> PCI vs USB WI-FI results argument is totally void. There is no such thing. > > Check stock TL-WN721N/TL-WN722N or what thinkpenguin/tehcnoetical have.
When I began migrating to free software, I bought several ThinkPenguin WiFi dongles and used them for a year. It was extremely frustrating. I lost my Internet connection every few minutes. Other users on this forum have reported the same result. I now install a $6 PCI Atheros card on every laptop I can and get far better results. Many of my friends have MacBooks, and when I install Trisquel on their computer and they see it take 3 tries to get through the installer (for some reason the installer crashes on MacBooks if not connect to the Internet at a certain moment), and several hours to get through the first "sudo apt upgrade" they insist on the proprietary firmware for their WiFi card, or Ubuntu, or they will return to macOS. But maybe this has nothing to do with USB vs PCI, and the $30 ThinkPenguin dongles are for some reason of lower quality than the $6 PCI cards. I'll try Andy's suggestion. If you have ever used a USB WiFi card that wasn't crap, can you tell me what model it was?
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