On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 5:59 AM Tim via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sun, 2024-11-17 at 07:37 -0600, Roger Heflin wrote: > > The usb wifi adaptors typically have worse driver and reliability > > issues that the original crappy internal ones. > > Not to mention that having a USB dongle sticking out on a laptop is > prone to damage or getting lost. I'd say it's worth the effort if you > can get an internal one going. > > -- > I had a usb one for a while. It was velcroed onto the back and the usb ports and cable started giving me trouble after a few months. So by far the simplest/best/cheapest solution is to replace the internal card. For IBM it was more likely they whitelisted wifi adaptors than blacklisted them, and likey it was because IBM sold their own branded ones and wanted to force you to use their high dollar branded one. Making money as an OEM is always about markup on the add-on parts and convincing the customers that the OEM's magic parts are somehow better than the exact same non-oem part that costs a lot less. I don't believe any of the current laptop makers are really doing that anymore. -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
