Is this TL-WN823N wifi card suported without installing drivers manually?

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I am looking to get the following wi-fi card since it seems to be at an ok-ish price and I might need it for the mini pc since I do not always have access to ethernet

The site seems to give some Linux drivers , but installing this for me(new user who had almost everything installed by windows updates) is more than difficult

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That uses a Realtek RTL8192EU chip that is supported by the kernel (according to the database, since kernel version 4.9). No additional drivers should be needed.

I used this to find the information:

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oh, tysm for the good news! Much appreciated <3

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Just because a WiFi chip is supported in the kernel doesn’t automatically make it a good choice. Some in-kernel WiFi drivers are very poor performers and have many known issues. I would put that realtek offering in the poor performance category. I would personally not recommend purchasing that WiFi card.

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huh… not very good to hear this

why don’t you think that it would be ok?

i need like 30 mbps and stable wifi off a 100mbps network at home cuz at office I have ethernet and bcz at home I might only push stuff to the GitHub servers

it’s quite some money, but idk if I can find smth better cuz at home I also have a older d link wifi card that has worked 1 yr ago when testing it with ubuntu 22.04

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If you are looking at Realtek adapters then these models have better drivers and are likely more future proof:

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is this any better ? this is what I have at home for the windows 10 pc, it worked with ubuntu live stick before

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The manufacturers model number is irrelevant. It is the WiFi chip inside that should be the deciding factor.

Please read below:

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