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Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA
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this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2025
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Don’t use the stock kernel. Use the HWE one if you want newer hardware to work on Ubuntu and its derivatives like Mint.
Or try a Fedora live-usb and see if it works with the newer kernels.
My newer hardware is circa 2015.
Oof. I didn’t realise that and assumed it was some new fancy hardware.
My original comment still stands though. The HWE (hardware enablement) kernels on Debian and its derivatives like Ubuntu/Mint are your best bet when it comes to new or obscure hardware. They link extra drivers into the kernel and have patches to fix issues you normally wouldn’t encounter, basically stuff they won’t include in the mainstream kernel for the sake of stability or whatever. I always used these kernels before I migrated to Fedora because the extra keyboard buttons on my laptop wouldn’t work otherwise.
Thanks for the advice. Much appreciated. I don't mind old hardware. It's a rescue. Poor thing was in a disposal bin, and I gave it a forever home.