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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 10 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I'm not faulting linux, I'm faulting the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Linux is their main operating system and they haven't picked a good WIFI hardware module for years. Dunno if the new raspberrypi 4 is better, but I'm not paying to find out.

[–] LufyCZ@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Quick correction, the Pi5 is the new one

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

Thanks. I'm out of the loop.

[–] linuxdweeb@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

All single board computers have driver problems because they require custom kernel forks that can't or don't get mainlined for whatever reason (usually laziness), but Raspberry PI is actually the best when it comes to that stuff.

So when you buy an SBC, you need to ask yourself: will the company continue to develop/update/patch their custom kernel fork now that they shipped? Or will they just abandon it and move on to the next product? 9 times out of 9.01, it's the latter.

[–] Johanno@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I am running a pi 1. No WiFi included. The usb I have worked for everything so far

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's the only thing that worked for me too. The inbuilt WiFi is useless.

[–] Johanno@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago

On pi 4 with raspbian no issues. Didn't try a different os on that yet