Magnolia_@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-24 days agoPeople doing the 30 days linux Challenge are having several problems because of Mint's old packages and technology. Why people still recommend it when there is Fedora and Opensuse with KDE and Gnome?lemmy.caimagemessage-square344fedilinkarrow-up1379arrow-down1105
arrow-up1274arrow-down1imagePeople doing the 30 days linux Challenge are having several problems because of Mint's old packages and technology. Why people still recommend it when there is Fedora and Opensuse with KDE and Gnome?lemmy.caMagnolia_@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-24 days agomessage-square344fedilink
minus-square737@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down3·4 days agomesa is outdated by default, not supporting rx 7000 cards unless you use the edge iso.
minus-squaren2burns@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down9·3 days agoIf you have new hardware, why wouldn’t you use the Edge ISO?
minus-square737@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down7·3 days agowhy should you have to? it’s a really bad choice by the distro maintainers.
minus-squaren2burns@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoCan you explain? As a Mint user with really old hardware, I appreciate using the LTS kernel. However, I also appreciate them giving users other options.
minus-square737@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·3 days agothere is no benefit to old lts kernels on the desktop, kernel releases are always extremely stable
mesa is outdated by default, not supporting rx 7000 cards unless you use the edge iso.
If you have new hardware, why wouldn’t you use the Edge ISO?
why should you have to? it’s a really bad choice by the distro maintainers.
Can you explain? As a Mint user with really old hardware, I appreciate using the LTS kernel. However, I also appreciate them giving users other options.
there is no benefit to old lts kernels on the desktop, kernel releases are always extremely stable