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Finally installing #ubuntu on my old Intel NUC and it was shockingly hard!
* Find correct ISO image
* Burn it to USB with Etcher
* Turn off Safe Boot in BIOS
* Boot from USB only to hang
* Search the internet...
* Add "nomodeset intel_idle.max_cstate=1" to install script
* finally works.
There has to be a better way to do this? I thought installing an a NUC should be a well worn/easy path!
and it gets worse! After installing, I had the exact same issue rebooting from the new system. I had to do that "nomodeset intel_idle.max_cstate=1" trick again just to boot at all then add it also in my grub configuration file, via terminal (and nano) so it actually works.
I can do all of this, it's not particularly difficult, but it *is* quite tedious and, I'd suggest, one of the reasons people aren't using Linux very much, this process is NOT for the faint of heart.
@scottjenson
I don't think these are issues on #bazzite
@scottjenson I had a similar problem with an older Intel NUC last year. Instead of pushing through it, I tried Linux Mint, which I'd been wanting to try anyway, and it worked well.
Weirdly enough a friend also complained this morning about challenges installing Ubuntu on an old MacBook, but his issue he described as, "a lack of succession planning." 🤔 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/b43-fwcutter/+bug/2116888/comments/13
@scottjenson to be fair the first three steps aren’t unique to Ubuntu but are true for most things (minus the trusted boot for anything other than windows)
I’ve had several NUCs which ran some version of Linux without having to jump through the latter hoop. Perhaps you just hit some version snag between Ubuntu and your particular nuc 😔
@waffles I guess I'm making two points:
1) The overall process is tedious
2) It's REALLY tedious for an old-ish NUC
@scottjenson I understood your points! Not surprising Linux diehards missed it, they're accustomed to everything being a bigger pain in the ass than it should or needs to be.
I daily drive Fedora and I still run into random scenarios where I, stupidly think "Oh this will be easy, I know what the problem is."
@scottjenson seems the problem is Intel? Try an AMD mini pc. They are shockingly easy.
@xaddict Oh sure, I have 3 of those in my closet, I'll just go grab one ;-)
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