No, I don't use usb adapters for the internet. You might try temu, prices on that site may be less than amazon which may give you room to experiment with different adapters. -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Mon, 29 Jul 2024, rodney jackson wrote: > Jude, > > If Trisquel does not have it, do you know of a good and dependable usb > adapter. > > i found a cheap one on amazon but on both my trisquel systems it does not > always work. sometimes when i boot up trisquel sometimes does not see the > adapter and sometimes it does. > > Rodney > > > On 7/29/2024 12:56, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > You may need to install the driver for that wi-fi card if it's available > > on trisquel11. To research this, lshw or hwdata packages may tell you > > which driver is needed. > > The driver that is needed may not be available on trisquel11. > > > > > > -- > > Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. > > Please use in that order." > > Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > > > On Mon, 29 Jul 2024, rodney jackson wrote: > > > >> i have installed Trisquel 11 on a laptop and it works pretty well, my > >> problem > >> is it is not finding the built in wifi card. when i have windows 10 on this > >> machine the wifi card was working great. how do i get trisquel to find this > >> wifi card. This is a Dell laptop. here is the info on this system: model > >> number: PP28L > >> reference number: 07147 > >> dell LBL P/N: NM508 A01 APCC > >> service tag: GYWXLJ1 > >> > >> XPS M1530 > >> > >> i know i can use a USB adapter but was hoping to get the internal wifi to > >> work. > >> > >> if this is not an option what brand is the best for Linux? > >> > >> The ethernet works but i do not want to keep it plugged in all the time. > >> > >> any info would be appreciated > >> > >> Rodney > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to blinux-list+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxx. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to blinux-list+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxx.