Downloaded Linux Cinnamon....internet?

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Burned the .iso to a DVD, and then booted the computer off the DVD drive.

Seemed to work okay, but I couldn't figure out how to get it to work with my computer's onboard wireless component. Not much good if I can't get online.

Can anyone talk to me like a total newbie (which I am) and help me make this all work?

(I've got a new hard drive coming, and will replace the existing one so's to put Linux on the new drive...no more booting off the DVD drive.)

Any help you can offer...

Thank you.

Almost certainly a device driver issue. These can be quite frustrating.

This might help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOuIIsg9FgE

Good luck.

It has builtin support for most network adapters (70% of the Linux kernel is machine specific code). Generally, booting from a DVD leads to a very poor performance, and also significantly increases your driver issues.

I don't know what I did wrong the first time, but once the new hard drive was here, I booted the computer again using the DVD, and on the lower right hand corner of the screen found access to the list of available wifi signals, including my own.

Quickly got it set up and the new hard drive is running the computer with Linux Mint 16 (Cinnamon) installed on it.

Now I've got to find a source for WINE and then get it going, and see if some Windows programs I like will work.

I can only think of three four good reasons to boot from a DVD:

1) To see if the version of Linux is compatible with the computer. While it isn't uncommon for a computer to not be compatible, it does happen.

2) For fixing virus/malware problems on a computer. There are a number of boot disks from various anti-virus people that are based on Linux but are used to fix Windows virus/malware problems.

3) To back up files from a computer that won't boot from Windows.

4) For doing banking. This is a very smart way to access your bank account from a computer because you aren't running any potentially virus or malware that might be logging your keystrokes and sending them to criminals.