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[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

This past weekend I installed Ubuntu on an old Dell laptop and Mint on an old Toshiba. I just want to be able to play Open RA with some friends.

It runs on Ubuntu, but not on Mint. I don’t have the specs of either laptop handy, but is this a software or hardware issue?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Most likely a missing package or something, so software. If also depends on which version of Mint you got (Ubuntu or Debian based).

Make a post here when you get time. If you can get a crash dump (e.g. run it on the terminal and copy the output), that'll help a ton in figuring out what went wrong.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Aw! Well, right before I read this I started installing Ubuntu on the Mint machine.

I have a third laptop I want to do this with, but I have to find a charger. I’ll try Mint again when I get to that.

I’m just trying to set up my buddies with OpenRA so we can have LAN parties like it’s 1999

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ubuntu is absolutely fine too, use whatever works best for you. But please don't hesitate to ask for help.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

Thanks! Yeah I like it. I’m just dipping my toes in Linux for now, hence using old machines that I’m willing to wipe and start over with