Bluetooth not working at all, internet not working at all, and even the setting for HDMI audio output is gone. The settings page is just empty.
I managed to load an older kernel(?) and got Bluetooth and internet working again, but still no audio. I’m as much of a novice at running Linux as you can get. I’ve been trying to troubleshoot this with the help of an LLM, but I have no idea what I’m doing here.
Any help, please?
You won’t like this, but there’s a reason people don’t recommend Ubuntu anymore.
I’ve never had a successful release upgrade with it. Linux Mint is basically Ubuntu, but fixed and improved.
If you can still access your data, make a backup of your home folder on an external drive and install Mint.
Is that all you have to do to fix mint? I fucked up my Mint but can still boot into my drive with a USB. Back up home, reinstall and deposit home on to new install?
I’ve upgraded from 18.04 to 20.04 to 22.04 to 24.04 all without issue
Wellllllll,
I’ve upgraded the same installation from ubuntu 16.04-24.04 but there was a problem with DNS at one point that I had to fix somewhere between the upgrades, but now I can’t remember if the problem was with LTS version or not. I jumped off at one point and upgraded to one of the non-LTS versions, then went back to LTS after having some problems with package versions, installing some software.
As a counterpoint, I’ve used it for the best part of a decade, every single day, without a single issue.
My experience is anecdata. So is yours and OP’s.
Agreed. Even Mint is better, though I’m messing more with Fedora through Nobabra presently. However, if I needed stability, I’d be using MX Linux, based on Debian Stable and updates vetted.
There’s also mint Debian edition, which is pretty great.