Post AKa0yaF7w5oVBhk49Y by annasara@mastodon.se
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(DIR) Post #AKa0yaF7w5oVBhk49Y by annasara@mastodon.se
2022-06-17T12:44:38Z
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I use PopOS on my laptop but have had a lot of problems of various kinds and am not completely satisfied so now I will get another distribution. Do you have any suggestions for distros that you are happy with? 😊#linux #distros #askfedi #askfediverse
(DIR) Post #AKa1D0Uz79hIfm2LzM by JoWa@mastodon.se
2022-06-17T12:47:53Z
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@annasara Ubuntu, som jag har använt i elva år. 🙂
(DIR) Post #AKa1EKnx6RanwLXewC by laconicif@thebag.social
2022-06-17T12:48:10.731873Z
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People hate on Ubuntu (maybe they're right, I dont have an informed enough opinion) but it has always just worked when I used it.
(DIR) Post #AKa1NsOvYtKakAO27c by amerika@noagendasocial.com
2022-06-17T12:49:54Z
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@annasara FreeBSD :)
(DIR) Post #AKa1bxtFwxJRp2I568 by chanon@noagendasocial.com
2022-06-17T12:52:28Z
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@annasara what kind of problems did you encounter in Pop? I've been on Pop for years and can't imagine switching to anything else on my main productivity rigs.
(DIR) Post #AKa1dvFmiwEIDwlHVo by BigSkyRider@noagendasocial.com
2022-06-17T12:52:49Z
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@annasara I think linuxmint is worth an install and test run. https://www.linuxmint.com/
(DIR) Post #AKa232yz7mWlR0srdA by Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com
2022-06-17T12:57:20.448665Z
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@annasara Gentoo-libre GNU/Linux.
(DIR) Post #AKa2Tq0VTVgL0jN26i by PublicLewdness@freespeechextremist.com
2022-06-17T13:02:12.528679Z
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@annasara I am running Trisquel as my daily driver and love it but a FLOSS distro may not work for your needs. I have also used and enjoyed Manjaro; Garuda; Solus and Linux Mint.
(DIR) Post #AKa3vzR07MlEJNkbqq by murtezayesil@fosstodon.org
2022-06-17T13:18:28Z
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I was using :solus: Solus on our old laptop because I had issues while using :popos: Pop_OS! on it. Later I switched to a newer laptop where I use Pop and my fathrr took that laptop. He very very very occasionally asks for help.Now I think about it, he might think that it is just a bit nicer looking Windows computer.@annasara
(DIR) Post #AKa42IuGdNUqRNS0Fk by murtezayesil@fosstodon.org
2022-06-17T13:19:37Z
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I was using :solus: Solus Budgie edition on our old laptop because I had issues while using :popos: Pop_OS! on it. Later I switched to a newer laptop where I use Pop and my fathrr took that laptop. He very very very occasionally asks for help.Now I think about it, he might think that it is just a bit nicer looking Windows computer.@annasara
(DIR) Post #AKa5SogXClNwU1EWm0 by alejandrobdn@social.linux.pizza
2022-06-17T13:35:37Z
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@annasara Linux Mint or MX Linux!
(DIR) Post #AKa7WtAWfzBVSKKarw by annasara@mastodon.se
2022-06-17T13:58:44Z
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@chanon The boot partition is too small, and old kernels are not removed automatically and have to be done manually which is annoying. And the latest update failed had and apt broke. I have not had these problems with previous distros.
