Old Acer Aspire 3000

[tonyl]

Complete Linux newbie is trying to find a version of linux to run on an old Acer Aspire 3000 notebook. At a Linux user group I was given Mint Mate 17, but there are some problems with the display, and it won't recognize the Broadcom wireless. However, a copy of Knoppix seems to work OK. Does anyone out there have the same computer, and if so what do you use?

 

[arochester]

I don't have the some computer but...

1) I see that it has SiS video. That gave me problems for a while until I used LXLE http://lxle.net/

2) It is common to have to install firmware video and/or wifi - they are commonly NOT automatically recognized. Sometimes with wifi you have to temporarily connect via cable, download the driver and then reboot. What is the outcome when you put into a Terminal of:

lspci |grep Network

 

[arochester]

Linux Lite? http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2127778/laptop-searching-wireless-network.html

 

[ryanvade]

This may be helpful:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Acer_Aspire_3000_(300x)