Post by @bigzaphod@mastodon.social

2026-10-18 15:23 UTC

Went back to messing with the laptop and decided I didn't like Mint very much so made two more USB sticks to test Elementary OS and Kubuntu. Elementary is remarkably Mac-like at first glance. Like.. a lot. It even had what I'd say is the correct default settings for the trackpad, too. But I could not find a setting to fix the display scale thing - same problem Mint had. Then I tried Kubuntu and immediately found a way to do fractional scaling and it looked quite nice and was immediately sold.

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social 2026-10-18 15:25

So then I nuked the Mint partition and replaced it with Kubuntu and honestly that installer was *so much better*. This is what I was expecting - a nice smooth modern kinda dummy-proof installer. Click next and answer a few questions and go. Very smooth. Anyway, it's running Kubuntu now. So then I tried the AirPods pairing experiment and it worked first try - no config files and no restarting services. So, for now anyway, Kubuntu is the winner. That's my story.

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@fedward@distraction.party 2026-10-18 18:11

@bigzaphod@mastodon.social if you want to get Elementary's trackpad settings back, its display scaling is set in System Settings -> Displays. Click the gear in the top right corner of the big yellow box that says "Built-in display."

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