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    [–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Debian guy could have saved time by connecting to lan after boot and installing the wifi package directly.

    [–] everett@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Or for laptops with no Ethernet, USB-tether a phone.

    [–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    I completely forgot there are laptops with no lan port now.

    [–] dezmd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

    NOT IN THIS HOUSE THERE AREN'T, YOUNG MAN!

    [–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

    For some reason, this didn't work on my old phone after installing PixelExperience 11 on it.
    There's a third way. Bluetooth. At least you don't need a cable, and you'll save power.

    For that reason, I usually use Bluetooth instead of Wi-Fi, unless I need higher bandwidth (except during peak hours of network usage, when my connection speed is below 1Mbps anyway).

    [–] HyonoKo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Happened to me a few times already that the ethernet drivers are unfree.

    [–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

    WHAT?! I would have never guessed that. Lan has always seemed to be the one part that’s dependable, no matter what’s booting.

    [–] _cnt0@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

    *shakes fist at heaven*

    Damned thou shalt be, Atheros gigabit ethernet chip!

    [–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
    [–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

    Guess it depends on hardware, I still had to add the wifi driver for bookworm.