Finally decided to convert to the penguin. I have live booted mint from a usb, without installing it yet, on a macbook pro 2017. But none of the WiFi networks in my apartment are showing, except for a few weak ones. Help a newbie out :)

Edit: To clarify it is not installed yet. Just used it from a live usb.

Edit 2: Used phone as tether for internet and went through all managers. But none had any updates that worked. I also tried installing b43 and after that wl. But both did nothing on the live usb boot, I assume since modprobe doesn’t do anything on a live boot. But I ain’t installing if it won’t even work on the live boot.

@RedNight left a link that suggests this macbook, version 14.2, wifi doesn’t work with linux. https://github.com/Dunedan/mbp-2016-linux

Final edit: Fedora also didn’t work. So it’s a hardware compatibility issue.

TLDR: If u have a macbook 2017 version 14.2 the wifi won’t work on linux so don’t try.

  • dalë@lemm.ee
    7·
    8 months ago

    I had a similar issue with Mint on my Latitude 7480, ended up using Fedora where everything just seems to work.

    Best advice I can suggest is always use a live USB because if something doesn’t work there it won’t after install either.

    • HotCoffee@lemm.eeOP
      2·
      8 months ago

      Yeah luckily this is on a live USB. I’ll try fedora if nothings works thx for the recomendation

    • JustARegularNerd@aussie.zoneEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      Hey, I have a Latitude 7280 which I believe should be the 12" version of yours. A year or so ago I tried running Linux on mine (I believe EndeavourOS but also tested with Debian) and I couldn’t get sleeping to work right. When the laptop would wake up it seemed to just stay on a black screen and I’d have to hard power it down.

      Was this something you ran into with yours? I’ve been forced to use Windows on this laptop since because I never figured that issue out and couldn’t find anyone else with it