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Is there a program that I can run on my laptop to tell me what Linux distro supports the hardware out of the box? Also whether the hardware is supported at all?

@Melatonin
I installed a linux onto an USB stick
installed Hw-probe. Created a little script that saved the result to disk. and opened the browser to the result page.

And went to a Store:

  1. Insert USB Stick
  2. Press SHIFT on a Windows PC
  3. Than do a Power off on Windows
  4. chose reboot to stick
  5. connect smart-phone with thetering
  6. run HW-Probe script

I was allowed to do that on every store i visited. Mostly I asked if the local staff would like see a running linux.

That way I choosed my current laptop

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Wayland usage has overtaken X11

@KISSmyOSFeddit
Hw-probe is a nice project. To buy my laptop I created an usb bootable linux that auto connectet my mobile hotspot and uploaded the report.
I went to som shops and usbbooted their devices.
Most shops had no problem with that.
So I found a working convertable laptop. 👍

What's sad ont this linux-hardware.org website is the poor desin of this homepage.
It is really not usable, except for your own device. But also there its difficult to analyse for certain hardware details.

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I'm a US citizen, people in other countries, what do you think when you read stories like these about the US health care system?

@catch22
If we want to go on vacation, it is strongly recommended to check the insurance not only in the USA but also when traveling to Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand or Cyprus.
According to an article in a consumer magazine, it is strongly recommended to negotiate if you have to pay bills yourself. In most cases, the costs can be massively reduced. There are also said to be specialized companies that take over negotiations, some of which are also used by insurance companies.

Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

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Wine 9.10 Released With Upgrade To VKD3D 1.12, Brings DPI Awareness Improvements

@urska
I have an old Windows 2000 game that I plan to install on Wine and a 12 year old NVidia Graphic card. Half a year ago I strugle to get it run on #Lutris. I randomly activated and deactivated checkboxes, because nower was Manual with a proper description of the settings. I gave it up a some point. At least I resceived te Start screen without crash.
Are there any manuals how to choose settings for a game?