Post by MonsieurPost by philoIm going to stick mainly with Ubuntu.
I'm always popping the HD into newer mobos and 100% of the time, the OS
has just booted up smoothly and worked.
My Mint 20.3 will not boot on any H/W other than that where it was
originally installed.
Yes, unfortunately the concept op Plug andd Play is still unknown to
Mint/Linux. Try changing a video card just for fun...
"Hey, I see some new stuff in your pc. Do you want me to forget the old
stuff and set up the new thing?"
Windows can do it, so why can't Mint/Linux...
Very simple reply. Cards of any sort provide drivers
for Windows. Some cards and other accessories provide drivers for
GNU/Linux0. Others do not. To get drivers for these cards Linux
coders need the cards. If you want to buy them a card to try
their coding skills on, give thmm the cards or the money to
afford the cards you want to have covered by Linux drivers and
mods.
Now if the cards are new, the latest, greatest SOTA,
whatever; the chances may be low that they will be included with
a Linux Distribution that is not large. Older cards are usual
covered but recently nvidia cards have not had the dame degree
of support that was provided in previous years. Generally the
older drivers can found especially if you have a good User
Forum to ask questions in. Now if i had a desktop/tower I
would back up then wipe the install and re-install with the
new piece of hardware in place. That way you may find that
the hardware is supported by your updated distribution.
Running PCLinuxOS is quite different from Ubuntu or its derivatives
but we have an excellent user forum which is where all my
information comes from beside about 19 years using GNU/Linux and
trying out various distribtions. Besides that I avoid Windows®
having used CBM from the C=64 to the Amiga 2000 which is AOS 1.3
to 3.9 which was the last version for the 680x00 machines. It
was a very good set of machines on which to learn.
bliss- Dell Precision 7730- PCLOS 2024.05- Linux 6.6.32- Plasma 5.27.11