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0 pointsBrandoElFollito4y ago0 comments

Is a P51 (what, 3 years old now?) and two HDMI monitors. Is that exotic?

Last time I tried it was Ubuntu 20.04 when it was out. The result is in my post above.

I work in IT for 25 years and I am a geek at heart. The state of the Linux desktop is horrendous.

This is not a problem per se - Linux has a good and stable place on servers. It just means that peopel who want to run a desktop with linux must be ready for a lot of browsing, experimenting, ... Windows users do not.

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ajvs4y ago

You are an exception I'm sorry to say. I've used two ThinkPads with Linux over the past few years with no issues, and am now on a Dell XPS with again, no issues.

Try running Kubuntu off of a live USB (you can do this with any Linux distro, you don't need to install it just to test it). I'd honestly baffled if it didn't run perfectly as long as you agree to install the drivers when prompted to.

selfhoster114y ago

> I work in IT for 25 years and I am a geek at heart. The state of the Linux desktop is horrendous.

I share your exasperation (or at least I think that's what I can read between the lines). I really want to like the Linux desktop, but... I just don't. I'm holding out hope for Haiku and Serenity OS. Perhaps one day they will be the ones to achieve the Year of the Linux Desktop, as a successor platform.

lordgroff4y ago

Not at all. I'd suggest booting into a live CD environment of a newer kernel distro (personally I am a fan of Fedora which provides a very stock experience). I can't see you having much issue with P51.

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