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Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint
Date	2026-02-08 19:24 +0000
Message-ID	<mus67pFfejU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References	<slrn10ohjl2.35fr.ronb02NOSPAM@3020m.home>

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On Sun, 8 Feb 2026 17:57:55 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

>    My mother will only use Linux Mint. I left Windows 11 on it in case
>    it's ever needed. So if you're unsure, give Linux Mint a try; most
>    people never want to go back.

I updated the LM laptop yesterday. The installation of kernel 6.17.0 
failed. 'dkms status' shows a broadcom driver that isn't compatible with 
that kernel. A couple of posts on r/linuxmint suggests people are having 
problems with other drivers.

This is the first time I've had a problem with an attempted kernel update. 
6.14.0 works fine so I'll block 6.17.

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Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-08 17:57 +0000
  Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-02-08 13:55 -0500
  Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-08 19:24 +0000
    Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-10 03:09 +0000
      Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-10 04:25 +0000
        Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-11 10:39 +0000
          Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-11 20:30 +0000
            Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-12 00:59 +0000
              Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-12 03:49 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-12 13:48 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-13 09:12 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-13 14:00 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-16 15:26 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-16 17:00 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-16 17:22 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-16 17:46 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-02-17 12:01 -0500
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-18 01:01 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-02-17 21:54 -0500
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint Andrew Mulligan <oldeemail1956@aol.com> - 2026-02-17 22:47 -0500
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-18 13:11 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-16 17:19 +0000
            Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-12 03:46 +0000
            Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-02-13 00:17 +0000
              Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-13 01:05 +0000
              Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2026-02-13 02:42 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-13 09:30 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-13 13:44 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-16 15:29 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-02-13 21:04 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2026-02-14 00:12 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-16 15:30 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2026-02-13 21:18 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2026-02-14 00:13 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2026-02-14 13:31 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-14 22:22 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2026-02-14 22:30 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-16 15:36 +0000
                Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-16 15:32 +0000
              Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-02-13 09:27 +0000
  Re: Experience with Windows and Linux Mint CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-10 13:44 +0000

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