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Linux is just consistent. When it works, it works. When it doesn't - god help you. There's no rhyme or reason. Sometimes, my wifi is broken. On a different di
by PopsiclePete 8y ago
Linux is just consistent. When it works, it works. When it doesn't - god help you.
There's no rhyme or reason.
Sometimes, my wifi is broken. On a different distro, it's not.
Right now, under Ubuntu 18.10, my suspend from resume is broken - it wasn't on 18.04.
I have the official Linux laptop, basically - a Dell XPS 9350, all 100% Intel hardware, no binary blobs.
- kingosticks 8y agoI've also found that on my XPS 13 with 18.10. Was fine previously on 16.04. Now I have to open and shut the lid a few times to get it to stop flickering. It's annoying and would otherwise be perfect.
- PopsiclePete 8y agoAh yes that. That’s an (old) bug about how logind interacts with gdm. A quick workaround is ctrl-alt-fn-F1 to force the screen to lock itself. Makes the flicker go away.
- kingosticks 8y agoThat trick worked perfectly. Thanks very much.
- klardotsh 8y agoThe 9370 is an even more fun can of worms - resuming from suspend will almost always work (I remember the 9350 having massive problems with this, it's not just you - I ended up selling that rig to a friend), but there's a decent chance I'll kernel panic upon plugging in my Type-C dock after said resume. The Killer Wi-Fi card has none of the connectivity problems I read about almost everywhere for this model.... but has all the throughput problems, running at about 15% of the throughput/bandwidth of my Chromebook (an Intel AC card) sitting right next to it as of the last time I tested. I'd definitely not call Linux consistent, but it's better than it was when I started using it back in 2006-2007ish, and I wouldn't trade it for any other setup (and it's not for a lack of trying: my primary work machine for 2.5ish of the last 6 years was a Macbook Pro of some sort for one reason or another)