Hello,
I've so far successfully installed VirtualBox, Linux Mint, and prepared an external drive, downloaded Bitcoin Core latest version 0.20.1.
I've loaded bitcoin-qt, and it is stuck tyring to connect to a peer. There is no network traffic reported by Bitcoin-qt.

My internet connection is fine.
The computer is a Surface Pro, running windows 10, and it is connected to the home network by Wifi.

I am not an expert at networking, and wondered if I need to tweak any settings. Would appreciate help.

Arman The Parman
(@parman_the)