Don’t know what it is in this thread. “It did not work for you so you must have done something wrong”?

See my thread where some dude says it should just work (when he is just doing LTS kernel updates only and not updating in general).

Comments simply blaming the user based on their limited usecase are hardly constructive.

Quite possible. Old fogey here 😉

Bleeding edge in Debian? I was not even using the “testing” release of Debian.

If your point is that it’s fine for a company to get their stuff out there in a timely fashion, that company just sucks balls in my opinion.

Just FYI I am perfectly fine with you having your workarounds and (apparently different) opinion.

I expected some basic civility and more constructive tone of words. But if you start blaming me as a user for something basically ALL other vendors are coping with just fine, thats where the discussion stops with me.

I am definitely not against linux (daily user myself). And honestly, people like you don’t make Linux more attractive of an option.

Have a good one.

To be honest, i dont know.

It was some years ago. But the pain remains 😉

You have adapted your way of working around the fact that it can break:

1. Not auto updating
2. Checking if it is an LTS

I call that way of not updating “annoying” and insecure IMO.

Other vendors don’t have this issue.

My conclusion: steer clear of Nvidia.

Assumptions… Assumptions.

Debian.

Well, every kernel update is overstated maybe, but I had my fixed workflow of dropping to text mode and reinstalling the latest drivers from vendor, which is annoying as hell.

Dropped the card after meddling about for almost a year. Been using Linux since slackware was still hip & happening.

I’ll interpret this as “it worked for you”. It did not work for me.

My experience with Nvidia (granted, 3 years old experience):

Going with the closed source driver means stuff breaking each kernel update. Going with the opensource driver (while it may work for you): not everything is supported.

So its not just “people being annoyed with Nvidia” i’d say.

Not to pretend I know it all, but have actively been using Linux on desktops and normal laptops for years now and I do have to agree.

Those old Macs are actually quite hard to get working right (fans, touchpad etc).

It is not impossible, but it takes quite an investment.

But Macs aside, nowadays a lot of desktops ánd laptops install flawlessly though.

Amazing and heart warming to read! Sometimes all it takes for things to change are the actions of an individual!

Provided this is not a joke, have you considered that this might be a coping mechanism? Almost the same way that people cutting themselves is a way of coping with stress or depression.

I would recommend talking to your GP or a psychologist.

The innocent people getting killed in attacks on churches (even Catholic ones) and refugee camps and whole suburban areas are awful.

Even if 10% actively supports Hamas (which is not the case) it does not warrant the genocidal reaction of Israel. Hamas has just given them the excuse to clear out their “problem areas” of every living spul who happens to be there.

An award winning journalist who compared this to the pogroms of ww2 is maybe not that far off.

Even ventilating an opinion about the actions of the IDF is branded as “antisemitism”.

I am not pro Hamas, but what happens over there has nothing to do with self defense.

Feck off with your xenophobic shit talk.

Hungary should not be in the EU. Kick them out!

Yeah attacking refugee camps, hospitals and private residences will ensure peace for sure.

/s

The number of future terrorists will only increase in numbers because people will have destroyed homes and murdered innocent brothers and fathers to avenge.

FYI: Most people there just make due with what they have and do not even support Hamas.

Debian testing is insanely robust. I am currently not running it (testing) because I use it for work, but my past experience has been excellent.

The only people allowed to commit genocide is the people who were victim of genocide?

No thank you.

I am getting a bit tired of the card the Israeli government pulls.

“No you cannot commit war crimes against civilians because of WW2.”

Out with Hungary I say.