Minimal install, network access
Sooooo.... I tried version 14.04 clean install using minimal cd and pulling other needed packages and desired desktop several months ago.. so many bugs I went back to 13.10 (Have been using this method of installation since 12.04 due to increasing amount of included software, packages, and configuration I disapprove of or don't use). I go to try again now that a period of time has passed that the usual initial release bugs are worked out.
The minimal installation used to detect and auto-configure network on every system I tried it on.. now it seems Ubuntu has backtracked to pre-12.04 days. The installer didn't even ask for an SSID or password before attempting to configure the network?! Why, why, why does it seem that for every step ubuntu takes forward, it seems to take two steps backward.
I've never learned how to manually configure the network DURING installation. I can muddle through it somewhat after there is a working base system installed..
but how to go about it with a normal DHCP isp-supplied modem?
It's UBUNTASTIC!
-Custom Built Box Ubuntu 12.04 & Windows 7 dual boot: AMD-fx6300 3.5 GHz, Asrock 990FX Extreme4, Radeon HD7870, Ares 1600 Ram, Samsung EVO SSD, Momentus Hybrid HDD.
-Thinkpad T500: KDE-Ubuntu 13.10 & Windows 7 dual boot
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