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I can't believe I'm asking for help on this but does anyone know how to enable the text terminals in Ubuntu 22? The ones you access with Ctrl+Alt+F?. I tried all the help online but no luck.
And on this note, which distribution would you guys recommend? I really want to change after seeing this stupid update by Ubuntu, something that works well with i7 CPU and nVidia(ugh!) would be great!
Dec 09 · 8 days ago
Why the eff would they remove that, it is like a core "I fucked up, help" feature of Linux. 😂
If memory serves, it is a kernel module, so you might be able to find a flag to enable it. I know Ubuntu has some weird shortcut module in settings, maybe that'll work?
Ubuntu seems to be trying to murder their own business.
As you know Nvidia and Intel are not friends of FOSS, but it works on most Linux.
Personally I use Fedora Atomic Desktops, they can be made to work with Nvidia by following the wiki. Updates can be a bit clunky at times with Nvidia.
Any atomic/immutable distro will do for a daily driver though.
— https://fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops/
time to switch to Debian...
you sure you don't need to press Fn too so yo reach the f1 key that are often repace with media key, so CTRL-FN-ALT f5 for example. For a good distro? Archlinux FTW!
time to switch Fedora :D
You may try setting the option NAutoVTs=6 (or however many you desire) in /etc/systemd/logind.conf.
If that does not launch them after reboot, you should be able to enable/start the getty@ttyN.service systemd targets, with N being the f-key number you want.
I think Xubuntu still has them. Gnome desktop sucks.
🐝 undefined · Dec 10 at 05:00:
For a distro, I have no idea. I've tried a lot of them and there's always something broken or stupid that they do. Personally I've used arch for about 10 years at this point, but idk if I would recommend it. Rolling release model is kinda stupid.
Personally I love the rolling release, I really dislike having to do major updates on OS when they can be continous. I have a very lean system though and nothing ever break much.
🦋 CarloMonte · Dec 10 at 09:01:
apart from arch, i would strongly recommend alpine. it is free of systemd (in contrast with arch), of course has VTs (configure in inittab) and it has a packaging system that you the user have control of.
it works well as desktop with standard software; but expect problems with complex frameworks, mostly due to the musl ecosystem. it is blazing fast.