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It's #BlueFriday and let's celebrate by doing something good for the planet. The most eco-friendly device is still the one you already own!
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It's #BlueFriday and let's celebrate by doing something good for the planet. The most eco-friendly device is still the one you already own!
Install GNU/Linux and run new & old HW more efficiently and for longer, reducing the disproportionate #carbon footprint from device production.
Donate the savings to #KDE and #FOSS projects to show your love for all the amazing things we achieve when we work together:
then you got no problem, Jules.
as to wireless, that's solved with 3rd party drivers getting enabled in Ubuntu-like distros (which Mint is) and installing the driver from the drivers control panel pane. how do you install it without internet? you tether your phone to the laptop via USB and allow it to access the wifi. on Android that's done via the USB Tethering menu.
on fedora you enable rpmfusion and install
broadcom-wlafter you've done the full system upgrade post install and rebooted; otherwise you won't be able to boot.it's possible you'll need firmware for the webcam; 2011-2015 models don't need it, no idea what the deal is for yours. and especially no idea for the abomination that's the touch bar.
after install, install and enable
mbpfanormacfanctld(just one of those, depending on the distro) so your laptop don't explode.