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  • Probably already said here, but it’s going to just come down to your end goal to know what distro fits what you’re looking for.

    I am personally a huge fan of Gentoo, another distro that’s all about “from the ground up” approach. It’s actually where I started with Linux and is how I became as proficient in it as I am today. In fact my internal server that does everything is running Gentoo as it’s OS… Has never had any problems in the last decade that would require a reinstall or anything crazy like that.

    But even as much love as I have for Gentoo, I have Linux Mint installed on my laptop. Why? Because it’s just more convenient when I need my full focus on the 10 other personal projects I’m working on… Also amazing on the gaming front. Doesn’t have nearly as much bloat as some other Ubuntu-based distros on first install, has a huge community support, and is just great all around to have.


  • Mikelius@beehaw.orgtoLinux@lemmy.mlGrub-btrfs troubles
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    Again, no Ubuntu expert here, so do this at your own risk (someone jump in and say this is a bad idea if it is). Not irreversible as you can just revert what I’m telling you via live CD, but just wanted to leave the warning.

    If uname -r shows the old kernel *-24, and grub update is choosing that instead of *-25, perhaps Ubuntu relies on the last change/created date or something weird. What you can check is if *-24 AND *-25 show up in /usr/src. If both are there, do (as root/sudo): mv /usr/src/*6.2.0-24* /root. Now run grub-update again. I think it should tell you which version it chose for the boot menu.

    Next try: grep 6.2.0 /boot/grub/grub.cfg to verify you see the new version.

    • If you see it, reboot and see if it starts with it. If you can’t boot, go through the liveCD and move that directories back to /usr/src, chroot to the drive (see https://www.turnkeylinux.org/docs/chroot-to-repair-system for how to do this properly), and after chrooting, run grub-update again.
    • If you don’t see it or get nothing back from grep, move the directory back and re-run grub-update to avoid not being able to boot back in. This wasn’t the fix we were hoping for.

    ^ this is all assuming Ubuntu puts its kernels in /usr/src and uses that location as reference to what’s available/installed. If you see nothing there, then something else will need to be attempted

    Edit 2: another thing to check is if the compiled kernels are in /boot. Basically follow the same instructions above but use /boot/*-24 instead. This might actually be what needs to be done now that I think about it, not necessarily /usr/src.



  • I like having the internet and technology. It’s the abusive use of it that I don’t like.I am also one who wishes phones were of no necessary use. Why do I need a phone number to sign up to an online service? Why must I have an email address and internet access just to see what lab results came in from the doctor’s office? What use is my email address being “real” to some online community and services? I would be okay in a world where the phone and emails were just a nice thing to have and not required. I understand that everyone is saying “just turn off the phone, watch tv, unplug the computer”… But with how just about every company in the world requires this to even function, it’s a lot easier said than done. I think the real thing folks on surveys like this are looking for is a world where the internet, phones, computers, etc are nice to have but not needed to live a life. Or maybe I’m just unique in how I feel, dunno, just had to share my thoughts lol.



  • I’m not going to lie, I was a big skeptic from day 1 when the only thing we got was a title of the game… Up until the latest gameplay direct. I’m actually now looking forward to this. Still cautiously, but I’ll probably pick it up after watching to see if it plays on Linux through steam without any issues. My opinions on games tend to not match a lot of other reviewers in general so I’ll probably go with what I feel on it at the time.