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Linux Users Switching Back to Linux (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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[–] 4 points 1 year ago* (9 children)

>Be me
>Build new PC
>"Maybe I'll try out Linux. "
>Fairly popular 2 year old Motherboard
>Integrated WiFi Module no drivers available
>Integrated Bluetooth Module no drivers available
>No support for $170 Sound Card
>4 hours of troubleshooting later
>Linux more bloated with dependencies and packages from troubleshooting than your grandmas browser extensions
>"Fuck this"
>Nuke Partition
>Install Windows
>Shit instantly just works
>Use Linux partition drive for backups

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    did you try and use Arch?

    i've only ever had to fuck around with wifi drivers when installing Arch

    Everytime i've installed ubuntu on a laptop it's worked fine out of the box, including on the same laptop i had to fuck around with drivers on for Arch

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I love Arch, but it is not for beginners. WiFi and Bluetooth are both sketchy. Or, at least, they used to be.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    My WiFi on arch is so all over the place when it connects to my phone hotspot. Connects, disconnects, "oh what's the password again?" Otherwise router based WiFi is fine.

    Actually the Bluetooth is somewhat even more reliable than the Windows one. And it waits for you to connect manually instead of auto connecting to that one speaker you happen to have on.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    No, but apparently I have one of the only WiFi/Bluetooth chip of MediaTek Corps. MT Series that is inexplicably not supported. Most others of that lineup are, just this exact one isn't.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Namedrop the mobo and soundcard

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    The MT7902 WiFi/Bluetooth Chip by Mediatek Corp. does not (and probably never will) have any official driver support. There are some unsuccessful community attempts to get it working, but nobody actually managed to pull it off.

    G6 Soundcard works for simple pass-through but SBX features aren't natively enabled, you need a Windows install with Soundblaster Connect to enable the functionality and load the settings into the onboard memory of the card.
    Linux "supports" Dolby Atmos but it sound mostly like dogwater if not combined with Atmos mixed audio.

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