<div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div>SO</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 5:25 PM Indiana Robinson <<a href="mailto:robinson46176@gmail.com">robinson46176@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">You can get a Linux compatible USB WIFI adapter for about $10 to $15 from Amazon.<div>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.</div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 3:01 PM Stephen Offiler <<a href="mailto:soffiler@gmail.com" target="_blank">soffiler@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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. <div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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?<br></div><div><br></div><div>(Laptop is a Dell Precision M4400, a workstation-class machine when it was new in 2008. I used to run Solidworks on it)</div><div><br></div><div>Steve O.</div></div>
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