this post was submitted on 27 Mar 2024
634 points (93.0% liked)

linuxmemes

21210 readers
87 users here now

Hint: :q!

Sister communities:

Community rules (click to expand)

1. Follow the site-wide rules

2. Be civil
  • Understand the difference between a joke and an insult.
  • Do not harrass or attack members of the community for any reason.
  • Leave remarks of "peasantry" to the PCMR community. If you dislike an OS/service/application, attack the thing you dislike, not the individuals who use it. Some people may not have a choice.
  • Bigotry will not be tolerated.
  • These rules are somewhat loosened when the subject is a public figure. Still, do not attack their person or incite harrassment.
    • 3. Post Linux-related content
  • Including Unix and BSD.
  • Non-Linux content is acceptable as long as it makes a reference to Linux. For example, the poorly made mockery of sudo in Windows.
  • No porn. Even if you watch it on a Linux machine.
    • 4. No recent reposts
  • Everybody uses Arch btw, can't quit Vim, and wants to interject for a moment. You can stop now.

    • Please report posts and comments that break these rules!

    founded 1 year ago
    MODERATORS
    poopsmith
    zephyr
    rtxn
    634
    Now my arch is bloated more than the default ubuntu (lemmy.world)
    submitted 7 months ago by Waffelson to c/linuxmemes
    134 comments fedilink hide all child comments
     
    you are viewing a single comment's thread
    view the rest of the comments
    [โ€“] pizzazz 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    For me unfortunately it has been Step 1 install literally the most universally compatible distro possible

    Step 2 audio drivers craps out. No fix is available. Trying to apply workarounds completely Bork the system

    Step 3 install again. graphics driver is problematic, refresh it giving it MOS permissions. I miss the MOS permission screen at the reboot. Look for how to do obtain that option again. No easy way to do it at all. Bork the system again

    Step 4 install again. Notice touch screen support is completely useless, and pen is not supported.

    Step 5 Ask myself if keeping a 1200$ computer with tinny audio, no graphic hardware acceleration and a half functional display can be justified in any way. It can't.

    Step 5. Back to windows. Bloated, but it works.

    Unfortunately system support is still very iffy on some models. I'd really like to embrace the distro life but can't.

    [โ€“] woelkchen 2 points 7 months ago

    Without claiming that I would be able to fix any problems, I'm curious which hardware that is. In all honesty I can't remember the actual audio driver ever crapping out in the last 15 or so years. I find this fascinating and like to know more.

    The set of hardware I've had most problems with had been various types of WiFi adapters from Realtek and Broadcom.