Magnolia_@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 years 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-square350fedilinkarrow-up1390arrow-down1112
arrow-up1278arrow-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-22 years agomessage-square350fedilink
minus-square737@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down3·2 years agomesa is outdated by default, not supporting rx 7000 cards unless you use the edge iso.
minus-squaren2burns@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down9·2 years agoIf you have new hardware, why wouldn’t you use the Edge ISO?
minus-square737@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down8·2 years agowhy should you have to? it’s a really bad choice by the distro maintainers.
minus-squaren2burns@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years 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-down2·2 years agothere is no benefit to old lts kernels on the desktop, kernel releases are always extremely stable
minus-squaremyersguy@lemmy.simpl.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·2 years agoIt’s a bad choice to have choice?
mesa is outdated by default, not supporting rx 7000 cards unless you use the edge iso.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
It’s a bad choice to have choice?