Re: OpenMandriva turmoil - sabotage?

On 7/18/26 01:39, rbowman wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:40:28 -0400, c186282 wrote:
> 
>>     The hardware-compatibility issue has greatly expanded since the Old
>>     Days. SO many new devices with SO many functions/params, all needing
>>     carefully- tweaked drivers. Sometimes you can't even tell exactly
>>     what version of what driver is required. Faster and easier to just
>>     switch distros and hope for better.
> 
> Reading the various forums and reddits Nvidia appears to be the major pain
> in the ass although some people have problems with touchpads.

   Even Linus spit fire at NVidia ...

   Keyboards/touch ... I've had my share of issues there.
   Awkward work-arounds, but rarely a neat fix.

> Everything I
> have is plain vanilla with either Intel or AMD integrated graphics.
> Getting the fingerprint reader working on the Lenovo took a little work
> and after I got it working I found it more trouble than it was worth. I
> probably could have screwed around with the pam stuff.
> 
> The older Broadcom wifi on a 2011 netbook has been the only driver issue,
> but then that's Broadcom.

   Haven't had any special issues with old BroadCom.

   Doesn't mean others haven't.

   Even now, a TP-Link USB external wifi antenna is
   acting up a bit ... drops the connection for a
   second or two maybe every half hour. Some have
   suggestions ... but I'm not even sure WHAT is
   the exact correct driver/version for the thing
   or how to force it in there. Gotta modprobe, but
   modprobe WHAT exactly ? Opinions vary. Too much
   complexity now.

   (the onboard wifi chip DID die - no getting it back)

   DID mention how that unit, MX/Beelink, would die
   after a month or two - and it was all because I
   did not disable 'motion' making copies of videos
   to the system drive. Fixed now. The mystery prob
   was ZERO REMAINING DISK SPACE despite what the
   boot-up messages/logs suggested.