Pavilion G6-2204si linux wireless

[stroudmw]

The wireless connectivity on my HP Pavilion G6-2204si is truly terrible. I suspect that the driver needs to be updated. How can I driver that will work on linux? I'm running Mint 18.1, but I can change distros if need be.

[WAWood]

@stroudmw

HP only warranties their PCs for usage with the OS that comes preinstalled. IF you replace that or add a different OS, then you assume full responsibility for maintaining that other OS -- as HP then provides no assistance on that.

Win10 PCs nearly all use UEFI and that poses special problems for installing Linux distros: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2147295

Your best bet for Linux support, since HP does not provide Linux drivers, is to contact the support forum for the Linux distro you are trying to install  -- in this case, the Linux Mint Forums: http://forums.linuxmint.com/index.php?sid=e1d864fe510e562a3fca15f38c93b95a

Folks there have experience using HP machines with Linux and know a lot about driver sources and dual-booting.

Good Luck

[stroudmw · Accepted solution]

Thanks! I'll do that.