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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you're going that far, you've taken a wrong turn somewhere. Please ask for help before digging into compiling stuff, unless that's what you're into, there's probably a simpler solution.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It sounds like the version they were using didn't have the right drivers in the build. Seems a lot of work to go to just to get new drivers.

If the source is available somewhere, but it's not in your distro's repos, there's probably a good reason for that. Ideally just get better hardware. A WiFi chip is usually something like $20-30 and is replaceable on most laptops and desktops. An audio card can be bypassed with USB or a PCIe add-in card. That's pretty much everything this might apply to.