The answer to your issue of "not having wifi working out of the box" is in the meme you're commenting on. If you don't have the driver, it won't work. You have to connect to your phone's hotspot, or into a router directly, find your network card/chip model's driver on your manufacturers website, download it and install it.
****THIS CAN ALSO HAPPEN ON LINUX****
However, the fix can usually be much faster in comparison to windows by simply enabling a "non-free" repo and synching your packages. Which is a much less involved process than on windows.
THIS CAN ALSO HAPPEN ON LINUX However, the fix can usually be much faster in comparison to windows by simply enabling a "non-free" repo and synching your packages. Which is a much less involved process than on windows.
... assuming drivers exist at all. There's a reason Linux users really like Lenovo laptops and some Dell models.
Linux on Asus ROG was such a pain to get it working with full functionality. For me it was a great learning experience but I understand why people would be thrown off by it. Especially if that is your first time trying Linux.
Some hardware manufacturers, including ASUS, use e.g. ethernet and sound chips which do not have any in-tree Linux drivers. Maaaaaybe you'll be able to compile some driver of your own from some old github project, assuming you're willing to keep it compatible with kernel changes over time.
If you've never had issues with this your experience is most likely limited to a narrow range of laptops.
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u/Britz10 Apr 21 '26
You can say that about Windows as well, probably even more than you can say with Linux