Ubuntu was a big part of my path to full time Linux use. I adore everyone who has contributed to Ubuntu.
But also, Snaps are bullshit, and are why I replaced all my Ubuntu installs with Debian.
Canonical doesn’t get to pretend to be surprised by the backlash for pushing an unnecessary closed proprietary platform on their freedom seeking users.
I still adore everyone at Canonical and in the Ubuntu community, for all they’ve done for the Linux community. Y’all still rock. Thanks!
Yeah. That’s the difference people don’t seem to understand.
AI is perfect for stuff that’s just made up bullshit anyway.
But what if someone else’s government creates the Torment Nexus before ours can?!
thanks for your help.
Sure thing. Feel free to keep us updated. I hate to see anyone have to use Windows longer than they want to.
Yeah. It’s not hardware, then.
I would try searching “black screen <bios version>” with any name and version number you can figure out about your bios, next.
If you can get it back to booting from install media, I would do a full reinstall.
There’s recovery layers (such as grub shell) that ought to kick in if this was just a display config issue, so I’m thinking corrupted install files is more likely.
Also, do a careful check through your various BIOS settings - search each one with “Debian 12 <setting name>”, to find out if they work with Debian 12, or need adjusted. Debian 12 supports most boot security features, that I have encountered, but I believe there’s still a couple out there that have to be turned off.
I suspect your next practical goal will be to get the (presumably failed) bootloader install replaced.
Edit: Tried to add a lot of specific thoughts as search term leads.
- Don’t truncate passwords for verification.
It needed to be said. Because some password system architects have been just that stupid.
Edit: Fear of other’s stupidity is the mind killer. I will face my fear. My fear will wash over me, and when it has passed, only I will remain. Or I’ll be dead in a car accident caused by an AI driver.
So the good news is you’re probably not bricked.
I’ve had similar, and had to work through getting my bios into the right state to get the screen to load, and then escaping grub into a grub recovery shell to debug.
Edit: Do you have access to an alternate/external monitor? I would want to try another monitor, just to rule out a hardware failure, too.
True!
I take comfort that if my kid can figure out setting up their own VPN or DNS, then I’m sure they’ll earn enough later to support their porn habit.
Google’s antitrust drama is just a popcorn side show to me.
A sideshow we’re both paying for, though. Ugh.
But you’ve got the right track. I can’t personally fix their monopoly, but I can block their bullshit from teaching my devices.
Return the internet to the pre-“smart” phone era, in which a minimum bar of effort and knowledge needed to be present in order to connect and participate on the web.
Yeah. I think that’s happening now. The public will discover the Fediverse, but I’m not sure if they’ll be welcomed into every community here.
History tells us there’s also a release valve of a swift brick to the side of the head, one brick per billionaire.
It sounds messier than paying taxes, to me. But I’m not a billionaire, so I can’t say I understand their motives.
This is particularly interesting, since modern organizational theory tells us that Boeing’s primary customers would be much better off with a shift in power toward Boeing’s workers, away from it’s current leadership.
Purchasers of huge airplanes cannot afford to purchase airplanes built under leadership that cuts corners the way Boeing’s leadership lately has.
The striking workers may have an unusual ally here - in Boeing’s customer base, which notably includes the US Government and parts of it’s Armed Forces.
I mean some of us aren’t programmers…
I think…
… Looks around…
…yet.
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean you’re wrong.
I’m a fan of powerful assistive solutions, but I’m not comfortable with something closed source and proprietary running this intimately.
There’s likely some outright criminals who can’t easily send their dirty traceable money into politics directly to buy favors. Seems to me that this helps “solve” that.
I, personally, imagine high odds of a combination of:
If I were any kind of federal investigator, I would look into this with great interest.
He can live out his remaining time in Russia as a wanna-be oligarch, and Putin will treat him like a leader-in-exile
Yep. Except that’s only until he runs his mouth and has a tragic fall from a window.
If I where to place a bet, I would say 3 months, tops.
Yeah! They missed investing with several known fraudsters already. Sure is lucky that yet another one is here to fill the gap!
I regularly recommend configurations to peers that are arguably impossible for normal humans. (Not on purpose! Sorry Dave!)
I love to run stuff on Raspberry Pi, and I fear no gcc compile flag. (Ok. That’s a bold faced lie, even I fear a couple of them.) So I frequently forget the bullshit I had to do to get something weird running on a random Pi.
That’s a sell cue, for any shareholders reading along.