And when i comes to Linux I am still in kindergarten. Tried install Linuxmint-19.3-mate-64bit on a PC I used extensively under Windows 10 64 bit (AMD 4350 quad core 4.2Ghz CPU; 16 Gb RAM and one SSD drive and one Sata drive), but as usual, no wireless. In 2019.
I tried 4 USB wireless (realtek 8811cu; realtek 8812bu; RT3070; RTL8811AU [for which I have Linux drivers]); 3 of which work in Windows 10, but Linux Mint does not even show an option for wireless unless you create one. And the only indication it even detected hardware was for a Alfa AWUSO36NH (Chipset. Ralink RT3070) which is supposed to work in Linux.
I set up a wireless connection the best I could but it would not connect. This was the live copy of Mint, and I have no other way to connect to the Internet but wireless.
I searched and searched and read pages and pages on this in Linux forums, and the conclusion is that there is no simply solution or a promised one. The correct drivers must be found somewhere and somehow compiled, whatever that means.
I also read that you are not supposed to just install and run Linux from a SSD, but engage in some edits to do with the swap file, or lack of one. But one thing at a time.
I am going to try KDE neon next.
Thanks for at least being an ear. Sorry to lay this on you but you
Wanted to let you know that I tried KDE neon and it detected and configured the Alfa AWUSO36NH and thus I was connected quickly. I see no option to connect automatically, though there is a means for prioritizing each.
So I installed it on a 120GB SSD drive and it is quite fast. Among other things though, it is missing features I like (such as being able to right click on a icon and go right to the source) but the display (windows background etc.) options are over the top.