Supported distributions

💡 Tip: Linux kernels (>= 6.2) include their own drivers for our AC1L/AC3L/AC5L adapters, so they work out of the box in recent distributions. But these drivers aren’t yet as mature as ours, so if you encounter any issues, use our installer to replace them.

The following table lists the distributions that our installer supports and the versions that we have personally tested so far. The meaning of the remarks column is:

• apt: our driver repository is added to your sources and you won’t have to re-run our installer unless you reinstall your OS from scratch
• apt-rpm, dnf, pacman, ppm, swupd, yum, xbps, zypper: no driver repository; you’ll have to re-run our installer manually after major kernel version updates (e.g. from 5.15 to 5.18)
• eopkg, pkgtool: no dkms; you’ll have to re-run our installer manually after even minor kernel version updates (e.g. from 5.18.1 to 5.18.2)

Notes

1. AntiX Linux has a broken pkexec, so our installation command should use sudo instead:

    sh -c 'wget linux.brostrend.com/install -O /tmp/install && sudo sh /tmp/install'
   

2. Manjaro Linux shows a prompt about which kernel headers to install; please select the matching one, for example if your kernel is 5.10 then choose the linux510-headers package.

3. Slackware doesn’t include dkms in its stock repositories; if you’re frequently changing kernels, you can optionally install it

📝 Note: we try to support as many Linux distributions as possible, but there are so many that it’s impossible to test all of them. Also, some do not provide the required kernel headers and build tools, or target exotic hardware that we don’t have access to. If you are not satisfied with the level of support that we are able to offer for your distribution, you may return the adapter back to Amazon for a refund, as it comes with a 2 year warranty.

See also the unsupported distributions list.