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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 42 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (50 children)

I'm building a new gaming PC and it's going to be a Linux build and if it doesn't work the way you guys keep insisting it will, I swear to God.

My last experience with Linux was with Ubuntu about 10 years ago and I can't say it was a particularly great experience I'm hoping that in the last decade it's improved its user experience.

[–] Coldcell@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (9 children)

Please update this if you fun into the usual brick wall of hand modifying config files or self-compiling some obscure git pull just to make basic things like audio and network work.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If you're going that far, you've taken a wrong turn somewhere. Please ask for help before digging into compiling stuff, unless that's what you're into, there's probably a simpler solution.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It sounds like the version they were using didn't have the right drivers in the build. Seems a lot of work to go to just to get new drivers.

If the source is available somewhere, but it's not in your distro's repos, there's probably a good reason for that. Ideally just get better hardware. A WiFi chip is usually something like $20-30 and is replaceable on most laptops and desktops. An audio card can be bypassed with USB or a PCIe add-in card. That's pretty much everything this might apply to.

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