mintCast 240 – Fixing Linux

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8 Replies to “mintCast 240 – Fixing Linux”

  1. Artem S. Tashkinov

    Hi

    The author of Major Linux Problems on the Desktop here 😉

    Guys, where have you found the part which says “It’s not yet ready for the desktop”? It’s in the URL but it’s not mentioned anywhere in the article. I’ve long forsaken this part because Linux fans hate me for that. Also, Wi-Fi is listed under problematic things. In fact recently I spent like half a day trying to set up Wi-Fi on my new laptop – I made it work perfectly, but no normal person could have done that.

    Best regards!

  2. Bob Long

    Just yesterday I installed Mint 17.3 MATE on an older laptop with Broadcom BCM4311 wireless. At first, no wireless at all. I initially installed the recommended “bcmwl-kernel-source” from the “Driver Manager” but that did not work either. So, then, using Synaptic (or other):

    uninstall: bcmwl-kernel-source
    install: firmware-b43-installer

    Then remove from blacklist:
    sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

    and comment (with #) the line:
    blacklist bcm43xx

    Reboot – works. Other laptops with Broadcom and Mint MATE have “just worked”, so go figure!

  3. mikef90000

    Here’s hoping that the new ‘X-Apps’ will reduce the future forking of apps in some Linux distros. Unity and GNOME 3 devs have ‘dumbed down’ many in the name of arbitrary simplification or convergence, while here is the chance for actually Adding useful functionality to desktop apps again.

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