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diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱
diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱
@dianea@lgbtqia.space  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

So I tried out #LinuxMint with the default Cinnamon Desktop for the last few days. It was quite nice. I would recommend it for those new to Linux. The desktop is sweet perfection, like #XFCE.

But sound did not work on my new laptop. Updating the kernel and found what seems like every possible bug with Linux Mint. Now I have no wireless AND no sound. For some reason, I can't get into the Grub boot menu to revert changes. Gone are the days when I can simply edit a text file for boot order and init.d startup. Searching forums and two days of debugging and reinstalling, trying to work with the #systemd and #initrd layers made me give it up. Seems like modularity between systems got tangled up like cold spaghetti in the fridge overnight.

#FreeBSD it is. #UNIX my old friend, you have always been loyal and true. At least I can fix what I break. Downloading now.

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MFierst
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@mfierst@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@dianea
What desktop will you be running on FreeBSD, if I may ask?

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diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱
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@dianea@lgbtqia.space replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@mfierst

Most likely XFCE 😸

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@mfierst@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@dianea
XFCE does everything needed. The rest is bloat 😄 😂

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@mfierst@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@dianea
It is like that sometimes.
Sometimes I think the trouble is created on purpose. Guess who owns the market?

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The Witch of Crow Briar
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@crowbriarhexe@tech.lgbt replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@dianea I ended up in pretty much the same place. For a machine where I know it will “just work”, Mint is the easy and perfectly acceptable choice. Anywhere anything might go wrong the recent “improvements” to Linux make it a nightmare. Your description of what happened to modularity is spot-on.

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