Not too long ago I installed Mint onto a laptop that turned out to have a network card by Broadcom, which doesn’t have Linux support, so that didn’t work. I’m going to upgrade my currently Windows PC to Mint at the end of Win10 support in October, and I want to be sure I don’t have any hardware that is incompatible with Linux. Which manufacturers are obstinate like that?

  • TurboWafflz@lemmy.world
    12·
    7 months ago

    Also keep in mind that laptop wifi cards are usually easily replaceable, so if you end up with that being the only problem it’s usually cheap and easy to solve

    • Corelli_III@midwest.social
      5·
      7 months ago

      this

      these cards are about $ 5-12 and i pull them from junk laptops all the time

      not the “easiest” thing to solve but well within the abilities of somebody who can build a PC

    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      3·
      7 months ago

      Not all laptops have replaceable wireless cards. If you have a thinner machine they probably soldered it on. But I can’t find any rhyme or reason to what manufacturers do and don’t solder.

        • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          1·
          7 months ago

          My Thinkpad P1’s is soldered :( At least that came with a good Intel Wireless card.

          But somehow on my T14s (a much smaller machine) it wasn’t soldered.

          But then on the bigger T14 it is soldered. So I have no clue what is going on at Lenovo. At least the machines with good wifi cards are soldered, and the shit ass ones are