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this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2024
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It's a mini PC, no PCI or m.2 extension, it's connected to the internet through cable, but I also have WiFi dongle and a Bluetooth dongle that don't require proprietary firmware, but the Bluetooth version is only 1.1 which its limitations and I want to upgrade.
That's too bad. From what I can find online there are a bunch that have in kernel drivers but I can't personally vouch for any of them. I haven't seen any reports of linux compatible usb bt dongles above 5.0 so far but that might just be Google's fault for making internet searching garbage.
Just to clarify. In-kernel drivers is not the same as open source firmware. Most bluetooth dongles use the in-kernel driver, but require proprietary firmware to be loaded before they work. Most of that firmware is present in the linux-firmware packages/repository, but the setup would no longer be FOSS only.
Oh I didn't know about this. Is there an easy way to check if the current setup has proprietary firmware in use?
Yeah, that's exactly the problem, thanks for the better wording.