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Fedora is "the gaming" distro and perfect for Linux beginner confirmed (at least for me)
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I can't install fedora because they require you to have a mouse connected by cable to your computer to install.
It's absurd. I only have a Bluetooth mouse and you can't get to the Bluetooth connect screen. So Mint it was.
I even saw someone complaining about this on the fedora forum and the response was totally "Do you not have mice?" energy.
What stopped the install process working without a mouse?
Surely they'd have a keyboard navigation method.
They do... For the first screen of the welcome page only. When it gets to connect WiFi the keyboard nav is broken. Tabbing doesn't work.
Beyond that if you hit alt F4 to close the welcome page you get to your desktop, but Fedora doesn't come with any predefined hotkeys (or at least none of them worked on Fedora 39, if there were any - it might have been part of the welcome screen). So I couldn't open up a terminal or anything to actually get to useful controls.
After an hour of fighting with this and seeing useless forum posts I scrapped it and installed Mint, where they actually bothered to let you open up Bluetooth connection management with only a keyboard.
I can’t imagine not having a plethora of mice and keyboards in PS/2, USB, wireless, and BT varieties. Like an unnecessary amount.
I've literally had no corded mice and keyboards since like 2010s.
Corded maybe. But most of wireless mouses even today come with little usb dongle and that should work. Only the bluetooth one dosent apparently. Which makes sense. I mean why would it work out of the box with your computer.
You have a corded USB c mouse?
I do
Nah, just regular type.
USB-C keyboard, though!
Yeah my mainboard is USB c only. I had an old USB A mouse but that doesn't help.
Corded USB-C nice are rare! There’s some cordless though.
Never heard of a mainboard with only USB-C!
Look up the framework laptop - the mainboard is USB c only with modular adapters for other options
Neat!
You think people have multiple PS/2 mice in 2024?
Some of us don't throw out old stuff just cause it is old, lol, my closet is angry with me cries in 486
Sure, but even folks who hoard stuff might be old enough to have never had one. Even at 32 I've never had one before. My dad might have one somewhere though.
I didn’t say that. I was speaking for myself.
…but yes
many people don't even own a usb mouse.
I consider myself a huge nerd but I would be surprised if I even still have a ps/2 mouse somewhere.
Maybe I’m just old, then. I have every type of tech I would possibly need to troubleshoot any machine I could imagine… thinking about throwing away my parallel cables, I’m like “what if an HP Laserjet Series II needs help?!”
Do we share a closet?