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Great resource discovered by peppyy here, viewtopic.php?p=45799#p45799, This just duplicates the website he found: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers.
Please add any similar websites to this thread.
ALWAYS CHECK WHAT KERNEL VERSIONS AN ADAPTER SUPPORTS.
Addictivetips https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-li ... ter-linux/ recommendations (Feb 3, 2022) of four wifi adapters for Linux.
If you can live without the 5GHz band, Amazon is currently selling a TP-Link-TL-WN722N, https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-TL-WN722 ... B002SZEOLG for $19.95. (Note only Kernels 2.6.18-4.4.3).
Plugging 'wifi dongle linux' into Amazon's Search Engine reveals many, including "BrosTrend Linux USB WiFi Adapter 1200Mbps Supports Ubuntu, Mint, Kali, Debian, Kubuntu, Mate, Zorin, PureOS, Raspberry Pi 2+, Windows 11, USB3.0 Wireless Dual Band Wi-Fi 5GHz/867Mbps + 2.4GHz/300Mbps... Linux Kernels up to 6.2" for $27.99, https://www.amazon.com/BrosTrend-1200Mb ... B07FCNP2VL
Once you find a dongle on Amazon which is supposed to work on you system there's nothing stopping you from searching to find out if anyone is selling it for less.
Read at the top of that web site listing WIFI adapters that are best for Linux.
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The only issue I ever see about using any WIFI adapter in any of the Puppy versions.
Does the Puppy versions Linux kernel have support (driver) for it, already in the kernel.
Is the needed firmware in the Puppy version.
Common problem is how new is the WIFI adapter.
If it was manufactured after the Linux kernel was released.
How could the Linux kernel have support for something, that did not exist, when the kernel was released.
Same for the needed firmware being in a Puppy version.
So a specific WIFI adapter.
The Puppy version may need to add a driver and or the firmware to get the adapter to work in it.
Usually the firmware package in the Puppy version, matches the Linux kernel version being used and it's support for hardware.
As you can see by that driver list and what features they have.
May be best, to find out what driver the adapter would need, to work in Linux.
It's still fairly easy to swap a Puppy's kernel and thus obtain one that an adapter supports. See the posts in this Section, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewforum.php?f=65
It is the other way around.
The adapter does not support the Linux kernel.
The Linux kernel supports the hardware.
The kernel is configured correctly (provides the needed features), has the needed driver, etc...........
Firmware is usually provided in the operating system.
In Puppy that is the fdrv.sfs