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AgingAmerican

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9. Wireless connectivity is the holy grail of Linux distros

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #5)

Wed Oct 3, 2012, 02:18 PM

Oct 2012

A lot of times you have to use NDIS Wrapper to 'wrap' a windows wireless driver for use in Linux.

Right now I am using xubuntu, which is Ubuntu's distro for older hardware. I use it on my netbook because it has so little RAM, etc, and it works swimmingly well. The wireless worked right out of the box, I was quite impressed. It is also three times faster than the Win 7 starter that came with the netbook.

How does Mint run on older hardware? I am intrigued.

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Do you like Mint 13 and if so which desktop are you using? n/t [View all] RKP5637 Aug 2012 OP

Replying to my own post. I just tried Mint 13 Cinnamon via a Thumb Drive. Works great RKP5637 Aug 2012 #1

I use Linux Mint Adelante Aug 2012 #2

The more I've been using LM 13 Cinnamon I've been amazed at how solid it is and RKP5637 Aug 2012 #3

I'm a die hard Ubuntu 12.04 LTS user ...wife uses it too. L0oniX Dec 2012 #11

Tried it and didn't like it hobbit709 Sep 2012 #4

I've heard that also, that wireless connect (for Mint 13) has been a problem for some. I was reading RKP5637 Sep 2012 #5

Mint 11 had absolutely no problem with the wifi on my laptop. hobbit709 Sep 2012 #6

Wireless connectivity is the holy grail of Linux distros AgingAmerican Oct 2012 #9

Here are the requirements for Mint 13, which is the latest release. RKP5637 Oct 2012 #10

runs like a charm. Phillip McCleod Jan 2013 #13

I really do like Mint 13 TroglodyteScholar Sep 2012 #7

I have a couple of desktop systems here. One gave me a lot of problems with RKP5637 Sep 2012 #8

i've been using mint since it was an ubuntu spinoff Phillip McCleod Jan 2013 #12

I'm using Mint 14 Cinnamon Adelante Jan 2013 #14

i really like cinnamon from a user experience pov Phillip McCleod Jan 2013 #15

Well, Ubuntu 10.04 (LTS) is coming to its end of life pokerfan Feb 2013 #16

I've been using Cinnamon now since about the time I first posted this and RKP5637 Feb 2013 #17