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Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen)

From Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux
Subject Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen)
Date 2019-02-11 08:44 -0800
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MaxTheFast wrote:
> Yes, I've got a 4G (not 3G) ISP connection based on my phone SIM and I can use this plan to connect to internet by phone (tethering), wifi modem or usb dongle; I've got no smartphone (my choice) so I use a cheap usb dongle. All that due to my almost "gipsy" lifestyle therefore I need mobile connectivity. 

I understand.  You have decent connectivity speed that way, but you are 
capped at 30G/mo

> The ubuntu iso I've just downloaded is 1.8GB and it's taken about 4' by torrent from official site and under winXP; not bad for me. The problem is the plan itself: 30GB/month so if I decide to get a bunch of distros ISOes I can't use internet for much anything else. Due to that I cared of asking a "direction" to point to, mainly on my cgf base and friendlyness, I mean 3-5 distros, anyway I've time to try and decide so I'm going to start with ubuntu and next month I'll get debian or pclinuxos or mint.

I'll keep your data limits in mind in my advice.  But in your 
circumstance you want to get something that works first, and then later 
to fine-tune what might be better or more appealing.  The big advantage 
of the 18.04 compared to 18.10 is the LTS aspect, LTS is supported until 
2028 vs 2019 Jul for the 18.10.  But, the big advantage of the 18.10 for 
working fine outofthebox or a less 'severe' kernel upgrade to make your 
Ryzen happy.

That is, I would lean toward booting 18.10 first with or without 
tweaking it; then if that works out OK, try to make the LTS 18.04 work 
for the convenience of its long support.

> The HW/cfg matters ware almost answered by kernel upgrading solution so as a very newbie at this point I guess the most important question for me would be: if I'll get any trouble with a certain distro due to HW/SW reasons what will be the best thing to do, trying another distro or trying to solve the matter within the distro itself? Due to that I'm going to start with ubuntu: it seems to have my native language's largest community.

In my opinion as an 'intermediate' not a guru, it is important for 
things to just work or need a small tweak.  I can't solve problems with 
a hammer and chisel like some can do with the command line, because they 
know what they are doing.

Your GG headers look like you are in NW (northwest) Italy.  That would 
be near where the Winter Olympics were in 2006, so you might not be far 
from snow skiing.


-- 
Mike Easter

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Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) MaxTheFast <gipsy.shadow.84@gmail.com> - 2019-02-10 10:56 -0800
  Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2019-02-10 20:48 +0100
    Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Diesel <nobody@haph.org> - 2019-02-15 04:31 +0000
      Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-15 11:43 -0800
        Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Diesel <nobody@haph.org> - 2019-02-16 04:51 +0000
  Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-10 12:16 -0800
    Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-10 15:24 -0800
      Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) MaxTheFast <gipsy.shadow.84@gmail.com> - 2019-02-10 15:53 -0800
        Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-11 03:04 -0800
  Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-02-10 16:00 -0500
  Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) bilou <padepub@free.fr> - 2019-02-10 23:42 +0100
    Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2019-02-10 23:05 +0000
      Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-02-10 18:46 -0500
        Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2019-02-11 00:33 +0000
      Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) bilou <padepub@free.fr> - 2019-02-11 03:22 +0100
  Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) MaxTheFast <gipsy.shadow.84@gmail.com> - 2019-02-10 15:43 -0800
    Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-02-10 19:39 -0500
    Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-10 16:53 -0800
      Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-02-10 20:07 -0500
        Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-10 18:53 -0800
          Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-02-10 23:47 -0500
          Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Diesel <nobody@haph.org> - 2019-02-15 04:31 +0000
    Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Daniel60 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2019-06-13 21:27 +1000
      Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) MaxTheFast <gipsy.shadow.84@gmail.com> - 2019-06-13 14:54 -0700
        Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Daniel60 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2019-06-14 16:49 +1000
        Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-06-14 03:29 -0400
  Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) MaxTheFast <gipsy.shadow.84@gmail.com> - 2019-02-11 08:18 -0800
    Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-02-11 11:39 -0500
    Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-11 08:44 -0800
      Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-11 10:47 -0800
        Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-11 12:22 -0800
  Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) MaxTheFast <gipsy.shadow.84@gmail.com> - 2019-02-12 11:48 -0800
    Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-12 12:29 -0800
    Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Mike Easter <MikeE@Ster.invalid> - 2019-02-15 00:08 -0500
    Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-15 11:36 -0800
  Re: Suggestion about Linux/Ubuntu Distro for my hardware (Ryzen) Diesel <nobody@haph.org> - 2019-02-15 04:31 +0000

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