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I am not sure if it is sorted now, but a couple of years ago Mint was plagued with issues related to wifi, so much so that I had to switch off from it.
There is, and there always will be issues, this is not going to change, much less in Linux where the hardware manufacturers are many, many times offering zero help and less documentation, but they pass, they're fixed, and things advance and improve all the time. This happens in every OS. However we're almost certainly safe here from changes done just for the sake of profit (with extremely rare exceptions which get fought back by the community, I'm looking at you, Canonical!), so I'd say we're MUCH better off on this side of the fence.
Oh ya, I remember that. Luckily all issues are gone. Wifi is stable
Still not great
I don't think that is the fault of anyone in the community
Interesting, it hasn't been big enough an issue for me to get around to investigating yet but that might be the reason my my wifi speeds are lower than expected, stability hasn't been an issue though.