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Replies: 4Last Post Sep. 13, 2008 10:26pm by espresso8097
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I installed Debian on my dad's laptop, and it didn't want to initialize wireless.

I don't know how to get wireless to work, so... Any recommendations on a Linux distribution that will support wireless?

The laptop came with Windows 98 SE preinstalled, but no recovery disk. This computer I'm on came with a recovery disk, but only specifically for this computer.

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go install XP

whatever you do, do NOT install Vista.

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Quote: from TBMP at 10:14 pm on Sep. 13, 2008

go install XP

whatever you do, do NOT install Vista.


I only have XP as an upgrade. ;_;

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Quote: from TBMP at 12:14 am on Sep. 14, 2008

go install XP

whatever you do, do NOT install Vista.



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Did you try getting Ndiswrapper and installing the windows wireless drivers through that?

LinuxMint has Ndiswrapper pre-installed if you can't figure out installing it (not hard, but if...).  Wireless can always be a challenge with Linux.

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