(DIR) Post #AKa7d0KuwLgxQJ6kBU by annasara@mastodon.se
2022-06-17T13:59:50Z
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@BigSkyRider I had Linux Mint year's ago and it was good, maybe I should use it again 😊
(DIR) Post #AKa8I8hmjJ9JFfQ0rA by annasara@mastodon.se
2022-06-17T14:07:17Z
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@murtezayesil Maybe my computer is just getting old. I like the look of PopOS. And when you say it you could say that it looks like a bit nicer looking Windows computer. Good that your father doesn't have any problems with popOS 😊
(DIR) Post #AKaAjext63mR1xCWAa by murtezayesil@fosstodon.org
2022-06-17T14:34:41Z
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How dare you call it old, it is a Toshiba Tecra from 2011. Don't you know Japanese have longer lifespan than other nations 😜It was a high end laptop for its time (2cores 4threads @ 2.8GHz + 8GB RAM). We only replaced its HDD with a 240GB SATA3 SSD.Problems I had with PopOS, Ubuntu, Elementary, Manjaro, Linux Mint & Debian on that laptop was that they would freeze and turn CPU into a room heater. Everything would freeze, even audio played at the time would stay on loop.@annasara
(DIR) Post #AKaBaRLQT2m28TNW7s by annasara@mastodon.se
2022-06-17T14:44:11Z
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@murtezayesil haha, okey, let's call it mature😜Okey, my problem is that the boot partition is too small, and old kernels are not removed automatically and have to be done manually which is annoying. And the latest update failed and apt broke.
(DIR) Post #AKaEMQ7cW4Uy9TvYVE by murtezayesil@fosstodon.org
2022-06-17T15:15:18Z
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Sounds like apt botched at some point. I recommend installing LTS build on a clean drive if you can. It sounds like something was going weird from the beginning.After the installation apply updates and restart.It could also be cosmic radiation flipping the a critical bit.@annasara
(DIR) Post #AKaHXjvvUwNCdyXxmS by midway@soapbox.midwaytrades.com
2022-06-17T15:44:35.422586Z
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Yeah, I don't get the Ubuntu hate. I have 2 Ubuntu boxes including one that runs this instance. As you say, it just works. Guessing these are purists who don't like stuff that Canonical did. But these are the same people who complain that Linux adoption is low.
(DIR) Post #AKaJUgDZ3Vf89ySvFw by chanon@noagendasocial.com
2022-06-17T16:12:50Z
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@annasara ah, did you dual boot on a previously partitioned disk? The pop installer makes like a half gig ESP, but Windows and lots of other OSes are like 250mb. Pop munches that up in a jiffy since it uses systemd-boot. Apt can definitely be a hassle too, but I've probably grown accustomed to quarreling with it.Anyway, I've heard a lot of hype about Nix lately. They just released a new installer, so that might be pretty fun to check out.
(DIR) Post #AKaVKQhd5IGIawPHzU by ordabchao@kolektiva.social
2022-06-17T13:12:22Z
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@annasara What kinds of problems are you having with pop OS? Is it drivers for the hardware or is it some other kind of issue?
(DIR) Post #AKaVKRGiyoKoLmpJh2 by annasara@mastodon.se
2022-06-17T13:26:36Z
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@ordabchao The boot partition is too small, and old kernels are not removed automatically and have to be done manually which is annoying. And the latest update failed had and apt broke. I have not had these problems with previous distros.
(DIR) Post #AKaVKRrEn3XeB1uTbc by stoerdebegga@metalhead.club
2022-06-17T18:09:00Z
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@annasara @ordabchao might be wrong but "sudo apt --purge autoremove" should actually remove old kernels?! Though it might remove all but the currently running. IIRC I had a script which kept x number of kernel back in my Ubuntu days. On the other hand, what do I know, I'm on #Fedora for years now.
(DIR) Post #AKaVKSKf1f4reHfyT2 by selea@social.linux.pizza
2022-06-17T18:25:19Z
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@stoerdebeggaI have the same problem with my PopOS installation, I have to manually specify to remove them.Infact, all of my installations suffer from the same problem. Annoying. @annasara @ordabchao
(DIR) Post #AKaXLWn88F8pg0dCMq by stoerdebegga@metalhead.club
2022-06-17T18:47:54Z
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@selea @annasara @ordabchao might be wrong but isn't this actually an Ubuntu issue, even if not Debian!?Nothing wrong with small(er) boot partitions but they should really cleanup. In Fedora its limited to three, but can be configured in dnf.conf
(DIR) Post #AKadROnXMbyULd0Kci by ordabchao@kolektiva.social
2022-06-17T19:53:22Z
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@stoerdebegga @selea @annasara I have a recommendation for everyone. You don't have to follow this of course. But I am acquaintances with a guy named Jay. He has a YouTube channel called LearnLinuxTV. He has taught me a lot of stuff. He routinely gives full on manual installation tutorials of almost any flavor. In these tutorials he cover manually creating partitions -frequently.
