On Mon, 05 Jun 2023 13:51:21 -0400 Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
... > The best option is to buy one that says clearly that it works with the > vanilla kernel and without requiring proprietary firmware blobs. > These are hard to come by and will usually be sold by companies > specializing in this market like tehnoetic.com, thinkpenguin.com, ... ... > Be aware that there is simply no wifi card (USB or otherwise) that > satisfies this requirement beyond the 11n spec: beyond 11n you currently > have to accept the use of a proprietary binary blob :-( I believe that there are at least some 11ac cards supported by the vanilla kernel and open source firmware: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath10k https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath10k/firmware -- Celejar