Context: For the second time in a row, upgrading the Kernel resulted in a black screen at boot for me.
See also: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=455598
Context: For the second time in a row, upgrading the Kernel resulted in a black screen at boot for me.
See also: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=455598
After a fiasco with my 72 year old father in law’s laptop, I no longer recommend Linux Mint to people. On a fairly new Asus, multiple attempts at installing were needed to get it running, and he had constant issues that pushed him away from it. Installed Ubuntu for him, no issues over the past year. Sure it has snaps. He doesn’t know the difference and everything seems to be working fine. The goal is no IT support calls from the old man and Ubuntu achieved it.
Ubuntu has fucked me and my sister over. Bazzite has been doing ok and I’ve been looking in to Cachyos
Ubuntu LTS? It can still have rough edges depending on your hardware, but solve them and you got five years of peace.
I run CachyOS with Hyprland, after using EndeavourOS for quite some time. I definitely recommend either one, if you’re willing to learn to do things via terminal.
Why not go with Debian stable? I even recommend Fedora for non-techies.
I get so frustrated hearing this take over and over again.
https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
This is the process for installing the DKMS Nvidia GPU drivers on Debian.
The process to install said drivers on Ubuntu, Pop, Mint, etc, is literally clicking an icon.
Yes, following the manual is easy for you, and easy for me. It’s not easy for the tech illiterate elders in our lives. And it’s not easy for me to drop in weekly to solve their problems either.
Fedora would have achieved the same goal.
Fedora stability is chef’s kiss
I’ve ran Fedora on and off for years, by my measure, it’s not old man proof.
As a certified Old Mantm running Fedora Kinonite 43, it’s very Old Mantm proof.
Now Grandma on the other hand… I swear she can cause even an iPad to burst into flames at a mere glance.
I’d say it’s no more or less than Ubuntu. An immutable flavor like Silverblue or Bazzite would be more resistant to the technologically challenged, which is why I always recommend one of those to new Linux users first.