Quiet today................

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I use cash or, occasionally, barter.
much simpler IMO....

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last year I re-read the whole discworld series. - great stuff!
(i'd left it long enough to have forgotten enough to do so)
I find it difficult to find good fantasy/SF now.
it's all rehashes of LOTR etc.*
even cyberpunk and steampunk have gone generic.

* game of fecking...

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yep. - normal behaviour for him/her/it...

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yes, the ubuntu forums(?) are full of stuff. BT sound is apparently a real PITA across the board.
the various sound subsystems (ALSA,Jack,pulseaudio,pipewire etc.) don't exactly help either.
I've given my mate the laptop back (with jack/jack cable*), but i'm still researching this, out of...

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a real legend. the blues breakers were the start for so many great musicians....

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the last top
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4ng8015n2wo

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what works?
anyway SUSE is too big for the machine, and Pi Os is just ridiculous for a GP laptop.*
thanks anyway (i think)

will it even run on intel/amd machines?...

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Innit?

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aye, - right!...

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once again, Mod favouritism.

<mod snip>when it's noticed/reported it gets acted upon</modsnip>

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so Linux mint wants to use pipewire for audio, which clashes with pulseaudio.
removing pulseaudio totally fubars the desktop as it's a dependance, apparently.
all online doco just goes round in ever decreasing circles.
(basically - 'try this', 'try that' etc)
maybe i should bury...

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I love cyclists! - MAMIL's- yum!
couldn't eat a whole one though.

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yeh, - posts disappear for no apparent reason.
except maybe the BibleThumpingTaffies

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no, pairing is ok.
thanks anyway...

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yes, when available.
BT connects, so i think you're right about the sound.
I removed pipewire so only had pulseaudio running and got sound to speaker and 'phones.
system restart blew that away.
i think i'll just give up and tell him to buy a new laptop like MS wants everyone...

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'Biden resigns' becomes yet another feckin' vetran soapbox!
dear, oh dear.

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and? - your problem is what?

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it's not a 'set' - it's a 'wunch'
and this has been the norm for 20+ years, as eek says.
If you don't 'service' the sector, what's your problem?

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resurrected laptop. old acer V5. Linux Mint 23.1 (tries Linuxlite and puppyLinux, but mint better alround).
BT connects ok, but no sound.
I suspect it's the underlying sound system(s), but i Was hoping for some pointers from Unix/Linux peeps (i'm a Z/OS systems engineer).
forensic...