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Pedant thought: The thumbnail shows one biting everywhere but the bullet.

I agree with the other poster this seems like a hardware issue.

1. Start with a general battery of hardware tests.

• Memtest for memory. One or two errors in a full run is OK, more than that is not. A full run will take a few hours, just run it overnight.
• Furmark for GPU. Look for visual glitches or crashes.
• Prime95 for CPU.

2. If those fail to point out the issue. Swap components into another system. This will allow you to eliminate (or confirm) them as the issue. Example, does this GPU have issues in a different system?

So a complicated set of terminal commands and alternatives you need to have memorized ahead of time. That’s definitely the linux solution. You can do it, but no average user would ever be able to when they need it.

As a point of contrast. In Linux Mint you press the eject button. That’s it.

The other guy was getting into more detail for people who want it.

Whelp, time to shut down the whole computer! (Or just yank it and hope you didn’t do anything bad, lol)

Linux Mint has an eject button that allows any cached writes* to finish, prevents new ones from starting, and un-mounts it. It’s actually important to use the eject button as flash drives are slow, and the write cache can obscure the fact that a file isn’t done writing yet.

*Copying a file will add it into the write cache while it writes out to the disk. As soon as it is in the cache, you can use the file as if it was already done copying, including making changes.

Da es verschiedene Arten/Sorten von Linux gibt und ich auch hier auf Mastodon immer wieder was von #Linuxmint gelesen habe, wäre Linuxmint eine gute Wahl und warum bzw. warum nicht?

Linux Mint is what I recommend people use as well. The desktop UI (Cinnamon) feels familiar coming from Windows, and the OS is designed to ‘just work’ for the general user.

Wie sieht es mit der Kompatibilität von Dokumenten aus, die sich auf Sticks und Festplatten befinden (Stichworte: Formatierung, Windows)

If you mean the documents themselves, Mint’s built in programs will open any reasonable file you throw at it: documents, images, etc. You might need to install a program if you want to open something exotic, but I have had no issues.

If you mean what the flash drive filesystem needs to be formatted as, exFAT, FAT32, or NTFS will all work on both Mint and Windows. I prefer exFAT as it has the least limitations and works everywhere natively.

Wenn ich zunächst Linux nur auf einem Stick installieren will, wie groß sollte dieser sein und was sollte ich beachten, wenn ich zusätzliche Programme (Office-Paket) installieren will?

Running Linux off a flash drive, ie as a live environment, works well with a 16GB or 32GB+ flash drive. Do note it will be slower than running it off an SSD, but it is great for getting a feel for the OS and seeing if it works for you. You can install and do anything you could as if you had installed the OS to your SSD. Just note, by default this will be a live environment, it only exists as long as the computer is running; no changes to the live environment persist through a reboot. However, that is just the default configuration, you can make the USB environment persistent if you wish.

You pointed out an office suite specifically: Mint actually has an office suite (LibreOffice) and basically every normal program already installed for you.

Good luck man, and I think Mint is a great place to start!

GOG is DRM free though!

There are no anti social engineering security measurements in Linux, for instance. Just sodo and break anything and everything.

Windows gives you a UAC prompt or needs one to run a cmd prompt as admin, both of which are functionally the same as sudo…

Windows is being bombarded by malware every second of every day. Linux, with its 6% of desktop user market share - not so much.

But, to circle back to the core statement. Yes it is. And Linux holds steadfast.

Windows is being bombarded by malware every second of every day. Linux, with its 6% of desktop user market share - not so much.

Linux dominates the server space. Basically any company with access to lots of capital or trade secrets is running Linux servers. It is a massive, massive opportunity for hackers to hit jackpots. Linux gets bombarded by attackers constantly and holds steadfast. I’m not sure where you get this idea that this isn’t the case…

Edit: Just to really drive this point home, 65% of Microsoft Azure servers are Linux. Let that sink in, the majority of even Microsoft’s cloud servers are Linux. That is the one company you would think would be pushing Windows, yet here they are talking about their high quality Linux offerings!

“With over 65% of Azure workloads running Linux, our commitment to delivering high-quality Linux VM images and platforms remains unwavering.” - Microsoft

Linux adoption is kneecapped by its own users, who forget what normal people really care about.

Yep. My primary goal has always been: ‘It just works’. I’m fairly techy, but I don’t want to fix shit constantly.

What finally got me to switch was Windows no longer ‘just working’. Every update was another assault that required active effort on my part. PiHole, debloating, O&O Shutup, etc, etc. This coupled with Steam bringing Linux gaming into the prime-time, means the OS that most resembles ‘is just works’ is no longer Windows.

For most users, Linux just works. That is the angle that should be pushed. Particularly right now there is a massive opportunity to swap your family members over. No reason for Gran to throw away her facebook machine just because it doesn’t like Windows 11. Throw Mint on there, point her to the Firefox icon, and she is good to go!

Yeah, active PoE is the only kind worth buying. Passive PoE is an accident waiting to happen.

Exactly!

I would put it in the top area right after “Pull Requests”. It currently isn’t in the main navigation area and is very often under the page fold, making it hard to find unless you already know where it is.

Edit: On a standard 1080p screen, the Releases section for this repo isn’t even visible without scrolling…

It is really hard to find application releases on Github though. That is something that could be improved.

Ebay, Cragslist. Doesn’t fully fit in with the sub, but, it’s what I do when I get too many.

I’m a big fan of PascalCase. ThisIsAGreatFilename.odt

I can’t be bothered to figure out how to clean up the bloat, disarm the telemetry, avoid the online MS services, block the ads, dodge the bugs, wait for the updates, get used to all the various stupid ways the UI has changed

And once you figure that all out, an update turns half the shit back on without telling you.

Yeah, that is my standard way of doing things. Old desktop becomes the server, and it’s specs blow everything I want it to do out of the water, so things like file storage (and the CPU required to encrypt-on-disk), etc have no chance of ever presenting an issue. Though, I do have a pair of Pis with POE hats on them (as well as a POE switch), because I really like POE.

Then I set it up for auto-updates and proceed to ignore it. Love very simple home networking setups that still accomplish every goal.

The dedicated NAS appliances really annoy me. Every time I have had to use one I just think ‘I can just do this in Linux on any random desktop lying around, why am I learning another proprietary thing?’

Mint is good, just go with that.

You are familiar with it and can most easily help her if/when she needs it.

Some ISPs will also let you switch to your own modem if you call them and set it up with them. Have done that for years with my ISP as they otherwise charge a rental fee for their modem that pays for a completely brand new modem after only 6 months.