> Installed mint xfce edition
> need internet connection to do literally anything
> no ethernet
Pulling my eyes out Sup Forums. How to fix? I opened device manager but it says until I get an internet connection I can't do anything with it.
inb4 gentoo
inb4 back2windows
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Plug in Ethernet
too far away
I think this is a troll post, but post the results of
cat /etc/network/interfaces
install gentoo nigger
You mean you don't want internet connectivity at all on this machine, or that you just can't get networking functioning? I'll assume the latter.
Use lspci in terminal to find out what kind of networking adapter you have. The drivers you need will either be somewhere on the installation medium or found online. You can install the driver package manually once you find it.
How the fuck can you expect us to help you if you wont even post your hardware configuration.
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I tried multiple Linux distros and the common issue with all is wireless devices. WiFi and Bluetooth is the Achilles heel of Linux as it fails to detect and configure them on laptops. I have an old HP laptop and a new Dell, both have same issue, wireless device does not detect.
To make things worse, Linux has the shittiest audio driver ever made, literally Windows 95 can deliver better output on my hardware than this piece of shit. I am glad I erased all my partitions and went back to Windows 8.1, feels normal again.
This is for my fathers computer. He has a desktop and no ethernet functionality. I just removed windows from it and trying to give him a super basic OS.
I have a Netgear wireless-n dual band 3100 adapter that I use
ifup
You might need to get iwifi drivers from another computer.
You do know that Windows was literally made for low tech people like your father.
Can't help you, but I'm wondering why you'd use Mint if you're not going to use the Cinnamon DE?
I downloaded the driver that was posted here
> community.linuxmint.com
but after following the steps in terminal I keep getting errors.
I put the tar file on desktop, extracted the folder to desktop as well but I dont know how to install it
> You do know that Windows was literally made for low tech people like your father.
I had W7 installed on his machine and apparently the latest W10 update broke and it really messed things up so I decided to just scrap windows and put Mint
More lightweight. Literally all I need is Google Chrome and Skype to work
>Skype
lad...
Why not Xubuntu then, or some other with XFCE, that's what I mean.
Mint, is a pretty bloated distro compared to others.
Not him but my entire university uses Skype and some other cock sucking messenger app.
I dont use skype, this is for my dad
Your missing the point, He is trying to install Skype on Gnu/Linux.
Mate you should just switch to Elementary Os, No Wifi problems there.
I installed the same mint release on the slowest laptop I've ever come across for a friend and it still runs flawlessly. I tried Xubuntu a year or so ago and it wasnt quite as light as mint xfce.
Why not? Considering that people use Chrome, Steam and Google services on Linux, you are still part of the botnet.
I pity anyone who has to use Skype.
It's dead on Linux, Skype on web is barely functional on Windows with the plugin, even less so on Linux.
And even the desktop iteration on Windows is completely broken.
Skype on mobile seems to be the only working version at the moment.
>Your missing the point, He is trying to install Skype on Gnu/Linux.
Skype is fully working on the same version of Mint I installed for somebody else
Will take a look at Elementary if unable to find a solution today. Thanks.
If you want an OS where your WiFi works out of box, try Manjaro KDE/XFCE/Deepin flavors.
I have tried them, Ubuntu 16.04 core is fucking up wifi devices, switch to Arch core.
Pidgin + skype4pidgin my meme friend
Which of those is the lightest one?
>How to fix?
install a sane distro you cuck
Xfce is lightest. KDE and Deeping need decent amount of ram and GPU power. I am running them on a shitty Core2 processor, it works fine.
Thanks. Yea the computer that it will be running on is quite beefy (compared to a laptop) but since the usage will consist of just a handful of apps I would like to keep it at a bare minimal and have the most headroom.
So now its Manjaro Kfce vs Elementary OS... which one would be best for your grandmother?
ElementaryOS, has an OSX like interface, dock and very easy to use. But you will be stuck on Ubuntu 16.04 core which we are trying to avoid to fix the wifi issue.
And one more Linux thread about drivers...
Give it up OP. Spare yourself some pain.
The funniest part is when you autistic fuckwits suggested a command line as an acceptable activity for a average user.
Was in a Linux thread the other day and people swore none of this shit happened anymore. Fuck you guys and fuck Linux.
Tried Elementary as a previous user recommended, but the network interface is exactly like Mint and again no wifi works. Waiting on manjaro to finish downloading.
Installed Manjaro, wifi is not working out of the box...
:(
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Pick one.