On Tuesday 06 May 2014 07:23:00 you 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/UbuntuBinaryInstal >lation. 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. > > Robert That wifi card probably needs the driver in the newer kernel provided by 14.04. Switching desktop environments isn't the issue. I do not know what versions of Ubuntu work with TDE..one option is a backported kernel, if available, for the Ubuntu that does work with TDE. -- Peace, Greg