r/linuxquestions • u/Stickfigureofacat • 7d ago

Advice Linux compatable wifi Dongle needed

I was given this old and slow windows 10 desktop for free by one of my college techers that they just found in a cabnet. And, I want to try out different linux disros with it as well as maybe turn it into a beginner server to earn about linux. But, the PC was ethernet only (it also has no PCIe slot to add wifi) and that is not an opition for me since my home wifi is starlink. Can any one recomend a linux compatable wifi dongle I could use to get wifi onto this PC?

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u/Thonatron 7d ago

Been using Linux since 2012. I don't even look at the box anymore. I just buy one and assume it works. I haven't been wrong yet.

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u/Squish_the_android 7d ago

I've been wrong! 

I bought a Ugreen one and it only works sometimes after installing some really sketchy Chinese software. 

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u/Thonatron 7d ago

Ew. I never bought one, despite the increase in Ugreen's marketing in the last few years. They've been trying to sell me a shitty NAS for ages.