Thanks to everyone... lspci and apt-cache search show that a lot of firmware and drivers are missing. I'm going to install Lubuntu and take it from there. Robert On 5 April 2014 16:52, Alexandre <ac586133@...> wrote: > I suggest you to start off a Ubuntu-based system (if you prefer Debian-like > systems), because it come with more, and more up-to-date hardware drivers, > firmwares and microcodes that are needed to get your hardware running. Maybe > LUbuntu or XUbuntu could be a great choice for you? Then, installing TDE is > pretty simple, just by following the instructions provided on > trinitydesktop.org > > Or you can fiddle around the web to find all the necessary blobs of > firmwares and drivers to get Debian running as you want. > > Good luck! > -Alexandre