Re: Not Much LINUX Stuff of Late

On Thu, 30 Jul 2026 23:30:48 +0000, vallor wrote:

> Just a note about Mint -- you can install a later kernel using the
> update manager, under view > Linux kernels.
> 
> (The latest is 7.0.0.)

No, thanks. The update to 6.17 was bad enough. It's an old netbook with a 
Broadcom wifi chip and the dkms process would fail and it would revert to 
6.14. To even install I use a Panda USB wifi dongle. Once installed, the 
Mint driver manager was able to get a Broadcom driver. It had been working 
but not with 6.17. I was able to find a deb with one that worked. Oddly 
when troubleshooting the problem I got a lot of hits on Mac sites and I 
think that's where I finally found the update. 

I can't remember what I had on the netbook prior to Mint but it was the 
same cha-cha. Install with the dongle the iso recognized and then get the 
Broadcom driver.  I don't know if it's because it's from 2011 or if 
Broadcom support isn't up to par.