[GTALUG] DSL to wifi

[Howard Gibson]

On Mon, 03 Aug 2020 20:43:40 +0000
Astrid R via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:

> Thanks for your replies. Before I go on I should say I discovered that I no longer have the password to change the date and time, so it might not be possible to change anything else either.
> 
> But in case there might be a way, I hope the following is useful.
> 
> I'm using a Dell laptop.
> 
> Not sure if this is the distribution and release...GNU Grub 1.99-27 +deb 7u2...

Astrid,

   When your GNI login window comes up, does it say Debian, or Ubuntu?
Next to the username and password box, you should see a menu that
selects your desktop.  If you pull this down, you should see Gnome,
Unity, XFCE, LXDM, or possibly FVWM.  I, and a bunch of other people
here, love FVWM, but I highly do not recommend it for beginners.  

   When you log into Gnome or Unity, you pull the menu down at the top
right-hand side of your screen, and networking is one of the options.
You need to know what your wireless device is called, and you need the
password.

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