MS> I have tried Ubuntu, kbuntu and even xbuntu none of which seemed close
 MS> enough for me to finally let go of my windows branch before going
 MS> completely to Unix.. Mint filled that need.

I was the same way. I used Mint for 9 years until 20.something came out and
lacked hardware support that I needed. Ubuntu 20.04 LTS w/KDE desktop is much
more beautiful and smooth than Ubuntu of 10 years ago w/GNOME desktop.

Anyone else have a suggestion for him? He upgraded Mint and it's no longer
recognizing his built-in ethernet card. ("Network cable unplugged.")

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