Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: OpenMandriva turmoil - sabotage? Date: 18 Jul 2026 05:39:34 GMT Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <112ncdq$5nuq$1@dont-email.me> <113e147$31u9i$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 503hXbyT2ZNnE5kMtA00/Q3IkaS4vxGqSkfDm9LUPJBJdTHVdq Cancel-Lock: sha1:U5fRpS+ABYKDnQUMYqorn0XzKxg= sha256:nCGZPFS/ssy7f/ye5hq6QFFgyF2w8v0eT8+wfWLr8E4= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:88882 On Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:40:28 -0400, c186282 wrote: > The hardware-compatibility issue has greatly expanded since the Old > Days. SO many new devices with SO many functions/params, all needing > carefully- tweaked drivers. Sometimes you can't even tell exactly > what version of what driver is required. Faster and easier to just > switch distros and hope for better. Reading the various forums and reddits Nvidia appears to be the major pain in the ass although some people have problems with touchpads. Everything I have is plain vanilla with either Intel or AMD integrated graphics. Getting the fingerprint reader working on the Lenovo took a little work and after I got it working I found it more trouble than it was worth. I probably could have screwed around with the pam stuff. The older Broadcom wifi on a 2011 netbook has been the only driver issue, but then that's Broadcom.