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To: ShadowAce

I really want to like Linux, but it seems that no matter what distro I use, it freezes after using it for a couple of hours. Kind of reminds me of the WinXP days. Tried Manjaro KDE, Mint Cinnamon, Pop OS downloaded KDE, Elementary OS, etc.

I have a Canon Pro 100 and Espson WF 7610 and no distro runs them correctly. So, I keep going back to Windows 10 Pro where I have an OS freeze maybe once a year.


51 posted on 09/20/2020 7:09:21 PM PDT by conservativepoet
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To: conservativepoet
I hate to sound like I'm making excuses, but if you are having OS freezes on both Linux (multiple distros) and Windows, then the problem is likely your hardware.

Since I'm running Linux on server-class hardware at work, with uptimes measured in years, I know the OS is stable.

On the other hand, on my 10 year old laptop at home, I also run into the OS freeze issue. I believe that my hardware is not the best, and I will replace it shortly.

My oldest son dual boots Linux (exact same distro and version as me) and Windows and never locks up--but he runs much newer (and better) hardware than I do for his gaming.

52 posted on 09/21/2020 4:39:15 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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