Subj : Remmina RDP
To   : Mike Powell
From : Barry Martin
Date : Mon May 13 2024 07:57:00


Hi Mike!

-=> MIKE POWELL wrote to KY MOFFET <=-

 MP> Now Ubuntu is a different animal.  Despite being debian based, I
 MP> have had no luck with it.  I have an SBC that supposedly only
 MP> works with it. I got it installed fine the first time but, when
 MP> it finally came time to upgrade to a new version, that resulted
 MP> in a non-working machine.

 MP> I have tried it other times in the past and that is always the
 MP> same story... I can get it installed and working until it is time
 MP> for a version upgrade.  I have never had a version upgrade that
 MP> resulted in a working machine afterwards.

I started with Ubuntu because it was the 'mother' of Mythbuntu which I 
was using to record my TV shows.  At the time Mythbutu was the OS and 
utility rolled in one; several years back they gave up trying to 
maintain everything so now MythTV installs on a Ubuntu system.  ...Back 
to the original days, I was casually looking for a Windows replacement 
and made sense to try something on which my TV view computers were based
on -- easier to troubleshoot if I'm semi-familiar with how the thing 
works.

As far as upgrading to the new version, I've also had problems.  Seems 
to be a lot smoother with the current versions but the older 
versions.....  Maybe around 20.04 they figured things out.  I also could
have complicated things by trying to upgrade a computer near the bottome
of the minimum hardware requirements (like my computer which says will 
take 8 GB but it won't boot if more thna 6 GB).

Anyway, the problems seem to be resolved by installing using the nomodeset
option (the editing it out when things work properly).  There's also an 
option is some BIOSs/UEFI's which has to be turned off to install a
non-Windows OS.                      

I've been using the Trickle Down Upgrade: I get the new system.  It gets
built and tested while the current system is running.  The new system 
then gets swapped in, tested, and then the old system gets upgraded to 
the new OS, replacement, not updating.  This system then replaces 
another system, etc.

One little problem is MythTV requires the Frontend (viewing) and Backend
(recording) versions to match, so I have to have at least two computers
upgraded.  The good news is now I should be able to use Raspberry Pi 4 
or 5 for the new Frontend, making the physical swap a lot easier.  (The 
old computers are big and have to fit the available space: a tower
format won't fit a desktop cubbyhole.)


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