Re: Getting PC with Ubuntu; change to Debian?

2023-03-02 Thread Patrick Wiseman
Hello again: I'm just getting around to firing up my new laptop (Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 10), which came with Ubuntu installed. (By the way, I appreciate all of the feedback I got.) Although Ubuntu is a Debian-derivative, I didn't much care for the feel of it. This is entirely subjective, I realize,

Re: Getting PC with Ubuntu; change to Debian?

2022-12-06 Thread Anssi Saari
Greg Wooledge writes: > However, if a newer X server, Mesa or whatever else is also needed, then > it might be worth trying to run testing. Indeed. I've run into trouble with backports kernels since apparently the kernel team doesn't give a damn about what other packages break with an updated ke

Re: Getting PC with Ubuntu; change to Debian?

2022-12-05 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Dec 05, 2022 at 07:45:52PM -0500, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > According to: https://ubuntu.com/certified/202204-30215 > > This system was tested with 20.04 LTS, running the 5.14.0-1033-oem kernel. > > If you got the X1 Carbon Gen 10 then you will likely need to install > Debian Testin

Re: Getting PC with Ubuntu; change to Debian?

2022-12-05 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 4:32 PM Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Sun, Dec 04, 2022 at 09:51:49PM -0500, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > > Hello, fellow Debian users: > > > > I've had Debian on my computers for a very long time (can't remember > > exactly when but early 2000's for sure); and I've had Lenovo

Re: Getting PC with Ubuntu; change to Debian?

2022-12-05 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 9:52 PM Patrick Wiseman wrote: > > ... And, although I'm a rare participant on this list, I enjoy the lurk and > would presumably need to go elsewhere if I had questions about my Ubuntu > experience. Ubuntu-users (https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users) is

Re: Getting PC with Ubuntu; change to Debian?

2022-12-05 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Dec 04, 2022 at 09:51:49PM -0500, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > Hello, fellow Debian users: > > I've had Debian on my computers for a very long time (can't remember > exactly when but early 2000's for sure); and I've had Lenovo laptops for > ages too. I finally need to replace my main laptop (a

Re: Getting PC with Ubuntu; change to Debian?

2022-12-05 Thread Bret Busby
On 05/12/2022 22:59, Linux-Fan wrote: Patrick Wiseman writes: Hello, fellow Debian users: I've had Debian on my computers for a very long time (can't remember exactly when but early 2000's for sure); and I've had Lenovo laptops for ages too. I finally need to replace my main laptop (an at le

Re: Getting PC with Ubuntu; change to Debian?

2022-12-05 Thread Linux-Fan
Patrick Wiseman writes: Hello, fellow Debian users: I've had Debian on my computers for a very long time (can't remember exactly when but early 2000's for sure); and I've had Lenovo laptops for ages too. I finally need to replace my main laptop (an at least 10-year old ThinkPad), so I've

Re: Getting PC with Ubuntu; change to Debian?

2022-12-05 Thread Lee
On 12/4/22, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > Hello, fellow Debian users: > > I've had Debian on my computers for a very long time (can't remember > exactly when but early 2000's for sure); and I've had Lenovo laptops for > ages too. I finally need to replace my main laptop (an at least 10-year old > ThinkP

Getting PC with Ubuntu; change to Debian?

2022-12-04 Thread Patrick Wiseman
Hello, fellow Debian users: I've had Debian on my computers for a very long time (can't remember exactly when but early 2000's for sure); and I've had Lenovo laptops for ages too. I finally need to replace my main laptop (an at least 10-year old ThinkPad), so I've bought an X1 from Lenovo, with Ub