(DIR) Post #AKadRPE7llF3g5RZ44 by selea@social.linux.pizza
2022-06-17T19:56:16Z
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@ordabchao Distros should not require such maintenance, thats why I installed popos on mine and my kids machines. I just want a "hands-off" distro that I can install on relatives machines and for my kids. @stoerdebegga It is purely a popos-issue.@annasara
(DIR) Post #AKada5EPTt8mGliOCe by ordabchao@kolektiva.social
2022-06-17T19:57:48Z
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@selea @stoerdebegga @annasara i might be missing something --cause i'm lazy but i agree-- i've been using PopOs for the last year. I've not had these type of problems
(DIR) Post #AKadm3m4iwx9E3Akgy by stoerdebegga@metalhead.club
2022-06-17T19:59:55Z
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@selea @ordabchao @annasara just recalled I had the very same issue on Ubuntu. Guess 16.04 or so, 16.10 upgrade crashed my disk encryption and I didn't have a backup of the LUKS headers so I switched to Fedora as I had to reinstall anyway.
(DIR) Post #AKaeKRfkNWgjBobnpA by selea@social.linux.pizza
2022-06-17T20:06:12Z
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@stoerdebegga I have heard good things about fedora - maybe I'll move over some day.But after 18 years with some Debian-derivative, I am afraid xD
(DIR) Post #AKbiU5hdVdzuvHJ6jg by annasara@mastodon.se
2022-06-18T08:27:32Z
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@chanon Did not do dual boot :) Thanks for your input :)
(DIR) Post #AKcW5RWgEHCR4icgZE by ITwrx@blurts.net
2022-06-18T17:39:45.578751Z
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@selea @ordabchao @stoerdebegga @annasara it's a long standing *ubuntu* issue that popOS seemingly inherited due to it being an ubuntu derivative. Ubuntu has been asked to fix this for *many* years (me included), but they have said they don't want to decide which kernels to remove for people, which is absurd to me because, by and large, people who choose ubuntu, or a derivative, just want the OS to boot and to not break everything by doing something so stupid as continually installing kernels in a small partition, and are not interested in manual kernel management. Even if you wanted to support user choice in this way, i'm guessing you could simply allow people to manually lock a kernel and then skip any locked kernel on kernel cleanup. I swear i heard they were finally addressing this, but i can't find the news anywhere.
(DIR) Post #AKcW5SBnlO5p8FrWfA by selea@social.linux.pizza
2022-06-18T17:43:11Z
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@ITwrx I hope that they are finally addressing this issue, so I can start recommending popos to new users again.@ordabchao @annasara @stoerdebegga
(DIR) Post #AOjxcbqJnxezjjCJNI by murtezayesil@fosstodon.org
2022-10-19T23:23:15Z
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While I was looking for another post of mine I came across this thread, so here is an update.I bought a System76 Lemur Pro a couple months back, obviously preloaded with :popos:. Other than me running too many programs to the point of reducing its battery life to half of what is advertised, it works as advertised.@annasara I am not thinking of distro hoping until I get a spare NVMe though. My previous attempt to tinkering ended with me wiping so much stuff 😅I had backup 😌
(DIR) Post #AOjxv78OCcdtzvTRHk by murtezayesil@fosstodon.org
2022-10-19T23:26:35Z
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"Old" laptop is still running :solus: Solus just fine. My father got used to using Linux enough that I very really hear him ask for help. And problem often is something with that brakes on Brave browser but works on FireFox.@annasara