this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2023
2090 points (96.0% liked)
Memes
45655 readers
2491 users here now
Rules:
- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
How do you even search for drivers in Linux? I thought this was a windows only thing
You need to if your device isn't officially supported. This is pretty common for USB wifi cards.
There's a DB of officially supported cards , and if your card isn't there then you have to look up for a driver.
Usually they're fairly easy to find with just googling.
If it's not in the Kernel, write a driver and upstream it. Be a man.
Easier said than done. I did want to look into writing wifi drivers but imo these are the most difficult drivers to write code for.
Facts, they can be a huge pain due to manufacturers not providing proper documentation; essentially forcing you to reverse engine the driver from scratch.
It's not only that but wifi protocols are very complicated and if you look up datasheets you'll likely just find documents in chinese.
Yeah, because companies like Realtek & Mediatek are Taiwanese/Chinese.
Ofc
And this is a clear example of how to keep people away from Linux, nothing push more people out of a community than shamming.