Canonical is giving Ubuntu Pro users early access to AI-generated patches for known security flaws, available through a new opt-in archive called Edge. To
Sadly the only distro I’ve been able to get working on my refurbished rugged dell 5420… (18.04 so I’m having to rely on their pro subscription (free) for security updates but I’m not turning on that new source for sure)
Otherwise I’d be on windows 11 so even Ubuntu is a win as this is essentially just a thin client anyway.
Ubuntu is definitely better than Windows.
But being allergic to the shenanigans of Windows and Microsoft, makes one very cautious of the practices of Ubuntu and Canonical.
It kind of smells the same, although the reek from Windows is stronger.
The ESM model for debian and no LTS on fedora won’t work for my uses sadly. If I go far enough to get to the right kernel version I lose basic security updates.
Gonna try messing around more with driver options today so maybe I can get back on the Debian train.
That’d be the regular 5420 and not the 5420 Rugged but I’ll still give Arch a shot.
Nope. No luck. Crashed right away after getting to the terminal. Would probably work with “nomodeset” like all the others but I can’t live with a sunlight readable screen at full brightness lol
What’s the crash error messages? nomodeset just tells the kernel not to load video drivers and uses BIOS/UEFI modes instead (until your display server starts).
It sounds like you’re missing the right graphics driver for your machine.
OK, flashbacks to my first experience with Red Hat in 1995.
Back then, Red Hat 2.0 was distributed only as source code. There was a workflow pipeline between a couple of tools they provided that would allow you to download the code, compile it on your machine, and then create floppy images. You could then use to use the floppy disks to install red hat onto your system.
For those of us lucky enough to have Internet access in 1995, on my 14.4kbps modem, it took several days to download. Then another 2 1/2 days to compile. Then it was 9 floppies, 13 if you wanted to install printer drivers. The whole process took me a week and a half before I had a stack of red hat 2.0 install floppies.
It took over an hour to install, but that was typical for operating systems back then that required installation from floppy disk.
The worst part? About two months later, red hat 2.5 was released with pre-compiled binaries and floppy images. I can honestly say that I was traumatized by the experience, lol.
Why not use an Ubuntu spin that doesn’t pick all the upstream bs? Not sure if Pop_OS, Mint, or Zorin will be free from the AI crap, but I know spins like Pop exist because they don’t like 100% of what Ubuntu is doing
Sadly the only distro I’ve been able to get working on my refurbished rugged dell 5420… (18.04 so I’m having to rely on their pro subscription (free) for security updates but I’m not turning on that new source for sure) Otherwise I’d be on windows 11 so even Ubuntu is a win as this is essentially just a thin client anyway.
Ubuntu is definitely better than Windows.
But being allergic to the shenanigans of Windows and Microsoft, makes one very cautious of the practices of Ubuntu and Canonical.
It kind of smells the same, although the reek from Windows is stronger.
I think I saw you post about this the other day, and I wanted to ask you if you had tried older builds of fedora. Or Debian
The ESM model for debian and no LTS on fedora won’t work for my uses sadly. If I go far enough to get to the right kernel version I lose basic security updates.
Gonna try messing around more with driver options today so maybe I can get back on the Debian train.
Could you not just compile the kernel etc for your hardware?
Alternatively. Arch posts support for the 5420 on their wiki.
That’d be the regular 5420 and not the 5420 Rugged but I’ll still give Arch a shot.
Nope. No luck. Crashed right away after getting to the terminal. Would probably work with “nomodeset” like all the others but I can’t live with a sunlight readable screen at full brightness lol
What’s the crash error messages? nomodeset just tells the kernel not to load video drivers and uses BIOS/UEFI modes instead (until your display server starts).
It sounds like you’re missing the right graphics driver for your machine.
OK, flashbacks to my first experience with Red Hat in 1995.
Back then, Red Hat 2.0 was distributed only as source code. There was a workflow pipeline between a couple of tools they provided that would allow you to download the code, compile it on your machine, and then create floppy images. You could then use to use the floppy disks to install red hat onto your system.
For those of us lucky enough to have Internet access in 1995, on my 14.4kbps modem, it took several days to download. Then another 2 1/2 days to compile. Then it was 9 floppies, 13 if you wanted to install printer drivers. The whole process took me a week and a half before I had a stack of red hat 2.0 install floppies.
It took over an hour to install, but that was typical for operating systems back then that required installation from floppy disk.
The worst part? About two months later, red hat 2.5 was released with pre-compiled binaries and floppy images. I can honestly say that I was traumatized by the experience, lol.
Arch BTW…
A little known distro, because most people are too shy to admit they are using it. 😋
Why not use an Ubuntu spin that doesn’t pick all the upstream bs? Not sure if Pop_OS, Mint, or Zorin will be free from the AI crap, but I know spins like Pop exist because they don’t like 100% of what Ubuntu is doing
One of those things is not like the others. Zorin keeps all the crap and slaps more extensions on it.
I wonder why for example Mint would not work when Ubuntu does.
Maybe it tries to use the wrong GPU and boots to black or something.
Have not tried mint yet but when it fails I either get a kernel panic, freeze + flashing caps lock or the Dell light flashes the CPU error code.