From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 5/31/24 22:53, Monsieur wrote:   
   > philo wrote:   
   >> Im 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...   
   >   
   > I mean, how hard can it be:   
   >   
   > "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   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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