• viking@infosec.pub
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    8 hours ago

    I agree with USB-C, but there are still a million USB-A devices I need to use, and I can’t be bothered to buy adapters for all of them. And a USB hub is annoying.

    Plus, having 1-2 USB-C ports only is never gonna be enough. If they are serious about it, why not have 5?

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      6 hours ago

      I bought some adaptors in China for around $0.50 each. It really isn’t that big of a deal

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      6 hours ago

      You can’t buy a UCB-C Wifi dongle that last time I checked. You have to buy a c-to-a adapter, then use a usb-a wifi dongle. It’s nuts that those don’t exist.

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        6 hours ago

        Genuine question - what device do you have that has USB-C ports, no USB-A ports, doesn’t have WiFi, but supports the dongle?

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          5 hours ago

          Pinetab2 shipped with a wifi chip without any Linux drivers. The drivers eventually got made, but before that, you needed a USB dongle with Ethernet or a adapter.

          I would also like a USB-c wifi dongle for tech support reasons. Sometimes, the wifi hardware fails and you need a quick replacement to figure out what happened.