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    It's OK if you cry (infosec.pub)
    submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    [–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I mean it isn't Linux fault, but I wanted to install balenaos on my RaspberryPi and they don't support a WiFi chip in their kernel. Without WiFi the whole idea won't work for me. And I don't want to buy a new WiFi usb only because they don't want to add the drivers.

    My attempts to add it to the kernel and build it myself failed so far.

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 11 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.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Quick correction, the Pi5 is the new one

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

    Thanks. I'm out of the loop.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

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

    [–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

    Try Void, maybe it has the adequate firmware binary blobs... worth a try 🤷.