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After suffering issues with my HP LaserJet Pro P1102w printer deciding it didn’t want to print documents from my HP Stream 11 laptop, and accept documents only from my iPad Mini 4 via AirPrint, I decided to give Ubuntu a try. I first downloaded Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS and 17.04, and burned DVD’s of both versions using an external DVD drive (easier than trying to find a spare USB thumb drive).
I first booted into live mode from the Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS DVD, it worked flawlessly apart from no Wi-Fi working and possibly no Bluetooth (I didn’t really notice if that was working due to being more interested in knowing if Wi-Fi was working). I then rebooted into live mode from the Ubuntu 17.04 DVD, and again everything was working flawlessly apart from Wi-Fi. I did, however, notice that Bluetooth was working, or at least being detected by Ubuntu.
A few hours later, with some advice from the Ubuntu Forums, I was put onto Xubuntu Core 16.04 LTS. While downloading Xubuntu Core 17.04 (as I couldn’t find a download for Xubuntu Core 16.04 LTS), I downloaded Xubuntu 16.04. After burning them both to DVD’s, I booted into live mode. I was greeted with Xubuntu 16.04 running flawlessly but with the lack of Wi-Fi; Xubuntu Core 17.04 was the exact same as Xubuntu 16.04.
I’m now stumped as to why Wi-Fi won’t work as Ubuntu is usually good at working with a wide range of hardware, I’m kind of 50/50 on the theory that the Broadcom BCM43142 802.11 B/G/N Wi-Fi M.2 adaptor that HP have used in the Stream 11 is so obscure that HP have chosen it to lock people into Windows 10.
I suppose that this is the problem when you buy a cheap laptop, I got this laptop because it was lightweight, and I also thought that if I have any issues with Windows 10 on it, I could replace Windows 10 with Ubuntu. But, since that seems to be dead in the water, I’ll have to see if I can resurrect my usual Ubuntu laptop that seems to have a charging issue, and stick with Windows 10 on the HP Stream until I can figure out why Wi-Fi isn’t being detected but Bluetooth is.
This issue reminds me of when I first started using Linux on my old HP Compaq Presario laptop where I went through various distributions before finally getting Mandrivia Linux to work with the networking hardware. But, ever since starting using Ubuntu back in 2009, I’ve never had any issues with Ubuntu up until now. I’ve become pretty confident with Ubuntu terminal commands. I never quit trying to get things working over the years on my various laptops, but this probably will be the first time that I’ve given up. It’s annoying me as I feel like this little laptop would work much better with a little Xubuntu or Lubuntu love.