Re: Atypical migration to Trixie
Hi,
On Sun, Aug 17, 2025 at 09:12:17AM +0200, Ralph Aichinger wrote:
> What I want to say: Running Debian Trixie on them will probably work
> just fine on both, decide on other criteria.
I find this to be highly optimistic.
Common problematic areas for Linux on laptops continue to be things like
wifi/bluetooth support and ability to successfully suspend and/or
hibernate. Whether the model is old or new I don't find it an optional
step to check on the specific part support. The Internet is full of
reports from people having problems with these. I've replaced two stock
mini PCIe wifi cards in the last two years for people who bought laptops
that Linux didn't work on, or did not work well on.
Problems I've seen:
- wifi just doesn't work
- wifi works but continually drops out
- laptop can't suspend while that wifi driver module is in the kernel
- laptop suspends but is never able to wake up
- laptop suspends but wakes up without wifi/bluetooth and nothing gets
it back
- laptop suspends but wakes up without wifi/bluetooth and only
removal/re-add of wifi module gets it back
…and so on.
While I can list off plenty of laptops that work fine in all respects,
IMHO it is still a bit of a lottery to buy blindly unless the vendor
advertises Linux support explicitly on that model (e.g. some will offer
pre-installed Ubuntu or Fedora, which indicates that most other Linux
can be made to work too.) And this is not a thing related to "old" or
"new" or "cheap" or "expensive". Problems crop up across all dimensions.
Thanks,
Andy
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