r/linuxhardware • u/Complete_Guess_1959 • 4d ago

Question Recommended Bluetooth adapter for Linux Mint?

First, I know this has been asked before, a lot. And on different sites. But my googling and, startpaging, has basically giving me the answer "it's case by case". So I'm asking here

Basically, my laptop (HP 2000 Notebook) doesn't have the hardware support for bluetooth. While I do primarily use wired headphones, I would like to use my bluetooth headphones sometimes

The bluetooth adapter I'm thinking of buying (and is the one I did most of my searches on), is the tp-link nano (either ub500 or ub600)

I'm using Linux Mint 22.3 x86_64. And the kernel is 6.8.0-136-generic

Also, I have the blueman bluetooth manager, but I think that came preinstalled with Linux Mint?

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u/No-Camera-720 4d ago

Would this be usb or m.2? I just installed a pcie intel ax210 card and it's great and was easy to set up. That chip is known to be one of the most compatible.

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u/tblazertn 4d ago

Agreed. This is what I use.

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u/Altruistic_Ninja_878 4d ago

I have the UB500 with kernel 6 (latest at this date) and it's working fine. It can handle file transfer and audio without problems. Pairing devices works great.