If you have an Lenovo ideapad s10e peppermintOS runs out of the box on it. Except the wifi is not supported instantly. The buildin chip is a Broadcom BCM4312 and the installed driver does not work. There is a very good instruction how to install that driver at Ubuntu -Wiki: bcm43xx
All you have to do are just 3 simple steps:
1. Open a terminal window and type:
-$ lspci -vvnn | grep 14e
this will give you the exact modelname . Here it says:
Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g
the following chips are supported: BCM4311, BCM4312, BCM4313, BCM4321, BCM4322, BCM43224, BCM43225
2. then type in the terminal window :
~$ sudo aptitude update ~$ sudo aptitude install bcmwl-kernel-source
this will update the sources and install the proper drivers.
Now you should find in System > Administration > Hardware Drivers
the new driver and activate it.
3. Do a reboot and the wifi should work
If you are using a Live-CD or USB Stick you can’t reboot as the settings will be lost. Just type in terminal:
~$ sudo modprobe -r b43 ssb wl ~$ sudo modprobe wl
and activate the driver as above.