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If I still have to open the terminal and edit text files in /etc for essential things like sound, WiFi, accelerated graphics, and so on then it hasn't really ev
by Someone1234 9y ago
If I still have to open the terminal and edit text files in /etc for essential things like sound, WiFi, accelerated graphics, and so on then it hasn't really evolved in the right ways.
Linux on the desktop has always been a niche experience for a niche audience. ChromeOS and Android (both based on Linux) are mainstream desktop experiences, as are MacOS, iOS, and Windows.
- segmondy 9y agoIf you still have to, except you don't have to.
- Someone1234 9y agoExcept I have in the last month, I was following this article: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshootingProcedure https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshootingProced... Someone should tell Ubuntu that this is no longer needed.
- m45t3r 9y agoThis is for when you're having issues, quite rare nowadays. Similar things happen on Windows, for example fiddling with drivers to get sound to work or stop popping.
- komali2 9y agoThat hasn't been the case for a while for me, even for graphics stuff - do you use a desktop setup with gnome or similar? I'm pretty noobish at this stuff but gnome, unity, etc should be coming with gui settings baked in.
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- krylon 9y agoWell, you can do that if you want to, but on the more desktop-friendly distros, I have not had to edit a configuration file in years.