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F*ck Windows: move to Fedora or Ubuntu (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago by spacehedgehog@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.world

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Today, lovely Windows 11 installed an update. And since then I don't have internet access because Microslop Wincrap 11 can somehow magically no longer connect to the DNS server - to any DNS server. No other device in my network has the same issue. I've been bugfixing for over an hour and haven't found a solution. setting the DNS manually, resetting the network adapter, flushed all DNS entries (I used the commandline tool on Windows!). nothing works.

I don't have ANY more patience with W11!

I already tried Linux. I'm using Ubuntu Server for hosting Nextcloud and Fedora just to play around.

Do you prefer Fedora or Ubuntu? I have an old Thinkpad...

(And no, I will not go down the rabbit hole of Arch ;-) At least not for now.)

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[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Also maybe a niche case but since the source of your irritation is connection, I think it's worth mentioning:

If you use a certain VPN whose widget is for Debian/Ubuntu only in this family of distros coughcoughprotoncoughcough, please take the time to learn how to use the WireGuard integration from the VPN instead. The widget version if installed on Mint is way too prone to breaking, being a matter of when, and not if it will break. And WireGuard instead I have yet to see breaking on its own.

[–] spacehedgehog@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Thank you very much for pointing that out. Highly appreciated. That's exactly the VPN case for my setup. I'll keep that in mind.

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 2 points 5 days ago

Iirc, I set it up with this article from Proton: https://protonvpn.com/support/wireguard-configurations