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Hi, everyone!

I am interested in Linux, but wasn't able to use it on my system, because of the lack of wifi drivers. Now here's my question: Are there any Linux distros, that support wifi out of the box?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago) (17 children)

My system setup:

CPU: Core i5-10400U GPU: Nvidia GTX 1650 RAM: 16 GB Storage: 1 TB It is a desktop btw.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 years ago (11 children)

The wifi is on the mainboard or a seperate addon card? In general "Killer" gaming network equippment seems to have issues under Linux. Most other wifi cards, especially those with intel and realtek chipsets usually work out of the box.

What Linux distribution did you try?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago (10 children)

I tried a few... Ubuntu, LM, Solus, everywhere was the same error. Is there a way to find out the driver in the live Linux USB?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 years ago

Do you have Ethernet access?

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