So I decided to give Linux Mint a go. I used these instructions to dual boot Win 10 and LM 17.2 on my laptop. It seemed to install OK.
Unfortunately, I've got no wifi/network connection on my installation, though everything else seems to work (ie is stable, loads up etc.).
From browsing the forums here, I get the impression the problem might be with the Broadcom wifi adapter on the laptop. Though I wonder if I did something wrong with the installation or something.
As I've never used Linux before I simply don't know enough to resolve the issue, or know what advice is worth following.
Any help is appreciated.
[Edited to add BCM43142 to the title]
I ran inxi -Fxz, the output is below.
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System: Host: [removed] Kernel: 3.16.0-38-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
Desktop: MATE 1.10.0 Distro: Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela
Machine: Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X555LD version: 1.0 Bios: American Megatrends version: X555LD.309 date: 08/06/2014
CPU: Dual core Intel Core i7-4510U CPU (-HT-MCP-) cache: 4096 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 10375.9
Clock Speeds: 1: 2446.742 MHz 2: 2359.093 MHz 3: 2212.234 MHz 4: 2122.453 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) FAILED: nouveau Resolution: 1366x768@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Mobile GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card-1: Intel Lynx Point-LP HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Card-2: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:03.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.16.0-38-generic
Network: Card-1: Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n driver: bcma-pci-bridge bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A
Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1000.2GB (0.5% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: ST1000LM024_HN size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID: / size: 19G used: 4.7G (27%) fs: ext4 ID: /Home size: 111G used: 60M (1%) fs: ext4
ID: swap-1 size: 16.00GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 34.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 32.0
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 183 Uptime: 2 min Memory: 354.7/7868.6MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.2
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.11) inxi: 1.9.17