>I've never installed Linux on a laptop and had wireless not suck, at least a little bit.
I've installed Ubuntu on probably at least 20 computers (conservative estimate) and have only had wireless suck once or twice.
I'm currently typing on an old Dell Inspiron N1440 running Ubuntu 16.04 and if I remember correctly, this is the one where wireless didn't work when I installed the OS, but I ran some updates while hardwired before I got to address the wireless issue and the updates fixed it for me.
I've installed Ubuntu on probably at least 20 computers (conservative estimate) and have only had wireless suck once or twice.
I'm currently typing on an old Dell Inspiron N1440 running Ubuntu 16.04 and if I remember correctly, this is the one where wireless didn't work when I installed the OS, but I ran some updates while hardwired before I got to address the wireless issue and the updates fixed it for me.
Also special function keys work as well.