Ive installed variuos versions of linux in an attempt to get this laptop working and eventully settled on Elementary 0.3.2 Freya(64-bit)
It turns out that my problem went away out of pure chance. after living with the install for a while and doing some research it seems the issue is linux(or debian based)
Basicly wireless stops working interittantly. and so does the touchpad.
The touchpad I have a workaround(go into and out off hibanate)
The problem with the wireless doesnt seem to work that way.
Basicly after I boot up randomly my wireless isnt working.
To define, its active, can see hotspots, but always fails to connect after taking forever to authenticate. a reboot /power off DOES NOT resolve the issue.
Disable/enable does not resolve the issue.
booting into another OS does NOT resolve the issue,
however after a while it just "goes away" when I next boot.
Apparently this can be fixed as here:-
https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDe...2013%20(Wheezy)
but im stuck at the first command
apparently im supposed to modify it by changing my "arch".
I ran arch at the cli (I assumed thats what you had to do as it isnt explained) and it came back with x86_64.
replacing amd64 with this "unable to locate package"