I just got a Samsung NP900 and I erased everything and installed Linux Mint 18.1. While installing, I chose the option to install third-party software (and nothing else; meaning I didn't mess with the secure boot settings and stuff like that).The installation went smoothly, but when I boot everything I can't get the wifi to get recognized. The output of rfkill list only lists the Bluetooth, but nothing else. (By the way, I don't have access to any cable internet, so I can't really test the cable connection on it).Here's the output of inxi -N:Network:    Card: Intel Device 24fdAny ideas?EDITI'm running x86_64.The output of lspci -nn gives me this version for the Networks controller:Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:24fd] (rev 78)
Wifi not working with Linux Mint 18.1 in Samsung NP900
linux;ubuntu;linux mint;wifi
What solved the problem was upgrading the Kernel to version 4.9. Basically all I did was download the headers and image here, pass them on to the new laptop via flashdrive and install them with dpkg -i *deb. A couple of error messages like this one but I think they weren't important, since everything is working fine.After the new Kernel was installed, I installed the newer 4.10 kernel through the update manager, so that it can have a proper update-receiving installation.