The driver work is different because Arch ships with a vanilla kernel.
sudo pacman -S linux-firmware
# For the staging driver (if rtl8xxxu fails)
sudo pacman -S rtl8192su-dkms-git (from AUR)
Note: The AUR package rtl8192su-dkms-git is actively maintained. It compiles against your current kernel. rtl8192s wlan adapter driver work
Linux users have historically had a worse experience because the mainline kernel does not include native drivers for the RTL8192S. The chip requires a staging driver that was removed in kernel 4.15+. The driver work is different because Arch ships
In the Linux ecosystem, the RTL8192S driver architecture follows the standard IEEE 802.11 subsystem framework (mac80211). This framework abstracts much of the protocol logic, allowing driver developers to focus on hardware-specific operations. rtl8192s wlan adapter driver work
sudo apt install firmware-realtek
# or on Fedora: sudo dnf install linux-firmware