Originally Posted by
krismiler
... managed to install Linux Mint and have been amazed by the performance ... Apart from not being able to get the WiFi to work which meant ordering a USB plug in device...
Well done on installing Mint, pleased to read you're happy with it. FYI there is a small process to go through with some Apple machines in order to enable the onboard WiFi, essentially just installing the appropriate (Broadcom) drivers.
It's been a while since I had to do this but the following couple of links should give you an idea
here and
here. It'd be reasonably straightforward to implement in your case since you already have an internet connection, the last time I did this I had to d/l the requisite files to a USB drive on another machine and transfer them to the Apple to install. That was something like three years ago and the machine is still running flawlessly (and the owner remains very happy with his decision to install Mint in place of the AppleOS).
FP.