On 2/12/26 6:46 PM, Peter Ehlert wrote:
Dual Boot with Windows 11.
installing Debian Mate on a HP Elitebook 845.
6-core AMD Ryzen 5 Pro
I booted with USB: debian-13.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso
...this was Odd = asking for firmware:
ath11k/WCN6855/hw2.0/firmware-2.bin
I selected NO... it connected to wifi without complaint.
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install completed, boots fine, wifi automatically connected.
Question: is it "good" as-is?
this is my wife's laptop, it will be her first Linux experience so it
needs to be "flawless"
Windows is far from being flawless. Is it enough, we can not say.
Looks in the logs (`journalctl -ex) for errors missing drivers...
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John Doe