25-08-2024, 08:45 PM
(This post was last modified: 25-08-2024, 08:51 PM by Mike Watterson.)
The main reason Linux is on few laptops or PCs is because retail shops only have Windows or Mac OS. It's possible with some models to buy without OS (though Dell and Lenovo do sell pre-installed). Better to install from a USB stick download than take Lenovo or Dell's pre-installed offering. But even with Windows for 30 years I wiped / formatted and installed from scratch.
The "Live Try" memory stick versions are what I almost always use to install. It allows you to look at existing drives and networking before install which is difficult with Windows "upgrades".
The old Windows gear that Networking won't work with with Linux without editing (Win9x, Win3.x, NT 3.5x, NT4.0, XP ) won't work with win10/11 either. It's because the security on the sharing and login is now breaches, so they can't connect (by default) to Win10/Win11 or Linux, nor will Linux and Win 10/Win11 log into their sharing. There are ways around it on Windows and Linux, but it makes your LAN insecure. You almost need a separate LAN with no Internet access.
Android since 4.0 is MTP (which was developed by MS from PTP) and thus doesn't work well anyway, and on Mac and Linux only one process can connect to an MTP device, so if you are not using Finder or Linux File Browser you have to stop the Android device mounting.
So neither of those are specific Linux issues.
The "Live Try" memory stick versions are what I almost always use to install. It allows you to look at existing drives and networking before install which is difficult with Windows "upgrades".
The old Windows gear that Networking won't work with with Linux without editing (Win9x, Win3.x, NT 3.5x, NT4.0, XP ) won't work with win10/11 either. It's because the security on the sharing and login is now breaches, so they can't connect (by default) to Win10/Win11 or Linux, nor will Linux and Win 10/Win11 log into their sharing. There are ways around it on Windows and Linux, but it makes your LAN insecure. You almost need a separate LAN with no Internet access.
Android since 4.0 is MTP (which was developed by MS from PTP) and thus doesn't work well anyway, and on Mac and Linux only one process can connect to an MTP device, so if you are not using Finder or Linux File Browser you have to stop the Android device mounting.
So neither of those are specific Linux issues.
