WiFi works out of the box for the #Chuwi 15.6! All I needed to do was modify the #Ubuntu ISO with this respin script for Intel Atom processors.

http://linuxiumcomau.blogspot.com/2017/06/customizing-ubuntu-isos-documentation.html

Customizing Ubuntu ISOs: Documentation and examples of how to use 'isorespin.sh'

Update : This work is superseded ... see 'Customizing Ubuntu ISOs: Documentation and examples of how to use 'isorespinner.sh'' under 'Featur...

I finally got an Internet connection on the #CHUWI 15.6 through #openSUSE #Tumbleweed with a USB wifi card (TP-LINK TL-WN722N), managed using NetworkManager.

Not ideal, but Chuwi have at least been entertaining my communications with them. Hopefully we can figure out how to get the other components working, especially the internal network card.

Plugged in a USB network adaptor in the #CHUWI 15.6. I can see the networks now in #Ubuntu 17.04. But still can't connect to them. This is getting ridiculous. Going to try #openSUSE #Tumbleweed where I hope the latest kernel will give better results.

Straight from the box, #Ubuntu 17.04 does not detect the WiFi card in the #CHUWI Lapbook 15.6. Going to try it with #Fedora 25 and see if that works out of the box.

My #CHUWI LapBook 15.6 has arrived.

Let's see about installing #Ubuntu on this absurdly cheap yet powerful quad-core 1080p laptop.

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