Hmmmm. Tried again this morning and realised that the micro SD card reader wasn’t working either. With limited space on the 64gb ssd that’s close to a deal breaker.
But the reason I tried it again this morning was to test a USB sound card. I picked this up for about £3 from Amazon and have been using it with a Raspberry Pi Zero. I got sound (through headphones) when adjusting the volume levels, but YouTube wouldn’t play. I then tried the video and audio files in the free culture showcase included with Ubuntu and couldn’t get sound from either of those.
Could be down to my slow USB drive, or just because Ubuntu isn’t installed (and therefore drivers for the USB soundcard aren’t properly installed) but potentially this could work for some people? Ditto using a USB drive to make up for the lack of micro SD card support. Although having even a small USB hub (not to mention headphones or speakers) dangling off the side of the laptop would cut down portability a fair bit.
Looking back at the first post there has been a lot of progress, but that was well over a year ago. Not sure I want to wait another year to iron out these last issues (assuming they ever can be) so I’m back to contemplating selling and buying something with better Linux support.
