Another Linux lie: we support Bluetooth

Truth: you do not.

Bluetooth was introduced in 1998. That's the time of RedHat 5.1 or 5.2, Slackware 3.5 or 3.6, etc. It's been a long time since. Fast forward into 2023.

I have a bunch of Linuxae in my lab. From some obsolete of 2015 vintage to the bleeding edge 2023 latest versions. None of them work with BT on my Android smartphone.

Fedora 26 is not able to turn its BT on or off. It is stuck at 'On'. It does discover the smartphone, pairs, but does not receive any files. The file transfer from the phone to Linux fails instantly. Then Linux disconnects all by itself and cannot reconnect until a cold reboot.

Fedora 36 is not able to turn the BT on. It appears to be on but the device name field remains disabled and pre-filled with 'Turn on bluetooth to edit'.

So, 25 years after the introduction of BT, Linux is still not capable of using it despite pretending to do so. Pathetic!

Posted by: LinuxLies at 03:19 PM | No Comments | Add Comment
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