Changing to another distro
The problem with the rtl8821ce driver, which failed when the kernel upgraded from -1031-oem to -1032-oem failed, was that it resulted in a compile error which was compounded by a grub_pc error, leading to a reboot failure, which put me into "grub>" (not grub-rescue) instead of my login screen. It was an easy repair, allowing me to avoid booting a LiveUSB and switching to a backup snapshot.
That problem also got me to thinking about my reason for switching to Neon. Having a "leading edge" (not bleeding edge) Plasma desktop. Kernel failures can occur on an LTS, but since the LTS is not updated that often, except for security upgrades, there is a longer period of no updates that could spill the apple cart. I also got to thinking more about the inflation problem and the pending food and fuel shortages problem, all based on the same obvious reason. If a SHTF scenario actually occurs I don't want to be updating two or three times a week on a tethered phone. (If I have no Internet connection sometime in the future I won't have to worry about updates, anyway). I just want my OS to work. Period.
Because of that I am switching back to the Kubuntu 22.04 LTS.
I know, I know. IF things get really tough there is no guarantee that either Neon or the Kubuntu dev teams will still be operating, or even the Ubuntu dev team. Many web sites will disappear, including bank and financial websites. I've been retired since 2008 and about the only things I use my laptop for is paying bills electronically, email, and communicating with our doctors and hospital, visiting KubuntuForums.net, and surfing the web for fun, amusement and educational articles and videos.
Oh, and playing some games as well.
To top it all off, about three years ago I installed Kubuntu 18.04 on my neighbor's HP laptop to eliminate the constant problems he was experiencing with Win10. I set it to do automatic updates. A couple weeks ago, during a warm spell, we were standing out in his driveway chatting about various things and I asked him how his laptop was running. He said it was running perfectly and that the updates are automatic. He's had to do nothing except turn it on, use it, and turn it off. Over the last three years I've had to help him three times, none of which were problems with Kubuntu. They were all "how do I do this" problems with Chromium, his printer, and I've forgotten the reason for the 3rd visit. On March 27th, red and blue flashing lights outside our bedroom window awakened me at 5AM. Outside, parked on the street, was an ambulance, a fire truck (in Lincoln it's part of the contract that a fire truck always accompanies an emergency call) and five police cars, including the tactical commander's police car. I didn't hear any gun shots so I thought it was a domestic disturbance call. Eventually, the vehicles all left, without taking anyone with them. I text messaged my neighbor, "You Ok?", but got no response, so I figured he was sleeping and that it was related to one of the other apartments nearby. There are five in our cluster. Tuesday, my wife saw a stranger parked in the his driveway and he turned out to be our neighbor's brother, who told us he had passed away that afternoon of a heart attack at the hospital, where he had been since March 27th. He was in his early or mid 70's and was a heavy chain smoker.
That problem also got me to thinking about my reason for switching to Neon. Having a "leading edge" (not bleeding edge) Plasma desktop. Kernel failures can occur on an LTS, but since the LTS is not updated that often, except for security upgrades, there is a longer period of no updates that could spill the apple cart. I also got to thinking more about the inflation problem and the pending food and fuel shortages problem, all based on the same obvious reason. If a SHTF scenario actually occurs I don't want to be updating two or three times a week on a tethered phone. (If I have no Internet connection sometime in the future I won't have to worry about updates, anyway). I just want my OS to work. Period.
Because of that I am switching back to the Kubuntu 22.04 LTS.
I know, I know. IF things get really tough there is no guarantee that either Neon or the Kubuntu dev teams will still be operating, or even the Ubuntu dev team. Many web sites will disappear, including bank and financial websites. I've been retired since 2008 and about the only things I use my laptop for is paying bills electronically, email, and communicating with our doctors and hospital, visiting KubuntuForums.net, and surfing the web for fun, amusement and educational articles and videos.
Oh, and playing some games as well.
To top it all off, about three years ago I installed Kubuntu 18.04 on my neighbor's HP laptop to eliminate the constant problems he was experiencing with Win10. I set it to do automatic updates. A couple weeks ago, during a warm spell, we were standing out in his driveway chatting about various things and I asked him how his laptop was running. He said it was running perfectly and that the updates are automatic. He's had to do nothing except turn it on, use it, and turn it off. Over the last three years I've had to help him three times, none of which were problems with Kubuntu. They were all "how do I do this" problems with Chromium, his printer, and I've forgotten the reason for the 3rd visit. On March 27th, red and blue flashing lights outside our bedroom window awakened me at 5AM. Outside, parked on the street, was an ambulance, a fire truck (in Lincoln it's part of the contract that a fire truck always accompanies an emergency call) and five police cars, including the tactical commander's police car. I didn't hear any gun shots so I thought it was a domestic disturbance call. Eventually, the vehicles all left, without taking anyone with them. I text messaged my neighbor, "You Ok?", but got no response, so I figured he was sleeping and that it was related to one of the other apartments nearby. There are five in our cluster. Tuesday, my wife saw a stranger parked in the his driveway and he turned out to be our neighbor's brother, who told us he had passed away that afternoon of a heart attack at the hospital, where he had been since March 27th. He was in his early or mid 70's and was a heavy chain smoker.
To replace the antenna & wire was $40, plus tearing this laptop totally apart. My hands shake too much to do that. I decided to switch to an Eth0 cable but then I noticed that this laptop does not have a socket for Eth0. First one I've owned that didn't have an ethernet socket.
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