Linux has always been free in their form of remaining free a lot of distros do not contain proprietary drivers video codex and many programs you must pay for, but most make it easy to find them and add them to your system.
I would say your best bet is to read about compiling a driver find the source code and compile it for your OS. You might do a search on Source forge as someone may have already compiled it and have it available for download..
I do not intended to do the former and tried the latter without success, and I also tried another USB adapter to no avail, however I did get Mint online by borrowing the Alfa 8002.11 (model AWUSO36NH) USB wireless adapter from the rig running Mint that that I had found worked when I installed Linux on it about a year ago, thanks be to God. "Supports driver for Windows 2000, XP 32/64, Vista 32/64, Windows 7, Linux (2.4.x/2.6.x),and Mac (10.4.x/10.5.x)" 4.5 stars out of 1,113 ratings, but "Currently unavailable on Amazon." And I read there are fakes.
Going to leave it for now as I plan to install Linux Mint on a used SSD when it arrives, by the grace of God. Then use the above adapter to get one of the others to work, by the grace of God. Thanks for the help. |