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In the COVID-19 time i fixed my old asus x555lab notebook with small ram upgrade and new ssd 512Gb. Now my dual boot is bsd :: linux. It’s my current resource with all music apps and services. I decided it was time to take advantage of this too.

Precautions if you use this asus model:

MEDIATEK Corp. MT7630e 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter

“device include BT module”.

linux: external dongle is required. Bluetooth issue if kernel > 4.x

bsd: external dongle is required. Wireless missing driver

Report: with 15-20€ you can get both and eliminate the problems. My choice:

1. Tp-link TL-WN823N USB Wireless

   “tested on openbsd/freebsd/netbsd - it’s full compatible”

2. Plugable Bluetooth USB Adapter 4.0 LE

   “tested on Slackware,Crux,Kiss,Spark,Artix,Devuan: it’s full compatible”

Result:

Full compatible linux laptop for my music job and full compatible bsd laptop for my life.
Screen: images/scrot/ax-spark.png

Suggestion:

No upcoming machine change is required. Long live my old laptop!