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• RickyWars@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Still sad because my Precision 5560 (same as XPS 9510) has this floaty trackpad bug on Ubuntu and Pop OS for whatever reason! (I haven’t tried any other distro).

  Dell even sells a 5560 with Ubuntu preinstalled, but they don’t make it available for users.

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  • thequantumcog@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Here’s the fix (yoinked from archwiki)

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    • RickyWars@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sadly I’ve been at this thread and done this already, did not work :(

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  • just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Try a more modern kernel. Lookup installing mainline kernels on Ubuntu. Pretty easy.

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  • ichbinjasokreativ@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You could wait a couple of days and try ubuntu 24.04

    with its much newer kernel it might not have that issue

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• ZeroPoke@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Funny, I just picked up a Laptop for Linux. To help bring my self to a Linux Desktop.

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  • ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What’s the tidiest distro these days?

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    • kescusay@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’d say that depends a lot on what you want it to do. Are you looking for a very simple and easy desktop experience? Go with Ubuntu or one of its many derivatives. Do you pine for the glory days of RedHat? Go with fedora. Do you want maximal control over every facet of your computer? Arch.

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      • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        the only reason i wouldnt recommend ubuntu nowadays is snaps. they make the system so sloooow.

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I recommend Mint Debian edition. It’s pretty easy to get into, without a lot of the nonsense Ubuntu comes with.

      I personally use openSUSE Tumbleweed, which has worked pretty well for me for the last 5 years or so.

      Look around and find something you like.

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    • GladiusB@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Mint Virginia. It’s easy distro to navigate. Has all the drivers. It’s quick and simple.

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    • iopq@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      NixOS is the tidiest. Having all your configurations in one or two files is excellent

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      • refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        As a NixOS user myself, I wouldn’t recommend it to someone new to Linux.

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    • refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Every person is going to have different opinions as to what distro works best for them. What exactly are you looking for in an ideal operating system?

      Best would be to try different ones and see which one works best for you, but if I had more of an idea of what you’re looking for and what kind of hardware you’re using, I’d be able to recommend some distros to try out.

      Are you a power user? Do you prefer stability or always having the latest software? Do you value ease of use or do you consider yourself more of a power user? Do you want to learn how to use the Terminal, or whould you rather avoid it and use graphical tools instead?

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