Hi hal, Haines,

hal writes:

> On 9/21/21 16:34, Haines Brown wrote:
>> I'm looking at a Gigabyte Z590 AORUS Elite motherboard. One version of
>> this motherbard (designated Ax) is "wifi-enabled". It also supports
>> bluetooth I suppose this means that the NIC is on the board. I have no
>> reason to think this would be useful under Linux. Am I wrong?
>
> The Wi-Fi chip on that board appears to be an Intel 6E with Bluetooth
> 5.2 integrated on the chipset. There appears to be a wired LAN port as
> well. You might be able to use either, or both.
>
>> It also supports bluetooth, but I've no idea what is the use of a MB
>> bluetooth connection with a motherboard.
>
> As with any other chipset on that board, I would check that the Linux
> kernel (of your distro) includes support (kernel modules) for those
> electronics.
>
> Bluetooth is handy for wireless headsets and maybe other things, but I
> don't tend to use it myself.

No experience yet but looking at a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse to get
rid of the cables on my (physical) desktop.

Hope this helps,
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