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USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness - Dennis Schubert (overengineer.dev)
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I was looking for a new USB-c hub and came across this article. It's an interesting write-up of what is on the inside of some popular options

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Unfortunately, looking at the hardware information, … it’s another Realtek RTL8153 …"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Are Realtek network chips still bad?

I had often issues with multiple Realtek wifi chips on Linux years ago and researched a bit. Apparently, they just reiterate their prior generation with patched-on features. And not only in software but in hardware too, to flood the market with cheap chips. To make it working smoothly on Windows, they use dangerous hacks in the driver, which Linux has not.

So this is still the case? I don't buy Realtek anymore and look closely on components.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I still avoid them like the plague... Even 20 years later... Imagine my surprise when I found realtek sound cards -_-

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Their soundcards were not affected. Are they bad too now?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

First ones didn't work out for me either, driver hell. Eventually they worked, but it was painful.