Turns out the reply in my thread telling me the best way to combat not caring about Linux is to care about Linux was absolutely correct.
I picked up a laptop, installed Linux Mint Cinnamon, and I’m already obsessed. I haven’t had this much fun with a PC in a long time and it’s just a cheapo Dell Inspiron 3520.
Why? None of that sounds like a pleasant experience.
That’s because it is not :) especially since many WiFi card vendors do not give documentation so writing a driver for it is basically impossible.
I’m learning to write kernel device drivers, are you saying that it is possible to write your own wifi drivers …
How common is it for manufacturers to provide the necessary wifi chip information?
You can even write your own OS from the ground up. Everything is possible with enough time and reverse engineering. But is it a good idea? Usually not.