Not sure what the actual question is here, but if the files are there, the filesystem is mounted properly using hfsplus, and you can read the files, then any incompatible characters will be properly substituted, and the files can be copied.

Your friend will just have to put some work into properly renaming then afterward.

Good to know!

Hit ALT+F2 or F3 to see if you get a console. Make sure your GPU drivers are installed and loading with nvidia-smi. Blacklist the Nouveau driver if necessary.

https://github.com/dmacvicar/terraform-provider-libvirt/blob/v0.9.3/README.md

This will immediately get struck down in court even if it passes, though everyone should make their voices heard in saying this is complete nonsense.

Yet another case of antiquated politicians not understanding technology whatsoever.

Well, like I said, there are plenty of guides out there detailing how to make your own image, like this one

As far as your HW acceleration, I’d check to make sure which driver is actually loaded, and if it’s properly showing it loaded.

They have images to flash to it. Just flash whatever they have, or build your own. Plenty of docs and guides out there, but that version of Ubuntu is way too old to make it very useful: https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/learn/get-started-jetson-nano-devkit

Every Linux distro will work with your hardware, aside from edge case components in certain situations. There is no difference in distros for hardware compatibility, unless you’re thinking of running a very old versions of something. Anything will work.

There is also no major difference between distros for gaming performance. The only difference in “gaming” distros is that they have certain software preselected and installed. You can just do this yourself anyway.

I currently suggest Fedora for beginners because it’s dead simple. The big difference between any distro is going to be the default Desktop Environment, and you can choose whatever you want after you install anyway.

If you like Windows’ UI, give KDE a shot. If you want something more like MacOS, go for Gnome. Either work great.

If you want to try multiple, download some LiveUSB images, start em up and poke around a bit. If you change your mind after install, you can just install a different DE and switch over without needing to reinstall the entire OS.

You didn’t mention what Desktop Environment you’re using.

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Great point.

You can, but you need to basically completely turn that laptop into a router. A cheap WiFi bridge would be more flexible.

Give this a shot: https://github.com/dimtpap/coppwr

I’m not aware of anything that ties display and audio output together in the way you’re expecting, but you could make a Pipewire config to tie some things together and probably make it work. If your TV is using DP or HDMI for audio output, then this is already handled for you in some small part because it helps to define which display will be in use.

“It’s really great, and I hate it” is kind of an insane take, but if you’re looking for things to tune, tweak, or squeeze extra performance out of, try compiling your own optimized kernel and drivers. Maybe get into building a more portable profile for yourself so your changes can move with you elsewhere.

They probably paid for some long ago, and don’t want to pay again for updated versions of everything. They could probably even get away running stuff on Wine 🤣

It’s literally in every display you see in the world. OEMs stopped fucking with Windows years ago.

Go to any fast food restaurants with those vertical displays? Linux.

Check-in kiosks that have been deployed in the past 5 years? Linux.

Your router, most platforms you interact with online, media devices, cars (they should be using RTOS, but many use Debian), movie theaters, POS systems…

Linux is the most deployed OS on this planet by far. I’m kind of annoyed when people don’t realize this.

I actually hate when engineers are just letting a desktop sit like this. It’s sloppy and unnecessary.

Vibe coded? You know how this works?

Good luck with that. I look forward to your future posts about it.

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