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[Stephen Offiler]

Thanks farmer.  You all are being quite helpful, and I really appreciate
it.  Imagine my dismay to learn just how novice I really am - I never even
considered there was such a thing as a "linux-compatible network adapter"
until Spencer and now you mentioned it.  Going to see if maybe Staples or
Best Buy or whoever else might have one; that way I can drive over there
and get it same-day.  The company's buying this hardware.  Before you ask -
they aren't too wild about buying me a whole new laptop, and I don't blame
them; at best I might fall into 1/2-1 day per week routine working from
home.  But incidentals like these, no problem.

SO


On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 5:25 PM Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> You can get a Linux compatible USB WIFI adapter for about $10 to $15 from
> Amazon.
> I wouldn't use Wine at all if it was avoidable. I take it that the laptop
> was not WIFI because it was a workstation model? was it Ethernet? 4 Gb
> should be plenty. I'm running Linux Mint on an old desktop with less than
> that but I'm not running it as USB but I have ran other Linux on USB like
> Knoppix without any problems.
> I have a $12.99 Linux compatible WIFI adapter sitting in my Amazon
> shopping cart waiting to add a few other items before I order. I have a USB
> WIFI adapter laying on the table beside me but like yours it is for Windows.
>
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> On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 3:01 PM Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> We were discussing Linux a few weeks ago, and after deciding Mint/Mate
>> would be a good choice, I had some initial success booting and running off
>> a thumb drive. Then, I kind of set it aside.
>>
>> Now, renewed interest as my employer would like to see more work from
>> home.  While I'm on the shop floor a lot, I do have a ton of paperwork as
>> well.  I have my home computer (iMac) remote-connected to my workstation at
>> work, which is... OK at best.  There are several things I find a bit
>> annoying, and they'd mostly be resolved if I had two machines at home.
>>
>> Back to that old laptop.  The Libre Office package that comes with Linux
>> is perfect for my needs, but I need to get it talking to my WiFi at home.
>> I've got a Netgear USB Wifi interface for that laptop (tested, works fine
>> under Windows) but Linux just ignores it.  Google to the rescue.  The
>> solution involves Wine, a compatibility layer that allows Windows stuff to
>> run under Linux.
>>
>> Problem - during the Wine install, I got a message that I was out of
>> memory.  The bootable thumb drive is 128GB, so it sure as holy heck isn't
>> full.  I have been hearing that operation off a thumb drive relies heavily
>> on RAM.  This laptop has 4 GB.  I was taking the memory error to mean the
>> thumb drive, but that's clearly wrong.  Maybe I need more than 4GB of RAM?
>> Anybody run into anything like this, any words of wisdom?
>>
>> (Laptop is a Dell Precision M4400, a workstation-class machine when it
>> was new in 2008.  I used to run Solidworks on it)
>>
>> Steve O.
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