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I never really see hardware lacking Linux support mentioned, which got me caught by surprise when a computer with a Broadcom network card couldn't use the card. What other hardware don't work with Linux?

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[–] Mordikan@kbin.earth 2 points 1 week ago

I had an issue with an old Lenovo X260 laptop. The onboard bluetooth device was showing as not being present if the wireless device was loaded. I could have one or the other, but not both. BT/Wifi was being supplied by the same M.2 card, so as soon as a module loaded (the wireless loaded first I guess) it prevented it from being used by another module. I'm not sure if there was an actual fix to that, though. I had a spare USB bluetooth dongle so I just ran that instead.

[–] sangeteria@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

There's this printer that I wanna use for my job but when I went through the process of connecting it the driver wasn't listed among the massive amount of options. So I gotta print using a work computer instead of my laptop 😪

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Certain less well known smaller brands might not work as too few people know the HW

Same goes for very specialized hardware, if it wasn't on Linux to begin with, it probably won't work

[–] Stimpy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

About 10% of the hardware in my 2016 MacBook Pro. Twice I've tried to install Debian on that Satan spawn using various gists online, and each time I ended up deciding it wasn't worth the time

Every other piece of hardware I've tried in the past works without fail, that MacBook irks me.

[–] ATS1312@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Is there a broadcom firmware package you need to install? I have NEVER gotten away with neglecting that step on a broadcom card.

Often the hotkeys on laptops for screen brightness, mute, etc will either not work or be wonky, on my HP Elitebook on Debian distros the brightness keys both mute the speakers instead, they work fine on Fedora though.

[–] tobylemming@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

The touchpad in the Lenovo 300e is not supported; although the touchscreen does work. I use mouse which is fine most of the time, but it would be nice if the touchpad would be supported one day.

[–] Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I had issues with brand new hardware. Had to use testing on debian to get proper resolution.

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