[RamRodification]

...or pick an operating system where you don't need to read the handbook to get working WiFi.

[djbusby]

I'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?

[twelvedogs]

i 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

[trelane]

RTW8852 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]

That'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]

New chip for Wifi6 hasn’t made it upstream to the kernel yet and relies on patches.

[gtirloni]

Does it mean rtw8852 is supported on *BSD?

[alexklarjr]

mostly, 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.