.

[xxs]

Most cards have m2 interface nowadays; so you'd like to have an adapter too. Also mPCIe cards tend to use two screws, not one.

[cwojno]

You don't. Buy WiFi cards that are supported for your distro. The USB dongles are worthless IME, get a PCIe card. https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi#Availability_of_compatible_WiFi...

[ekianjo]

You can change the WiFi card on some laptops. Otherwise buy Lenovo.