Adding Reply Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic Recommendation, please? Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post yoshiness Posted at 10:13 pm on Sep. 13, 2008 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.

Replies espresso8097 Posted at 10:26 pm on Sep. 13, 2008 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. rocker111 Posted at 10:18 pm on Sep. 13, 2008 Quote: from TBMP at 12:14 am on Sep. 14, 2008 go install XP whatever you do, do NOT install Vista. yoshiness Posted at 10:15 pm on Sep. 13, 2008 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. ;_; TBMP Posted at 10:14 pm on Sep. 13, 2008 go install XP whatever you do, do NOT install Vista. All 4 previous replies displayed.