Linux Mint on HP Mini 110
I have a little experimental machine for playing with different distributions. Lately, the HP Mini 110-1081TU has been running MeeGo . Now it has been commissioned to run Linux Mint . This comes in a variety of flavours. The one reviewed here is Linx Mint Debian 201109 . While the download was a monstrous 1.1G, the installation is the fastest I've ever seen. It literally took 10 minutes! Post Installation - Wireless This is where the fun begins. First off, I had trouble getting wireless to work. Reading dmesg gave very helpful instructions. Read the recommendations carefully! Doing so can save you much time and effort. The HP Mini 110 uses a Broadcom 4312 WLAN . Install the packages b43-fwcutter and firmware-b43-lpphy-installer . I recommend the Linux Wireless page as it has exceptionally good documentation. Post Installation - Sound Sound quality is actually better than under previous Linux distributions I've tried. So I ...