That as well as using any Android kitchen in bash has been useless even recently. I have Linux Mint & Win10 dualboot and tried
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Dngrsone
Android Expert
LOL, been there, done that.Were you compiling in a VM? And shouldn't that be vmlinuz post compile?
Never had a problem getting machines to boot as long as I could find the right source and had all the dip switches and ISA interrupts set correctly on the peripherals. (This walk down memory lane is like remembering the last trip to the ER
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Got the emotional scars to prove it.
Personally, I've manned to compile maybe one kernel successfully... it's like a personal failing: unable to compile.
Well, there's a reason it's a betaI think the code name for WSL should have been "Cool Hand Luke" because "What we've got here is failure to communicate (with the linux kernel)"
... And THAT'S one of the numerous but Important reasons things won't build on Windows bash
I love hard boiled eggs. I probably could eat 100 of them.
I don't get it...
Cool Hand Luke reference. Comic relief is what I was going for.
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Father Guido
Android Enthusiast
I remember my 1st around '95 and it took all night. Lol!
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Made an icon. Can you guess what for?
Dngrsone
Android Expert
sushi?
That's it!!
Sudo Nemo!
1997..I never did get it "unleashed"...because I didn't have the budget for the required and expensive hardware.
https://books.google.com/books/about/Slackware_Linux_Unleashed.html?id=DYlaV1PDKxgC
And 19 years later, I'm using a Mac as my main computer. And the Linux kernel is everywhere.
https://books.google.com/books/about/Slackware_Linux_Unleashed.html?id=DYlaV1PDKxgC
And 19 years later, I'm using a Mac as my main computer. And the Linux kernel is everywhere.
Is there anyone that can maybe help me translate this into English? As if to a 5 year-old.
Yeh, occasionally with Linux, components and drivers come in kit form, with building instructions that expect you to be knowing what you're doing, i.e. a geek. I'm not sure that could be translated into something a 5 year old could understand. 
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Damn! Maybe if I stare at it long enough.
Dngrsone
Android Expert
Yeah, the instructions tell you how to build the driver. This is an old-school method, like we had to do years (more like a decade) ago.
I'm on a tablet and going to bed because I have to work in the morning, so unfortunately I can't take the time to explain further.
There isn't a pre-built .deb or .rpm file you could use with your distro?
I'm on a tablet and going to bed because I have to work in the morning, so unfortunately I can't take the time to explain further.
There isn't a pre-built .deb or .rpm file you could use with your distro?
It came with a Wifi Dongle. It says it supports Linux Kernel 2.4 and 2.6. Unless I'm confused, I'm on 4.4.
No rush. My laptop has better reception with it then with the in-built. Just can't use it on the liunx side.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5XXAHkNX1XpMGhnNVBObjUtUE0
No rush. My laptop has better reception with it then with the in-built. Just can't use it on the liunx side.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5XXAHkNX1XpMGhnNVBObjUtUE0
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I guess I could plug it in and try driver manager.
Edit: [SOLVED] Driver was included with distro. I just had to copy the script to init.d!
Edit: [SOLVED] Driver was included with distro. I just had to copy the script to init.d!
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I just use my phone as a WiFi dongle when needed.. Turn on the WiFi and USB tether to PC, much easier to do with Linux than Windows anyways
AZgl1500
Extreme Android User
don't confuse the Linux kernel numbers with the Android version numbers.
they are two entirely separate operating systems...
I would love to have a good WiFi dongle that will work with Linux, this POS laptop has a WiFi internal board that Linux does not recognize at all, I had to cribbage up a Windows driver to make it 'almost work'..... sometimes it does, lots of times it won't.... it definitely does not like el cheapo motel WiFi routers.... none of them
I have to burn up my 4g data when I am out traveling away from home.
Dngrsone
Android Expert
You can get plug-in WiFi hotspot/router for pretty cheap... I use a D-Link DIR-505 on occasion to go between the hotel WiFi or RJ-45 and my devices.
As for your laptop WiFi, most of those are drop-in (well, plug-in) modules. You may be able to find a card that is more Linux-compatible to install in place of the one you have now.
Keep in mind that some of these are multi-role devices, with Bluetooth or other radios built-in as well.
As for your laptop WiFi, most of those are drop-in (well, plug-in) modules. You may be able to find a card that is more Linux-compatible to install in place of the one you have now.
Keep in mind that some of these are multi-role devices, with Bluetooth or other radios built-in as well.
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