I am currently up late doing anything but sleeping. Later, during the day, I will have officially taken the dive into Linux! I am very excited to do so. Does anyone have any tips, anything that a new user should know? That would be greatly appreciated.
Update 01 (please, anyone with more experience correct me if I’m wrong here):
Ok, so although this isnt how I did it (it was a terminal command, that I haven’t yet been able to find again) here’s how to ID your WiFi Card - click the main menu (the Start menu, if was Windows), and type “sys” so that you see an option for System Information.
Click that and choose PCI from the menu on the left. Scroll down the list and you should see entries for Ethernet and Network. Look in the Brand and Device columns to find your model of wifi card. For example, here’s mine:
The info you need is underlined above - note that on mine the “(rev 01)” part matters too, not just the BCM43142 part.
Then you need to find the right driver for whatever your card is. I’ll go look to see how I found mine :-)
Update 02:
Actually… Ok, so I really wish I’d found this guide (below) before, it looks a lot easier to follow than the various scraps of info I pulled together a couple of weeks ago! I’d say try working through this first, as it seems to be written by someone considerably more knowledgable than me! :-)
https://www.reallinuxuser.com/how-to-install-wifi-drivers-in-linux-mint/ (I’ve no connection with the author, I literally just stumbled upon the link while trying to find the stuff that helped me)
I need to go just now, but hopefully that helps - if not please do say, and we can keep trying! :-)