Today I tried to switch my main machine to Ubuntu, but failed.
Why I wanted to try Ubuntu: partly just to tinker, and partly because I watched this CG Geek video: Windows Vs Linux - Every Blender user needs to see this!, which claims Blender on Linux is 50% faster than on Windows 10.
I spent the whole day fighting it, and since I have zero skills, I fell into countless pits.
The weirdest one: “Ubuntu can’t find system files on my SanDisk USB drive”.
After making a bootable USB and booting from it, no matter whether I changed BIOS settings or tried every USB 2.0/3.0 port, it just errored:
unable to find a medium containing a live file system
I tried all kinds of fixes online. In the end, it turned out to be a SanDisk USB issue…
The solution is here: When I start the Ubuntu ISO, initramfs says “unable to find a medium containing a live file system”
Apparently only the SanDisk 32GB stick has this problem. What a ridiculous bug.
After a lot of pain, I installed Ubuntu, then started installing AMD GPU drivers, fixing HiDPI scaling, installing small tools…
Problems kept piling up…
I’m too weak. I’m going back to Windows like a good kid.