Finally decided to convert to the penguin. I have live booted mint from a usb, without installing it yet, on a macbook pro 2017. But none of the WiFi networks in my apartment are showing, except for a few weak ones. Help a newbie out :)
Edit: To clarify it is not installed yet. Just used it from a live usb.
Edit 2: Used phone as tether for internet and went through all managers. But none had any updates that worked. I also tried installing b43 and after that wl. But both did nothing on the live usb boot, I assume since modprobe doesn’t do anything on a live boot. But I ain’t installing if it won’t even work on the live boot.
@RedNight left a link that suggests this macbook, version 14.2, wifi doesn’t work with linux. https://github.com/Dunedan/mbp-2016-linux
Final edit: Fedora also didn’t work. So it’s a hardware compatibility issue.
TLDR: If u have a macbook 2017 version 14.2 the wifi won’t work on linux so don’t try.
After installation, run driver manager. It will install any proprietary drivers, and firmware. You will need to provide the laptop an internet connection through an ethernet cable when you run it though.
https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/drivers.html
No luck. I used my phone as tether but none of the managers worked.