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New to linux, installed Ubuntu but have issues every restart. (piefed.social)
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As above switched to Linux and i am enjoying it i picked Ubuntu as TBH it was the first I came across. The last two times it has prompted me to update has caused a drama. First would only give me a black screen of text so I did a reinstall.

The latest one went fine it updated to 6.17.0-94 but i lost all networking no wifi By the looks of it the problem I have is i have an older device that has nvidia 580 graphics card. I have rolled back for now but questions are;

Is there a way to pre-emt this, as i feel now as soon as i restart it will jump back up and leave me without networking to resolve. its quite a faff trying to find out what to do on my mobile and typing it in the terminal.

Is it better to fix or try another distro?

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[-] VoiHyvaLuojaMitaNyt@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I was on Ubuntu for like 3 years, a few days ago switched to Debian. I installed Ubuntu because I thought it would "easy" and "just works" and all that. I'm not very computery person, I know some basics but I'm mostly confused about everything.

What I've learned from using Debian is I should have just gone for that from the beginning. Its not that different and somehow it feels nicer and more capable. If your Ubuntu keeps giving you grief, try Debian or whatever you think looks nice.

[-] Cherry@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks i will take a look. I like the toy story themes.

[-] TheMadCodger@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

TBH, Ubuntu used to be the best option for newbies to get their feet wet. Nowadays, it's just a meh distro. Not enough to say abandon ship, but there are definitely better choices out there.

[-] VoiHyvaLuojaMitaNyt@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I like the toy story themes.

Haha did you see this alread: https://lemmy.world/post/44238448

or this https://linux.fandom.com/wiki/Hannah_Montana_Linux

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