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I am currently trying to escape Windows and want to switch to Linux Mint as my daily driver.

However when I first tried it on a spare laptop everything worked except the WiFi. A kernel update fixed it because it also has ethernet.

My question is can I boot to a live USB on the ethernet laptop, update the kernel on the live USB and use that on the other laptop to install mint with working WiFi?

I tried to use the internet from my phone via Bluetooth but it was so slow it was unusable.

If this is a dumb question I apologise as I’ve been using Linux for less than a day at this point.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

EDIT.

I solved the issue. The Asus laptop uses a MediaTek wifi and bluetooth chip that isn't supported by Linux. I've ordered a TP-Link mini USB adapter so hopefully that works.

When I installed Mint on the laptop with the ethernet port there was no WiFi adapters found. So I updated the kernel, restarted and WiFi was working.

I used the same live USB on both laptops.

Unfortunately my other laptop has no ethernet port so I must wait for a USB dongle to be delivered.