What distros have you been testing recently?
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Ive run the same media you did and didnt have any issues.
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Well, I've historically had issues with finding the 1 or 2 laptops that PCLOS won't run on, so I"m not OVERLY shocked it just failed. I tried a few times, and always at the exact same point it kernel panics. So it wasn't a 1 time thing. And the USB key is still good as I was able to put something else on it and boot successfully (I'd be kinda pissed if it was the key, as it's nowhere NEAR old enough to have issues yet).
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You could contact them if nothing else to report the issue. I do know some people did have issues with the 5.5 kernel and dropped back to the 5.4
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I could. Probably won't since they always want so much information that quite frankly I"m not going to take the time to get since it was a live media and it's already been re-written, and without that information fixing the issue is near impossible unless someone has identical hardware.
Just to do something that I know WORKS, even if I don't like it, installing Fedora. Still going with 31, not the 32 beta. Installing Fedora nowhere near as bad as it used to be though, since I found they have netinstall images that allow you to choose minimal install so it doesn't install 50,000,000 packages I don't want.
Just to do something that I know WORKS, even if I don't like it, installing Fedora. Still going with 31, not the 32 beta. Installing Fedora nowhere near as bad as it used to be though, since I found they have netinstall images that allow you to choose minimal install so it doesn't install 50,000,000 packages I don't want.
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Well, apparently I should have just downloaded the 32 beta. iwlwifi module broken in Fedora. Worked at install, after first update, won't even see anything. Shows firmware failed to load, but not a firmware issue as I copied over working firmware from here and nada...
And yeah, Fedora is a horrible distro overall, with lots of constant bugs and breakages, but at least they don't force you to use snaps to do something so simple as use one of the 2 most popular browsers, and they have no intention of doing so (since snaps aren't developed by them).
And yeah, Fedora is a horrible distro overall, with lots of constant bugs and breakages, but at least they don't force you to use snaps to do something so simple as use one of the 2 most popular browsers, and they have no intention of doing so (since snaps aren't developed by them).
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Just tried PCLinuxOS Mate and its really nice and has some pluses Ubuntu Mate doesnt have. I like PCLOS menu better but overall not any huge differences between the two. I might install it as I still dont like the Mate menu in Ubuntu Mate with the Redmond theme. Ended up going to the traditional theme with the apps,system,places menu design.
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Compact menu FTW IMO.
So...FEdora 32 installer crashes when connecting to wireless. Guess I won't try that either.
So...FEdora 32 installer crashes when connecting to wireless. Guess I won't try that either.
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Compact menu I had some issues with on my system, not sure why but I used Gnome 2 for years so traditional doesnt bother me at all.
Fedora......Id use OpenSUSE before Id use Fedora.
Fedora......Id use OpenSUSE before Id use Fedora.
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No...OpenSuse is the absolute last choice. I would use snaps on Ubuntu before I use that EVER again. Heck, I'd go back to WIndows before I ever touch OpenSuse again. That OS plucked every last nerve of mine. I've never cussed so much at an OS in my life.
I like the compact menu during my testing of Mate. I may set up a VM and do Debian Mate, or PCLOS Mate to continue testing with Mate though.
I realized I could just install Fedora through wired network (I have 2 USB NIC's), but that would require me sliding 2 feet to the side or undoing the velcro on my 20' cable that's plugged into the switch...ugh...too much work.
I like the compact menu during my testing of Mate. I may set up a VM and do Debian Mate, or PCLOS Mate to continue testing with Mate though.
I realized I could just install Fedora through wired network (I have 2 USB NIC's), but that would require me sliding 2 feet to the side or undoing the velcro on my 20' cable that's plugged into the switch...ugh...too much work.