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0 pointsPascLeRasc7y ago0 comments

So what Linux distros are you considering?

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Yes. I refuse to go to Windows 10 because of that sort of thing, but some day, Windows 7 will no longer be usable. Running my Android phone without a Google account keeps getting tougher with each update. The jaws are closing.

Of course, Linux has a different set of problems. I just spent most of a day getting audio to work again on Linux after accidentally turning on HDMI audio. This is the 16-step procedure for fixing "no sound" problems in Ubuntu Linux.[1] It's a cut and paste of ten years of hacks for fixing sound problems.

(I took a stab at writing a sane audio troubleshooting procedure.[2] It doesn't have to be that awful.)

[1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshootingProced...

[2] https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2397280

StudentStuff7y ago

There are other distros out there, I'd take Debian or OpenSuse over Ubuntu any day. Switching audio outputs from HDMI to analog and vice versa isn't a nightmare in normal Gnome (its usually 2 clicks), but it looks like Ubuntu has heavily modified Gnome to match their theme, and perhaps their modified Settings panel didn't bother to include that.

ThoAppelsin7y ago

I didn't get to that stage, for now at least. I am still thinking of just starting a new Microsoft account, which unfortunately will not be my namesurname@hotmail.com this time, that was priceless.

Another $80 is still less than many other cloud providers for 4 years, and going down the Linux road is way too rocky for my preferences, though, may change.

_emacsomancer_7y ago

> and going down the Linux road is way too rocky for my preferences

The Linux road is pretty smooth for most things. And it has the advantage that it doesn't just disappear into thin air with no explanations....

brudgers7y ago

Was the user name 100% compliant with Microsoft's TOS?

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