On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:57:49 -0500 David <dlocklear01@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This is just a quick note about my personal install. > > Today's Rawhide update went smoothly. I now have the stable > mesa 20.0.0-1, and some new tweaks to Network Manager. But > my wi-fi still does not work. What is your wi-fi chip? Some wi-fi vendors don't have open source drivers (as I understand it), and you have to install proprietary drivers from the vendor so they will work with linux. > I do have a question about Fedora or maybe Linux in general. > > Is there any possible way that something I do on my computer, could > bork my DSL modem ? Today after running the Rawhide update, my > modem immediately > stopped working. But after rebooting my computer. My modem now > works. Is that > just a coincidence ? Or is there a ghost just messing with me ? > Or does AT&T in > Houston, Texas area really suck as bad as I think it does. I am guessing, but I would suspect that there was an update in the network stack, and it was incompatible with the old versions. The reboot put everything back into sync. That's why some desktops do reboots after every update. > P.S. On a sad note, my estranged-wife threw a psychotic fit today, > because she does > not have MSWord, and she thinks I should fix it. She can barely > operate her Apple smartphone, and she can > barely operate her Chromebook, and my previous attempts at teaching > her to use a > Windows computer failed. There is no way I could teach her how > to use a Linux computer. Not the way that you do, but people teach their 80 year old grandmother to use a linux computer. If it boots to a gui, and she knows how to use a mouse and keyboard, she can learn to read e-mail, use office-libre, firefox, etc. > I can't imagine stretching the budget enough to get her a Apple > computer. I looked at > getting her a typewriter. I told her to go to the library and use > their computer, and I can't > print what she told me in response. I am likely going to have > to buy her a Windows 10 > laptop. That will be a painful purchase. Buy used. Less painful. See if you can find someone upgrading for a better gaming experience because their system is a few years old. Probably get a discount for a system that is still great for general use. Craigslist? ebay? Twitter? Instagram? Where do people do that kind of thing now? _______________________________________________ test mailing list -- test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to test-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
