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this post was submitted on 30 May 2025
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Well the Wifi on Mint worked out of the box but the cursor would flash in and out, the audio didn't work, Steam wouldn't launch and my webcam was constantly lit up for some reason.
Okay then try Fedora and look into power management settings for the WiFi adaptor
How do you do that?
Unfortunately I dont have specific instructions on how to tame an angry fedora. It’s not my main so I dont have that memorized, but I do know Ubuntu likes to include some quality of life tweaks out of box that other distros like fedora can omit, including power management settings that can help tame stubborn wireless cards like these.
What does power management have to do with wireless cards?
wireless cards have their own power management settings that typically arent shown in the GUI and in linux the defaults for some of them are so aggressive they cause problems. Intels are notorious for this but some older broadcom cards had this problem too.
So if the wireless card draws too much power it won't be visible?
Opposite problem. Some wireless cards have unstable low power modes that get turned on anyway.
Interesting, thanks for that perspective.