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how's your week going, Beehaw (beehaw.org)
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things are in fact going extremely badly but we'll see if they pick up starting tomorrow night for reasons that will preclude me being here for about a week (seeing my SO)

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[–] LastOneStanding@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I saw your post talking about how you got it going in another community. Good for you! Linux still does not play well with laptops. It's especially hard on the laptop you're trying to get it working on. The older the hardware, the better the Linux is still the rule of thumb. As far as the rest, also happy for you. Your enthusiasm is contagious.

[–] potpie@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I had amazing luck getting Linux running nicely, way-back-when, with an Acer Aspire One. I've stayed with that product line for all my laptops and so far it's paid off. But then there's also options like System76 for nice machines with Linux pre-installed.

[–] whelmer@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Debian has always worked pretty easily for me on ThinkPads. I guess it depends what you're trying to run it on.

[–] LastOneStanding@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

It really depends on what hardware you have. A new laptop just released last month will have a ton of issues with any linux distro. The guy we're replying to installed linux on a mac laptop. Not ever easy! The ThinkPads often work well with any distro, as far as I know. Same goes for HP laptops. BUT, most gaming laptops are a no-go, unless you're ready to spend hours tweaking after installation.