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EveryWhere

SuperSeagull wrote: »

Are you saying that I should copy from the downloaded folder to either a dvd or usb. I have both so which is the most preferable and easiest to operate and to boot from.

I am quite enjoying this as it is new to me and I am learning more even at 77 years old, although I do get a little frustrated at times.

No need. Just use your existing DVD, if it is the latest version.

GDB2222

Coming very late to this party, let me add my 2p worth.

My desktop is now 11 years old. C2D at 2.2GHz. Adding a SSD revitalised this, and it still works pretty well for office tasks, including dictation software.

This laptop is only 5 years old. N2380 Celeron 2 cores running at 2.2GHz. It's 'adequate'. Slow, but it gets there eventually. It was cheap, at least! Adding a SSD made scarcely any difference.

Both W10 with 4GB of RAM.

HTH

SuperSeagull

Would I gain anything significantly by changing the HDD in the Compaq to SSD as I did with the Acer.

SuperSeagull

sorry double post

EveryWhere

SuperSeagull wrote: »

Would I gain anything significantly by changing the HDD in the Compaq to SSD as I did with the Acer.

It will always make a difference. Just don't spend much on it. Have you installed an OS to the Compaq?

SuperSeagull

Yes I just switched on this morning and it said it was installing Linux Mint so it obviously takes sometime and I switched it off too soon. It is up and running but I cannot access the internet as it only shows as wired. So I am going to connect it to the modem with an Ethernet cable and see if that helps and the allows me to go wireless. Any suggestions will be welcome.

SuperSeagull

That didnt work and it still showed as wired and lead unplugged. I am obviously doiung something wrong or failing to do some simple task.

EveryWhere

SuperSeagull wrote: »

That didnt work and it still showed as wired and lead unplugged. I am obviously doiung something wrong or failing to do some simple task.

Not necessarily. It's could be that the Wireless Driver is not immediately available.

Where are the Linux Mint experts?

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=175623

debitcardmayhem

SuperSeagull open a terminal on Mint then issue this command
inxi -N

[STRIKE]inxi -Fxz[/STRIKE]
and report back what the Network section says in terms of Devices/Cards e.g.

Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter 
  driver: ath10k_pci 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  driver: r8169 

debitcardmayhem

When you installed mint did you click install 3rd party stuff?
Also what did you use to install the DVD or USB ?