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minus-squarePanos Alevropoulos@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoI recently flashed Mint on a MacBook Air 2012, but WiFi is really unstable and slow. Probably a driver issue. I had worse luck with Debian and Fedora.
minus-squareLoucypher@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agodid not test with classic Mint but LMDE has been rock solid with WiFi
minus-squarewillougr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoIf you are using an external screen see if wifi improves with it disconnected. This took me far too long to figure out…
minus-squareADandHD@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoHad the same issue on MacBook pro 2012. Solution for me was to use broadcom-wl-dkms in case that might help you as well
minus-squarePanos Alevropoulos@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoUpdate 2 months later: this was it. I just didn’t know how to install it on Mint. Turns out there’s a Driver Manager that you can use. Thanks!
I recently flashed Mint on a MacBook Air 2012, but WiFi is really unstable and slow. Probably a driver issue. I had worse luck with Debian and Fedora.
did not test with classic Mint but LMDE has been rock solid with WiFi
If you are using an external screen see if wifi improves with it disconnected. This took me far too long to figure out…
Had the same issue on MacBook pro 2012. Solution for me was to use broadcom-wl-dkms in case that might help you as well
Update 2 months later: this was it. I just didn’t know how to install it on Mint. Turns out there’s a Driver Manager that you can use. Thanks!