ok... as i mentioned, i am an absolute linux noob.
i'm trying to extend the life of a 2015 MacBook Air 11" laptop (loved this machine) by installing Linux.
after shopping around with several distros using live sessions off of thumb drives with persistent memory
i decided on kubuntu. watched a few youtube videos on it and it seemed to be pretty straight forward.
but i also waited for 26.04 LTS. clearly it's too new for videos about my particular setup.
wiped the SSD.
reinstalled MacOS... just in case.
added a 2nd volume to the hard drive.
installed kubuntu.
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
enabled flatpak.
install went pretty well... except...
kinda as expected, wifi doesn't work
sudo apt install firmware-b43-installer to load drivers for the modem
restart.
nada.
wifi still not being seen.
went to manually add the connection but i'm not 100% sure what it's looking for.
please help.
TIA.
i'm trying to extend the life of a 2015 MacBook Air 11" laptop (loved this machine) by installing Linux.
after shopping around with several distros using live sessions off of thumb drives with persistent memory
i decided on kubuntu. watched a few youtube videos on it and it seemed to be pretty straight forward.
but i also waited for 26.04 LTS. clearly it's too new for videos about my particular setup.
wiped the SSD.
reinstalled MacOS... just in case.
added a 2nd volume to the hard drive.
installed kubuntu.
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
enabled flatpak.
install went pretty well... except...
kinda as expected, wifi doesn't work
sudo apt install firmware-b43-installer to load drivers for the modem
restart.
nada.
wifi still not being seen.
went to manually add the connection but i'm not 100% sure what it's looking for.
please help.
TIA.