wifi adapter not found - ubuntubudgie [duplicate]
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0bda:f179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Your device is covered by the driver rtl8188fu. With a working internet connection by ethernet, tethering or whatever means possible, open a terminal and do:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install –reinstall build-essential git dkms linux-headers-generic
git clone https://github.com/kelebek333/rtl8188fu
sudo dkms add ./rtl8188fu
sudo dkms build rtl8188fu/1.0
sudo dkms install rtl8188fu/1.0
sudo cp ./rtl8188fu/firmware/rtl8188fufw.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/
Reboot and your wireless should now be working.