![]() The only change I made on top of Ubuntu was to install Wayland. Graphics: Intel HD Graphics (Coffeelake 3x8 GT3).Processor: Intel Core i7-8559U CPU 2.70 GHz x 8.In January 2019, my husband bought me a new system76 Meerkat quadcore computer running Ubuntu Linux 18.04.1 LTS with these specs: Over the next few months I searched for a solution, but nothing I did worked. I was no longer able to create images containing gradients due to horrible color banding. Microsoft forced a firmware update onto my computer which, for some unknown reason, switched the linkage to my monitor from full color range to partial color range. In August 2018, my wonderful computer world came to an end. It was possible to work around that (mostly) by checking for updates every time I turned the computer on before doing anything else. But now I was subjected to uncontrollable system updates which usually occurred at the most inconvenient times right in the middle of when I was doing some work. The laptop sent full color range to my monitor so I could edit photos and create gradient images in GIMP and Inkscape with no problem. I hooked it up to a 27-inch Dell P2715Q Ultra HD 4K monitor, a Das keyboard, a Gigabyte mouse, an external hard drive, a Brother printer, and an Epson scanner. Unfortunately, I eventually experienced another computer death and ended up buying a Microsoft Surface laptop running Windows 10. Windows 8 came and went while I happily continued using Windows 7. Fortunately, at that time Windows 7 was available, so I started using it and life continued to be good. Then one day, due to a death in my family (my computer), I was forced to buy new hardware. ![]() When Windows Vista was released, I simply ignored it and continued happily on my way with XP. All of the software I wanted to use worked fine on it and life was good. When I retired in 2004, I switched over to using Windows on my home computer. ( Nod to Lewis Carroll) I was a software engineer on UNIX systems for fourteen years.
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