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Everyone for some reason expects that GNU/Linux should work on every hardware configuration. I don't understand that, honestly. Why is there no such requirement for MacOS? Why do Windows-certified hardware have to work flawlessly with GNU/Linux? Just buy a Desktop/Laptop certified for GNU/Linux and stop complaining.
I've been using Ubuntu LTS versions since 12.04 on Thinkpad T and X series laptops and I'm a very happy camper - out of the box Ubuntu doesn't suck for me, it "just works". I moved from OS X on latest Apple laptops to make my daily job (interaction design + web development) more productive (e.g. workstation running the same OS as servers, tooling etc) but now it's my preferred OS + hardware combo from a end-user pers…
What file explorer do you use? Nautilus pisses me off. I'm 100x more productive with Explorer on Windows. Some features I'd like: - Being able to open the context menu for the current folder, even if there are enough files to fill the view, without going up a level - Being able to jump to files/folders in the current directory by name without opening search results - Being able to add functionality to the context men…
You can, the windows context menu key/Shift-f10 work. If you have something selected, deselect it with Ctrl-Space before.
Some items in the context menu have shortcuts of their own (new folder: Ctrl+Shift+N, file/folder properties: Alt+Enter or Ctrl+I, rename: F2, etc).
> Being able to jump to files/folders in the current directory by name without opening search results
Not a solution, but a workaround: disable recursive search, and treat search as filtered down list. (I consider this one annoying too).
> Being able to add functionality to the context menu
Extensions can add menu items into context menu; for example, syncthing-gtk does exactly that.
Linux "sucks". True. For last two weeks I was trying to install a distro, that will work wirh my Broadcom internet adapter, but no success. Also BT did not work well. Of course I could get Wifi to work after a heavy and bloody battle, and only at 2.4 Ghz, but then BT stopped working. The point is, that all those are working fine under Windows 10. No hassle. My question is, why there is no Linux distro, that can work…
that's because crossfire has been abandoned for proper mGPU support in the new Vulkan API. which is 100% supported on Linux. this is total FUD
I use Linux for gaming almost everyday with Steam/Proton. It works flawlessly 90% of the time. I find no issues with my linux desktop whatsoever. It is stable, I rarely restart it, updates so far didn't break a thing.
Everyone for some reason expects that GNU/Linux should work on every hardware configuration. I don't understand that, honestly. Why is there no such requirement for MacOS? Why do Windows-certified hardware have to work flawlessly with GNU/Linux? Just buy a Desktop/Laptop certified for GNU/Linux and stop complaining.
Probably because nobody expects much from MacOS anyway?
One relevant part of the Apple world is, that it works within it's narrow world of Hard- and Software. This is how they sell it.
There is much much more Win-certified hardware out there. Much of it isn't used (for Win) anymore and therefore cheap as hell for excample. This is the hardware you'd expect your software to work with. This is where it's worth to invest time in.
"Linux has a 255 bytes limitation for file names (this translates to just 63 four-byte characters in UTF-8) - not a great deal but copying or using files or directories with long names from your Windows PC can become a serious challenge." Not sure what he is speaking about.
I'm curious how one gets long names from a windows pc given the path length limits on windows https://stackoverflow.com/a/1880453 Maybe I'm not understanding that limit correctly but it looks like the whole path cannot be longer than 260 characters. I've hit that limit when transferring files from linux to windows. As you mention, the linux limit is in bytes, so the issue could appear in some character sets, but it s…
example of a function that uses it- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/fileapi...
> Android is not Linux I really, _really_ hate this statement. Android meets the only definition of 'linux' that matters IMO: it runs on a linux kernel. That's linux, full stop. That said, I do find myself agreeing with most of the points listed there. I just not sure I'd call them 'linux on the desktop' issues per se. They're wayland/xorg issues, deb/rpm/flatpack/snap issues, pulseaudio/alsa issues, gtk/qt issues, e…
I'd just like to interject for moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified…
Everyone for some reason expects that GNU/Linux should work on every hardware configuration. I don't understand that, honestly. Why is there no such requirement for MacOS? Why do Windows-certified hardware have to work flawlessly with GNU/Linux? Just buy a Desktop/Laptop certified for GNU/Linux and stop complaining.
> Why is there no such requirement for MacOS? Probably because nobody expects much from MacOS anyway? One relevant part of the Apple world is, that it works within it's narrow world of Hard- and Software. This is how they sell it. There is much much more Win-certified hardware out there. Much of it isn't used (for Win) anymore and therefore cheap as hell for excample. This is the hardware you'd expect your software t…
Given how most people complaining about Linux hold macOS as the desktop, I'd say OP's complain is extremely valid.