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Now I'm a big fan of Linux, and definitely not a Windows fan. and ambivalent towards Android/iOS/macOS.
But recently trying to get wifi working under Ubunti 18.04 has been driving me mad.
I was trying to repurpose an old MSI Wind Box DC11. I thought its small size and 500GB hard drive would make it a suitable addition to the van to serve as a media centre.
An internet connection would be desirable although not essential, as the content would largely be stored on the hard drive. However, can I get the wifi to work? No, I can't.
The internal wifi device is a Realtek 8188CE, which seems to be poorly supported in Ubuntu.
I wonder if there is a USB wifi dongle that works out of the box under Ubuntu 18.04 or if I should be trying a different Linux distro.
Any advice gratefully received.
But recently trying to get wifi working under Ubunti 18.04 has been driving me mad.
I was trying to repurpose an old MSI Wind Box DC11. I thought its small size and 500GB hard drive would make it a suitable addition to the van to serve as a media centre.
An internet connection would be desirable although not essential, as the content would largely be stored on the hard drive. However, can I get the wifi to work? No, I can't.
The internal wifi device is a Realtek 8188CE, which seems to be poorly supported in Ubuntu.
I wonder if there is a USB wifi dongle that works out of the box under Ubuntu 18.04 or if I should be trying a different Linux distro.
Any advice gratefully received.