I have read about so many issues regarding Bluetooth and Linux its ridiculous. Usually its random disconnecting, not auto reconnecting, not disconnecting properly, basically every issue possible. And ive had them too. I would really love it if i could just have my ps4 controller hook up right when I turn it on for example. Or have my shared speaker system actually disconnect when I turn off blnluetooth (it doesnt).
I’ve mostly only used mint with Bluetooth. Some popos but it had the same issues ofc. Only really used desktops, but also have issues on an atari vcs with mint and Bluetooth, exact same issues my desktop has.
Anyone know some real fixes? This is one of those things that makes it very hard to get people to switch when windows handles bluetooth devices perfectly (in my experience) and linux has just sucked so bad on that front.
I’ve been using Pop!_OS as my main system (Lenovo X1 Extreme) since just before the COVID lockdown and I’ve never had an issue with my Bluetooth devices.
I am going to guess that maybe the issue is that some computers use a Bluetooth device that has less than optimal Linux support. Maybe the way to address the issue is by having a more detailed hardware support list so that consumers can choose the hardware that is the most stable with Linux.
My desktop just has a cheap dongle.
The crazy thing, the atari vcs has its own debian based atari os and the bluetooth on it works perfectly. But when running mint on the same machine, I get disconnect issues. I want to figure out how atari got it to be so solid