Tomas and others, To answer your question the problem/performance still exists in various forms.
Depending on the version and distro type based on Ubuntu, disconnects and weak signal still comes up. I've updated the kernel made mod changes to things like disabling power saving, etc Over all what happens even after making suggested configuration changes, the signal strength degrades to the point where I have to reboot or disable and re-enable the wireless adapter. As it turns out I was listening to one of the podcasts on the jupiterbroadcasting.com network this week and the primary hosted reported that this known issue in Ubuntu has now been fixed. They rolled out 16.04.1?? The host ragged on Ubuntu for taking 3 months to get a fix out, the other host didn't think it was that big of a deal. IE- 16.04 was ready to build and ship get it out there fix the bugs later... I don't subscribed to the ship it now with a known bug especially when it's wireless and patch it later. On a laptop "Wireless" is a core function.. and if it's not stable it lends to a miserable user experience. Speaking of wireless and other distro issues, I was listening to the Linux Mint podcast today and one of hosts was talking about Arch and his Broadcom wireless card having issues in the past. As it turns out the recent version of Arch he installed this time worked ok with his Broadcom card. He's into and moving to have all his laptops/desktops running a dual boot of Linux Mint and Arch as he wants to tinker and custom build his programming apps and utilities under Arch. On the Sunday Morning Linux podcast one of the hosts routinely runs into issues with her Broadcom wireless card and numerous Distros as they test drive and give feedback on many new and updated versions of distros. I find it interesting that there appears to be no "Open Wireless standard? How long has wireless been around in the consumer landscape? 15 plus years?? Maybe I'm missing something but consistent wireless functionality should be ingrained/installed in every Linux version/flavor. Why is that so difficult? Charles On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Charles Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > I’ve been distro jumping the last few months, Xubuntu, Linux Mint, Linux > Mate, “Ubuntu 16.04” just to name a few and I constantly run into Wi-Fi > connectivity issues. Disconnects, low signal, etc. I’m using a Lenovo > laptop G50 with the dreaded Realtek RL8723BE wireless card. > > What wireless card works well “most” of the time with various distro’s? So > far I know Realtek and Broadcom cards basically suck without mods and hacks. > > Thanks, > CRH > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
