How to solve wi-fi problem on Macbook Air mid 2013? (programming.dev)

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We have a Macbook Air mid 2013 and no matter what distro I tried, making wi-fi work was pain due to Broadcom drivers and not having ethernet port. Basically had to install the drivers via phone tethering.

However, probably because of the drivers, there are certain problems like disconnecting out of blue or really slow connection or cannot reconnect unless reboot the PC.

So I want to ask, if you have this Macbook and have Linux installed, which distro you're using it with? How is it?

Recently I installed Bazzite on a home computer and printers, Xbox controller, iPhone connection, everything the owners need worked out of the box. I'm wondering, would it also work fine with this Macbook too?

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[-] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

I have a 2012 MacBook Pro.

This is what used to enable RPM fusion in Fedora and get the broadcom drivers:

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/macbook-pro-user-struggles-to-connect-to-wifi-on-fedora-35/75859/7

https://ostechnix.com/how-to-enable-rpm-fusion-repository-in-fedora-rhel/

https://doc.fedora-fr.org/wiki/D%C3%A9p%C3%B4t_RPM_Fusion

It solved every problem but I have to redo the operation maybe once every two years.

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