At least you tried! And annoying that you stumbled upon hw issues.
If you ever want to try again what about getting hold of an old drive, or try dual boot, then you can swap back to windows easily and there’s less pressure for Linux to work out of the box.
As you say the guides you used didn’t match, try and research more about what is the correct distro for you, and maybe start with one that looks like a sure bet.
Guys, seriously, I know how to do this. I’ve installed Linux on random PCs for decades. It’s not my first rodeo.
Once you turn the century it starts to get annoying when people’s default stance to legit compatibility issues becomes to affect condescending patience at you. I knew how to set up a dual boot (I chose not to, instead directly booting from an external drive, which works just fine and allows you to revert by just yanking it out), I knew how to find support (the guides don’t match because the laptop family I was using needs specific libraries and kernel modifications and my model is relatively rare so the tutorials aren’t meant for it specifically).
I swear, the Linux community, such as it is, thinks that everybody backing off is some technically illiterate rando and mostly scared of UX differences and typing terminal commands. That’s really not the case. All available Linux DEs are extremely easy to parse for both Windows and MacOs users, being able to copy/paste text to take semi-complex actions instead of digging through the visual interface saves some time and the total normies that could use this type of feedback aren’t trying to do this in the first place. It’s fine.
I’ll try again next time I have a disposable computer that has some specific plug-and-play distro ready to go. Maybe. If I feel like it. And if I need tech help with it, I’ll gladly ask. For now, though, this particular machine is back to Windows because the troubleshooting is more of a hassle than the transition is an improvement. That’s the beginning and the end of this conversation, really.
At least you tried! And annoying that you stumbled upon hw issues.
If you ever want to try again what about getting hold of an old drive, or try dual boot, then you can swap back to windows easily and there’s less pressure for Linux to work out of the box.
As you say the guides you used didn’t match, try and research more about what is the correct distro for you, and maybe start with one that looks like a sure bet.
Guys, seriously, I know how to do this. I’ve installed Linux on random PCs for decades. It’s not my first rodeo.
Once you turn the century it starts to get annoying when people’s default stance to legit compatibility issues becomes to affect condescending patience at you. I knew how to set up a dual boot (I chose not to, instead directly booting from an external drive, which works just fine and allows you to revert by just yanking it out), I knew how to find support (the guides don’t match because the laptop family I was using needs specific libraries and kernel modifications and my model is relatively rare so the tutorials aren’t meant for it specifically).
I swear, the Linux community, such as it is, thinks that everybody backing off is some technically illiterate rando and mostly scared of UX differences and typing terminal commands. That’s really not the case. All available Linux DEs are extremely easy to parse for both Windows and MacOs users, being able to copy/paste text to take semi-complex actions instead of digging through the visual interface saves some time and the total normies that could use this type of feedback aren’t trying to do this in the first place. It’s fine.
I’ll try again next time I have a disposable computer that has some specific plug-and-play distro ready to go. Maybe. If I feel like it. And if I need tech help with it, I’ll gladly ask. For now, though, this particular machine is back to Windows because the troubleshooting is more of a hassle than the transition is an improvement. That’s the beginning and the end of this conversation, really.
No problem, it just sounded like you needed help.
To avoid getting advice then you better mark your comment, with rant or something.