This is my first time messing with Linux so please forgive my ignorance.
I have an HP Elitebook 840 G8 that I’ve installed Ubuntu server on. I was trying to install a GUI on it, so I tried pulling the SLiM package from the web, but got "Temporary Failure resolving ‘Archive.ubuntu.com’.
This laptop doesn’t have an Ethernet Port, so I have to use a Microsoft USB-Ethernet dongle. But I haven’t been successful in getting that to work.
Is there a way for me to manually download the driver on a USB, then load it that way?
Just install the Desktop version of Ubuntu. There is no difference if you want a GUI anyway. You can set the run level to not boot into GNOME after you get all your stuff setup.