Make TWUUG Your LUG 2
Learn about the wonderful world of free and open source. Use computers to do what you want, not what someone else wants you to do. Learn how to use GNU/Linux and its plethora of free and open source software to get stuff done with computers.
It’s not hard; it’s just different.
When: Monthly TWUUG meeting at 7:30 p. m. on the first Thursday of the month (August 2, 2018). Pre-meeting dinner at Chicago Uno, JANAF shopping center, 6:00 p. m. (map)
Who: Everyone in TideWater/Hampton Roads with interest in any/all flavors of Unix/Linux. There are no dues or signup requirements. All are welcome.
Where: Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital in Norfolk Training Room (map). (Wireless and wired internet connection available.) Turn right upon entering, then left at the last corridor and look for the open meeting room.
August 1, 2018 at 1:49 am
About a decade ago I tried six of the most popular Linux distros. 5 of them had no sound because they didn’t like my extremely common sound card. The last helpfully informed me there was no internet connection; wrong again.
Have they gotten any better since then?
August 1, 2018 at 5:00 pm
They sure have!
The issue here is not that Linux does not support some hardware, but rather that some hardware manufacturers do not support Linux, or do not support it well.
In 13 years of using Linux, I’ve not encountered a sound problem, but Broadcom and Realtek wireless and NVidia graphics can sometimes be annoying. Generally, you can get them working, but it sometimes takes some extra steps. Intel inside generally works smoothly, because of Intel’s excellent support of Linux. There may be a lag in getting support for bleeding edge hardware into the Linux kernel.
Here are some links that should help (note: there will be a “notice” at the top of the page and you will have to scroll down a bit; the notice goes away when a user is logged in):
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/linux-newbies-how-to-choose-a-distro-4175623119/
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/newbie-alert-50-open-source-replacements-for-windows-xp-4175502495/
Full disclosure: I’ve been a habitue of Linux Questions for over a decade. It is the friendlies Linux place on the inner tubes.