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   Davey to rbowman   
   Re: Upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04 problems Upd   
   17 Feb 25 08:44:09   
   
   From: davey@example.invalid   
      
   On 17 Feb 2025 05:35:59 GMT   
   rbowman  wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:42:47 +0000, Davey wrote:   
   >   
   > > 2. Install 24.04. It can't be worse than 22.04 (!), and hopefully   
   > > it is more reliable.   
   >   
   > 24.04 wasn't too bad but after running some updates I had a problem   
   > with the sound. The diagnostics showed the drivers intact but no   
   > sinks for the devices. The sound dialog only showed the Dummy Output.   
   >   
   > After chasing rabbits around their tunnels for a couple of days,   
   > including upgrading to 24.10, I switched to Bluetooth speakers.   
   >   
   > fwiw, the Fedora box, which also uses pipewire, did not have a   
   > similar problem.   
   >   
   > For my money Ubuntu has lost its 'easy install for newbies' cred.   
      
   I certainly agree with that last statement. But I do not want to learn   
   a different system.   
      
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