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Sounds like most people commenting in this thread are going through some challenges right now. I'm hoping things turn around for everyone soon.
I've been having a great week.
I'm feeling pretty great! Sending good vibes to everyone else in this thread, whether they're having good weeks or bad weeks.
Good to hear good news. The deer pretty much cropped my tomato plants right back to the small tomato cages, knocking most of the protected tomatoes off in the process.
On the bright side, my daughter is home from college for a month and the weather here in the Appalachian mountains has cooled a bit so there are likely some nice evening walks in my future.
Nice job on diving into Linux. It's a love that never ends, except when you're wildly confused. Then it resumes once you figure it out.
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.
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.
Debian has always worked pretty easily for me on ThinkPads. I guess it depends what you're trying to run it on.
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.