On Tuesday 06 May 2014 16:23:00 Robert Peters wrote:
> Hello,
>
> By installing something like Ubuntu 14.04 I can easily have a wifi
> connection and even install some Trinity apps.  This is by using the
> most recent repos (Raring, 13.04) as instructed in
> www.trinitydesktop.org/wiki/bin/view/Documentation/UbuntuBinaryInstallation
>. However, when the core TDE packages are selected (using Synaptic), they
> appear as broken - missing several dependencies.
>
> OTOH, if I try to use Ubuntu 13.04, with which I hope the Raring repos
> are compatible, then I can't get a wifi connection - my machine
> (Lenovo Thinkpad T440s) is too recent, and I have already gone thru
> the hassle of installing firmware, drivers, etc. to no avail.  It's
> the same problem with Exe Gnu/Linux or a live CD Image for Ubuntu with
> Trinity preinstalled.
>
> Any ideas?  For now I can use Windows or a distro without TDE.  Also I
> think of selling the Thinkpad and using a less demanding (and
> expensive) machine.

Have you tried Alexandre's new PCLinuxOS TDE remaster?  Even I think that it 
is several leagues better than Windows. ;-)  Just not as good as Debian. ;-)

Lisi