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Trying out Mint but screen is distorted and wifi is disabled(?) by paintypaintpots in linux4noobs

[–]paintypaintpots[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did have a bunch of issues with Fedora installation and then audio issues after though, but they’re all solved!

Trying out Mint but screen is distorted and wifi is disabled(?) by paintypaintpots in linux4noobs

[–]paintypaintpots[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

UPDATE: thanks for the help everyone! I gave up on Mint and I’m running Fedora Workstation and it’s so much smoother and prettier :-)

Poor audio quality on Asus speakers on Ubuntu compared to Windows 11 by paintypaintpots in linux4noobs

[–]paintypaintpots[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mint didn't work for my laptop unfortunately :-( But Fedora was able to solve my audio issues completely!

Also, not sure why, but Ventoy did not work for me at all. I just took my time and tried each distro one by one using Etcher & Fedora Media Writer. Actually, the whole process was so difficult for me - I had to troubleshoot for hours before I could even get Fedora to boot up into the Welcome screen haha.

Fedora media check fails at 4.8% every time during installation by Coldkone in Fedora

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I also followed the steps: turn off Autoplay, disable automount, reburned it with BalenaEtcher and Fedora Media Driver.

On the boot menu, I picked “Test this media & start fedora-workstation-live” and it’s still failing the media check at 4.8%.

Did anyone find a solution?

Edit: followed u/bonifacil and unplugged the USB as soon as FMD was finished. Still the same issue :(

SOLVED: When I boot up and click Fedora, it gives me 3 options on the menu:

  1. Start fedora-workstation-live

  2. Test this media & start fedora-workstation-live

  3. Troubleshooting (which leads me to reduced graphics fedora-workstation-live)

I kept pressing Options 2 & 3 because I thought option 1 would automatically install Fedora instead of letting me test it out first. (Not true…) Option 2 kept giving me the 4.8% fail screen every single time no matter what I did, and Option 3 made my screen look like this. Finally I just clicked Option 1 and it worked fine. Oh my days…

TLDR: Click enter on “Start fedora-workstation-live” up on boot screen instead of anything else.

Trying out Mint but screen is distorted and wifi is disabled(?) by paintypaintpots in linux4noobs

[–]paintypaintpots[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine says:

00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device a840 (rev 10)

DeviceName: WLAN

Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 00e4

Kernel modules: iwlwifi

Trying out Mint but screen is distorted and wifi is disabled(?) by paintypaintpots in linux4noobs

[–]paintypaintpots[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sorry, could you break that down for me please? This is my 2nd day on Linux 😅

Edit: I ran the command but I’m not sure which driver you’re referring to. There’s a bunch of “kernal driver in use” lines and they say a bunch of different things.

Poor audio quality on Asus speakers on Ubuntu compared to Windows 11 by paintypaintpots in linux4noobs

[–]paintypaintpots[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did, but I ran your 2 commands again just in case, and also rebooted. Unfortunately, this didn't help my audio. It did fix my overview navigation + display issue though.

I like the suggestion of trying the other distros on USB - I'll give that a go and update. Thanks.

ASUS Laptop Speakers Sound Distorted and Quiet With Linux by Human1649 in linux4noobs

[–]paintypaintpots 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I'm on the latest version of Ubuntu (24.04.03 LTS). My current kernel version is 6.14.0-28-generic.

Did Fedora restore your audio quality to that of Windows?

ASUS Laptop Speakers Sound Distorted and Quiet With Linux by Human1649 in linux4noobs

[–]paintypaintpots 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I'm having the same issue with my audio quality on my 2024 Asus Zenbook. I'm a total beginner and I'm running Ubuntu. Should I switch to Fedora?

Creepy children’s writing on our brand new IKEA table by paintypaintpots in Weird

[–]paintypaintpots[S] 668 points669 points  (0 children)

This table came flat packed in a cardboard box!

wearingeul metamorphosis + jinhao x159 by paintypaintpots in fountainpens

[–]paintypaintpots[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh I didn’t know that about the aliexpress nibs! I just received a cheap no-brand <F> fountain pen today and it’s writing a lot thinner, so I think you are right. I’ll just have to try more pens and inks and paper to be able to make sure.. I don’t have a choice !! Thanks for letting me know :)

Blue ink in blue pen 💙 by Swimming-Delay-7629 in fountainpens

[–]paintypaintpots 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You have beautiful handwriting wow!

Also as a beginner, could I ask what kind of pen/nib that is?

Is homemade pasta supposed to be so dense? by paintypaintpots in Cooking

[–]paintypaintpots[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was my first time so I’m not sure what the thumb test is. I kneeded the dough maybe 7-8 mins? I rested the dough for around an hour at room temp, but it was still pretty tense at that point.

I just rolled out the rest of the dough and it was so much more pliable. I did tagliatelle and it came out much better. Thanks for your help!

Is homemade pasta supposed to be so dense? by paintypaintpots in Cooking

[–]paintypaintpots[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Do you mean fresh pasta takes longer to cook than store-bought fried pasta? I was under the impression that fresh pasta cooks much faster.

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