Linux and standards

Look I know I was glazing up Linux and all that but I ran into an issue today. I was out and about trying to figure out why I could not for the life of me connect to my university's WiFi when I discovered that they use WPA3, with PEAP. Now normally on Windows, MacOS, iOS, and android this is more or less not problem. Same with Linux... usually. I found that my network stack does not support TOFU (Security), or Trust on First Use, certificates. I'm not sure if its an issue with wpa_supplicant and I need to use iwd, or if I need to wait on the IT dept to send me a cert so I can use it. which goes to show that I'm ranting and my words should be trusted a little less. That being said haters gonna hate regardless and that is alright with me. just like every other platform its flawed, but its my flawed mess to fix. I'm thinking going forward I should probably talk about problems I come across and some fixes, I think I'll put them in a misc or problems folder so they are easier to find. As well as, creating basic dictionary notes so those who are tech illiterate can better understand what is going on here.
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Amendment

I have successfully fixed the issue. Could I tell you how? unfortunately not. I can however tell you what I attempted. I updated my packages using pacman -Syu, installed Wireshark, added the user to the Wireshark group, rebooted, ran Wireshark on the interface and attempted to connect. Only this time it actually worked! That being said I have no clue why it worked now. One day I'll understand Linux in its entirety like I do windows.
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