catlover841 wrote:

ajsya wrote:

Installed Lubuntu on my old Thinkpad 11e Chromebook. Functioning audio is a work in progress! Two finger tap with the trackpad is also not currently working.

My browser / operating system: Ubuntu Linux, Firefox 143.0, No Flash version detected

have you tried running this script? It's listed as a post install step in the chrultrabook docs for installing linux on chromebooks, also what audio driver are you using? Also check the trackpad settings if you havent already

AndPherbCodes wrote:

I gave up on installing mint. My raspberry pi's microSD will melt if I try something like that again, and I don't really mind Debian. When I get a MacBook though, I'm gonna boot macOS for creative things and Mint for gaming things.

ajsya wrote:

catlover841 wrote:

ajsya wrote:

Installed Lubuntu on my old Thinkpad 11e Chromebook. Functioning audio is a work in progress! Two finger tap with the trackpad is also not currently working.

My browser / operating system: Ubuntu Linux, Firefox 143.0, No Flash version detected

have you tried running this script? It's listed as a post install step in the chrultrabook docs for installing linux on chromebooks, also what audio driver are you using? Also check the trackpad settings if you havent already

Yes, I ran the script and went into the audio mixer settings and set the speakers as the fallback instead of the headphone jack, and my audio has been working since. I'm not sure honestly if it was the script that fixed it, or me modifying the fallback in the audio mixer. It could be both I guess.

It's also a little finicky for some reason. A lot of times the main volume control doesn't work, so I go into the audio mixer to turn down the speakers instead. It looks like I'm using snd_soc_avs as my audio driver btw, but I'm not 100% confident on that.

I have also made a trip to the track pad settings and now I can two-finger-tap to get the right click menu on things. If I click with both fingers instead of tapping that doesn't do anything, however.

This has been a pretty fun project. Installing Lubuntu has given this computer more flexibility, but it doesn't change the fact that the hardware still sucks. I did get Minecraft 1.21.11 to run, and I was able to use the computer to do some light picture editing for a school project somewhat successfully.

Sorry for the late reply! I missed this post.

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ajsya wrote:

AndPherbCodes wrote:

I gave up on installing mint. My raspberry pi's microSD will melt if I try something like that again, and I don't really mind Debian. When I get a MacBook though, I'm gonna boot macOS for creative things and Mint for gaming things.

You can't install Linux Mint on a Raspberry Pi. There isn't an ARM version of Linux Mint available, to my knowledge.

temsterriblegames wrote:

ajsya wrote:

AndPherbCodes wrote:

I gave up on installing mint. My raspberry pi's microSD will melt if I try something like that again, and I don't really mind Debian. When I get a MacBook though, I'm gonna boot macOS for creative things and Mint for gaming things.

You can't install Linux Mint on a Raspberry Pi. There isn't an ARM version of Linux Mint available, to my knowledge.

theres an ARM version of gentoo… if you feel daring……

TechNerd64 wrote:

Repost from the Ubuntu Topic:
I've been considering upgrading from Kubuntu 24.xx LTS to the 26.04 LTS. Should I just wait for the stable 26.1 release, or is it fine to upgrade to?

TechNerd64 wrote:

Repost from the Ubuntu Topic:
I've been considering upgrading from Kubuntu 24.xx LTS to the 26.04 LTS. Should I just wait for the stable 26.1 release, or is it fine to upgrade to?

catlover841 wrote:

yeah yeah, linux user running cachyOS with a win 7 themed rice, I'm the most basic linux user alive

catlover841 wrote:

yeah yeah, linux user running cachyOS with a win 7 themed rice, I'm the most basic linux user alive

temsterriblegames wrote:

catlover841 wrote:

yeah yeah, linux user running cachyOS with a win 7 themed rice, I'm the most basic linux user alive

what is using 18gb of memory you have nothing open

anyway heres my current rice

LiFaytheGoblin wrote:

chocolatepenguin wrote:

LiFaytheGoblin wrote:

I got lots of Linux-mascots (these cute little penguins) when I was a little child But actually I've never had Ubuntu on my computer (we have it in school, though).

TUX! I can't believe that they have Ubuntu on school computers in Germany? Is it 12.04?
I love penguins. And pangolins. And triceratopses.

I don't know exactly if it's 12.04 or 12.10 … It's different from school to school here. In my school, they only have Ubuntu on the students computers (while the computers in the computer-rooms have windows).

TechNerd64 wrote:

Not sure if this has been reported here yet, so sorry if I'm reposting. California has passed a law requiring all* OSes to verify the age of their users. *But, an exception has been made for open linux distros like Arch, Ubuntu, Debian, etc. Although, linux distros featuring proprietary-codebases are not exempted. For example, specific distros like SteamOS won't be exempted due to their proprietary assets, regardless of it being on top of Arch which is open-source. Thoughts?

EDIT: I don't live in California, I just thought the story deserves to be reported on.

catlover841 wrote:

TechNerd64 wrote:

Not sure if this has been reported here yet, so sorry if I'm reposting. California has passed a law requiring all* OSes to verify the age of their users. *But, an exception has been made for open linux distros like Arch, Ubuntu, Debian, etc. Although, linux distros featuring proprietary-codebases are not exempted. For example, specific distros like SteamOS won't be exempted due to their proprietary assets, regardless of it being on top of Arch which is open-source. Thoughts?

EDIT: I don't live in California, I just thought the story deserves to be reported on.

The age verification is just asking the user to put in their birthday, basically a sign that says “plz dont lie about your age, or do. I'm a sign not a cop” the main problem is that this may open the door to more aggressive verification like id verification

BigNate469 wrote:

But that definitely can and will be used by the likes of Google and Microsoft (and probably Apple, too, if more parts of the world start requiring it) to force a government ID check (or something similar) on you during account setup (it doesn't specify how the age is determined, just that it should be), and when their users complain (which they will), they'll just point to the law and say that it's illegal for them to not collect that information.

Although, judging by the last few clauses of that bill, they actually can't sell that information to advertisers, so it might be less of a problem than it could have been.

Also, the exemption for free and open-source OSes hasn't actually been signed into law yet.