I have a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 and I installed ZorinOS 17.3 core yesterday. It installed fine, but the Wi-Fi card is not detected. Per Lenovo's product documentation, this ThinkPad has an Intel® WiFi 7 BE201 802.11BE (2 x 2) card.
I used my phone's USB tethering function to update the system but still no Wi-Fi functionality. I checked for additional and proprietary drivers but it doesn't find anything. I even made sure SecureBoot is disabled. Any help?
Are you dual-booting alongside Windows and able to get into Windows and check Fast Start-Up is turned off (un-ticked) in Windows Power Settings?
We sometimes hear of Windows hogging devices when Fast Start-Up is enabled.
Thanks for the reply! I don't have any other OS installed on this laptop. I just formatted the internal SSD and install Zorin only.
Maybe this Wifi Card is too new for Zorin.
If that is likely, then maybe try installing a later kernel (or a distro with a later kernel) and see if that supports the WiFi card.
An alternative would be to purchase a cheap (linux compatible-thats important) USB WiFi, or WiFi+BT dongle as a work-round.