I want to install Ubuntu on an Intel NUC 10 (specifically a NUC10i3FNK). For compatibility reasons, it must be Ubuntu 16.04.
First I attempted 16.04.6 because I had it lying as an image, but it did not support the Ethernet card.
If I install the latest point release, 16.04.7, and install all the upgrades, the Ethernet is duly detected - but the graphics card and the wifi are not.
While we could do without the Wifi, the graphics card absolutely must work.
I've tried a lot of things - like installing a newer mainline kernel (not possible because of dependency issues) or compiling a newer version of the graphics driver (failed because of the version of meson available in 16.04).
Do anyone have a tip, or possibly a solution? Unfortunately, using 18.04 or 20.04, which both support this computer without any issues is not an option at this time.
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After some searching, I've concluded that the correct answer to this is: You shouldn't.
Keeping old systems alive with newer kernels is too huge an effort with such a time gap as there is between 16.04 and 20.04, and as a single developer or user you simply don't have the resources e.g. of the Ubuntu HWE project.
