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This is an example of a Fedora evening, which is a "bleeding edge" Linux distribution. It wouldn't happen on eg. RHEL or its free clones, or probably even Debia
by nineteen999 3y ago
This is an example of a Fedora evening, which is a "bleeding edge" Linux distribution. It wouldn't happen on eg. RHEL or its free clones, or probably even Debian stable. Of course shit will break sometimes on Fedora, and you will spend a little time trying to figure out why, or working around it.
No point running a bleeding edge distro and then having a sook when things break. The correct procedure is to file a bug report, downgrade to the last known kernel that worked correctly, and wait for a patched kernel to appear in updates. Or run a stable distro if it's such a problem. I don't get why "bleeding edge Linux distro has breakage" is such exciting news for HN. This is pretty much a non-story.
- PennRobotics 3y agoRock and hard place. If you run something "well-tested" on a new platform (e.g. latest Thinkpad or XPS) you possibly aren't going to have sound, a webcam, a functional trackpoint, accurate color profile, mobile broadband, a fingerprint reader, proper sleep, and, and, and
- nineteen999 3y agoIt's long established that Linux will lag eg. Windows in terms of driver and hardware support. It's been that way since the 1990's. This is one of the few downsides and not news. You can always run a mainstream desktop OS on the shiny laptop and run Linux in a VM (eg. WSL2) until your hardware is supported by a stable distro.