3 years ago I switched from Ubuntu back to Windows because of the many driver issues, especially in newer hardware. Is this still a problem?
Ubuntu Desktop 24.04 LTS: Noble Numbat
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#323 years ago I switched from Ubuntu back to Windows because of the many driver issues, especially in newer hardware. Is this still a problem?
It's generally problem with bad hardware yes. With good hardware, it's not a problem.
Bad hardware = hardware by vendors who intentionally or unintentionally design it with only windows in mind.
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#333 years ago I switched from Ubuntu back to Windows because of the many driver issues, especially in newer hardware. Is this still a problem?
It's generally problem with bad hardware yes. With good hardware, it's not a problem. Bad hardware = hardware by vendors who intentionally or unintentionally design it with only windows in mind.
I have a brand new Lenovo laptop. Is that "bad hardware"?
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#34Ubuntu is my first and last Linux distribution, which I have used for 16 years without discontinuation, since my early PhD days up to today. The only change during the 16 years is that I switched from Ubuntu (with Gnome) to Xubuntu (with Xfce) [1], but I still call it Ubuntu. When people ask me about the difference between the two, I respond "color". I spend 90% of my time on the terminal, and I prefer the gray-blue…
Have you tried Ubuntu Kylin [1]? If so, what did you not like about it?
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#353 years ago I switched from Ubuntu back to Windows because of the many driver issues, especially in newer hardware. Is this still a problem?
Yes, it's still a problem. People will tell you that's there's "bad hardware" and maybe there is, but here's the thing: Windows will probably work with it, even if it's "bad".
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#36Interesting observation, that in 20 years installer iso size grew almost ten times: from 643M CD to current 5.7G image, that won't fit even on single layer DVD (not that someone are still using those). I was also surprised how little difference "default selection" and "extended selection" makes in disk space usage - "extended" is taking up only 1GB more of disk space.
> that won't fit even on single layer DVD (not that someone are still using those).
I do sometimes (even have one of those tall containers full of empty DVDs :-P) but not for installing Linux - i haven't tried it but i think even an old Pentium III machine i have around here could install Linux from USB.
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#37Will I finally be able to use a bluetooth headset's high quality audio output and its mic at the same time without significant changes in the terminal? It's getting embarrassing that every other mobile and desktop OS has no problem doing this but not Ubuntu.
I'd be happy if Bluetooth audio worked out of the box at all.
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#38I’d like to try it out but they don’t have arm64 isos, so…
You mean like https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/ubuntu-24.... ?
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#39As someone who works across the stack, I've come to really appreciate seeing "LTS" and I think for me it comes from Ubuntu directly growing up as a kid in technology, understanding it means that people are committed to supporting something for the long term. Obviously I know there are business cases for this sort of stuff and whatnot generally, but as a kid first learning what LTS meant, I've always appreciated Ubunt…
I was about to comment that even the 5-year standard support of LTS releases seems to end before I'm ready, but I looked at the release cycle page and 24.04 is posted with a 10 year (ending Apr 2034) standard support lifetime. Is that a typo or did they put the "pro" (paid) support end date in the wrong column?
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#40The container image for 24.04 is different from that of 22.04 and 20.04. The 24.04 container includes a "ubuntu" user with a UID of 1000, where the previous containers shipped with only a "root" user. The "ubuntu" user does not have sudo turned on by default.
This gave me issues with my vscode devcontainer setup. You can see my work around here https://github.com/DontShaveTheYak/cf2tf/pull/288/files