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Windows 10, Yay or Nay?
- Thread starter Guggy
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I am going to have to return my ASUS TP500L laptop from Linux to Windows, sigh, yes, W10.
Linux just does NOT know how to deal with the WiFi adapter.
I have an external Logitech WNA3200 USB WiFi adapter, and no one can make that damn thing work on Linux..... I have read many a thread on issues with it, and every one gave up.
it will not lock onto a hotel WiFi signal and keep it locked in.
use it for a minute or two and it drops out, "connection lost".....
every hotel I have stayed at this summer, and that is a lot of them on my motorcycle tours......
did a lot of research, and no one has whipped this puppy for Linux.... sigh!
I can't have this crap, it has to be stable on any WiFi it can find... and it is NOT...
I have to use my phone's Hotspot, or use my Verizon WiFi router which also uses my Family Shared data....
the 4g signals have been great everywhere, speeds 4 to 10 times faster than the best hotel WiFi that I have a chance to use......
the hotel I am in right now, the Cloud 9 in Sioux Falls, SD.... the WiFi is so pathetic, that only 1 or 2 people can log in and use it.... more than that, and it crashes....
so, I am now only using my Verizon WiFi router.....
When I get back home next week, this laptop is going to be reimaged back to its' original state.
sigh.....
I stayed in a motel pretty much 5 days a week for 10 years. Bandwidth is ALWAYS a problem. Especially during Prime Time ~5-10pm. This is when everyone is surfing, streaming or whatever. The only solution I ever found was using my data connection. And data isn't cheap.
There are some programs you can run that will find duplicates (we have a commercial one, but there are free ones if you search a bit) and if your landfill is like mine, you'll probably find a lot of that storage is duplicate files.
[Solved]
Is there a way to bind my Windows pictures library to my actual pictures directory on my D:/ drive? Its frustrating because when I download an image it defaults to the Library. I then have to navigate through the landfill to select the appropriate folder. Every time. I'm talking about; This PC > Pictures vs. This PC > DATA (D) > Pictures
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There is one thing I can say about Win10. It is pretty.
That laptop has integrated 802.11 b/g/n WiFi. Why do you need a third-party external WiFi adapter dongle for, or am I missing something here?
The integrated Asus WiFi might actually work perfectly with Linux, unlike the external outboard Logitech thing.
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I actually had a laptop (HP Notebook - 635) that wouldn't enable certain hardware (like WiFi chip, which detected nothing) unless I had Windows drivers installed in another partition.. Like dualboot style. Once drivers were installed in Windows, my Linux OS's WiFi worked flawless at all times.
AZgl1500
Extreme Android User
The external dongle was a last grasp straw...
I have been at several motorcycle Meet and Greet events where we visit for 3 days in a row, side by side, with all our electronic toys up and running. This laptop is the only one that consistently looses the WiFi connection..... it always reports the signals as being much lower than they should be.
My cellphones never drop out on the WiFi routers ( well, almost, it is a bandwidth problem ).
I have tried at 3 AM when the whole place is darker than a cave.... it still drops the WiFi every time I try to make a post. If the laptop is idle for 15 seconds, it drops the WiFi....
so, I thought "hmmmm, I have a USB dongle, let me try that and see what happens"....
result? not a single person in Internet land has been able to make that particular dongle work with Linux.
the Internal WiFi adapter is common, but only in the Windows world.
There are no Linux drivers written for it period....
I finally found a thread where one guy made it work "most of the time", and that is the caveat, "most of the time".....
for me, I demand 100% reliability, and this damn thing won't do it with foreign WiFi signals.
as I type this, I am using my Verizon MiFi router which is of course, burning up my data plan quite happily.
But, it don't ever drop out, period. it is always there.....
laptop idle? just touch the space bar, and hit "home" and www.google.com pops up like clockwork.
and that is with Linux and the Make Do driver I was told how to install.....
sigh!
unless a fix shows up, I am going to put it back on W10 and sell it, and get me a Dell with Win7 Pro on it, install a 1 TB SSD hard drive and be done with it.
Father Guido
Android Enthusiast
Another option is to grab a wifi to ethernet adapter and plug your laptop into it. Netgear makes one that goes for less than $20, and it also provides you with a secure connection via open wifi. I can look up the model number of the one I use when I get home later in tonight if anyone is interested.
Correction: The device I mentioned isn't a Netgear (although they might have something similar), but a TP-LINK TL-WR700N N150 Portable Wireless Router. Very handy and quite small for traveling.
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I spent 2 hours yesterday trying to get my devices and computers on a LAN. Still couldn't get it. No problems on Windows 7. I had to settle for FTP but I don't prefer it. My Two computers are synced. I want to be able to download onto my phone and move it to a shared network folder. Wham bam done. Now I have to get on the computer to do it! Guess I'll have to get used to it.
Dngrsone
Android Expert
Okay, so have two problems: the internal card you have is unsupported by linux, and you probably have poorly placed or bad antennas (or not connected, I've seen that, too).
For the first problem you can either get a different card that is better supported, or maybe use the Windows drivers in an NDIS wrapper.
For the other, you might examine your antenna leads coming off the card and see if they are properly plugged in, and may find better locations for the antennas themselves. In the lid is preferable to the base, and one should be oriented vertically and the other horizontally.
For the first problem you can either get a different card that is better supported, or maybe use the Windows drivers in an NDIS wrapper.
For the other, you might examine your antenna leads coming off the card and see if they are properly plugged in, and may find better locations for the antennas themselves. In the lid is preferable to the base, and one should be oriented vertically and the other horizontally.
"YouTube" [emoji41]BTW. Is there a tutorial for this?
AZgl1500
Extreme Android User
what model is your favorite?
AZgl1500
Extreme Android User
This laptop is one of the ultra-thin models, and I am not going to open it up and start missing with it.
doing so will leave scratch marks and make it unsalable.
I have several WiFi routerers at home, but did not think to bring one to try as a LAN adapter.
I will try that when I get home...
but, Best Buy is very close to me here, so maybe it would have what @Father Guido is suggesting?
Which brings up something else. Is there a browser that can:
1. Never show YouTube results when I search "How To". I have watched a few and have problems understanding what is being said. I work better with the written word.
2. Exclude any and all content from Pinterest when doing an image search. The screen shade that appears when scrolling, insisting that I sign in or sign up, raises my blood pressure. If I had known it was a Pinterest photo I wouldn't have clicked it in the first place.
Maybe this belongs in the rant thread.
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Is there something different? Hmmmm.
Is that Chrome or Firefox?
Or Baidu?
Never shows YouTube, and excludes any and all content from Pinterest. I sometimes order my Chinese meals from Baidu as well now.
I tried Baidu on a PC once. Rather forcibly. Pretty much took over.
Father Guido
Android Enthusiast
My memory isn't what it used to be. The device I meant to refer to is the TP-LINK TL-WR700N. Set it up in AP Client Mode, it will grab an IP from the hotel (or other) WiFi network, then just plug an ethernet cable from it to your laptop. I've found these as low as $4.99 after rebate. They come in handy for connecting ethernet only devices to your WiFi network. There's a PDF file on the TP-Link website to assist in configuration, but it basically works like this when done:
