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New to linux, installed Ubuntu but have issues every restart. (piefed.social)

submitted 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) by Cherry@piefed.social to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] BitsAndBites@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe try a few distros on a live usb to see which work well with the hardware.

[–] Cherry@piefed.social 3 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

That's what i thought, it is good excuse to explore. I am just a bit frustrated as a new user to be bumping into roadblocks so early in my linux journey

[–] VoiHyvaLuojaMitaNyt@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

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 4 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] TheMadCodger@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours 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 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Cherry@piefed.social 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Oh that’s upsetting

[–] VoiHyvaLuojaMitaNyt@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Hehee

[–] emotional_soup_88@programming.dev 1 points 5 hours ago

The trade off is that you'll have to get used to troubleshooting and configuring a bit on your own, but the reward is that you are no longer an involuntary product of Microslop. :) Don't get discouraged, be patient!