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Hi,
Tried multiple times to unsubscribe but don't know which address you are sending this to on my domain.

Please could some admin unsubscribe *@gonwanda.net

Reason being: the last 2 downloaded ISOs failed to boot into the installed system. The one before it just crapped itself FUBAR.

Thanks in anticipation.

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On Wed, 22 Sep 2021, at 22:31, Haines Brown wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 06:09:24PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:
>> 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,
>
> Thanks, Olaf, it did. A problem ia that I'm wedded to the old Intel
> M-5 keyboards and geting them to use Bluetooth sounds like a challenge.
>
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