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Re: Linux 5.6

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Post by _-___________-_ »

Erlich_Bachman wrote: post #15
tracker1 wrote: post #13

Upgraded to a system with an X570 motherboard and an RX 5700 XT graphics card... for the most part, since Kernel 5.3, every release has been more stable and mostly better performing... though having to manually download drivers a couple times from the kernel git repo has been a pain, I really appreciate the effort. ----- Rant ahead... If only the front end could button up more... Gnome's blank screen + password seems…

You should perhaps try other desktop environments/windows managers. The linux desktop world definitely does not simply end beyond Gnome and KDE. And very few people seem to be enjoying Gnome much at all, it just seems like a poorly designed environment. Nowadays I feel like throwing up at the thought of having to switch back to Windows, even in terms of desktop environment and interface. There are just so many more t…

I always disliked Linux on the desktop until I discovered i3 (and now sway). Simple, productive, easy to understand and thus easy to extend. Gnome and KDE feel like bad attempts to recreate macOS or Windows.

Re: Linux 5.6

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Post by cosarara »

stingraycharles wrote: post #30
est31 wrote: post #23

Linux 5.6 is getting Wireguard, Linux 5.7 will be getting exfat. It's a great year for the kernel.

What is special about exfat? I see it’s a variant of FAT32 that allows for more than 4GB, and is mainly for creating USBs? Does this mean it will improve interop with Windows?

One special thing about exfat is that when it gets corrupted you are screwed.

Re: Linux 5.6

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Post by spacehunt »

stingraycharles wrote: post #30
est31 wrote: post #23

Linux 5.6 is getting Wireguard, Linux 5.7 will be getting exfat. It's a great year for the kernel.

What is special about exfat? I see it’s a variant of FAT32 that allows for more than 4GB, and is mainly for creating USBs? Does this mean it will improve interop with Windows?

Lots of consumer electronics already support it.

Re: Linux 5.6

#34

Post by tracker1 »

buster wrote: post #18
tracker1 wrote: post #13

Upgraded to a system with an X570 motherboard and an RX 5700 XT graphics card... for the most part, since Kernel 5.3, every release has been more stable and mostly better performing... though having to manually download drivers a couple times from the kernel git repo has been a pain, I really appreciate the effort. ----- Rant ahead... If only the front end could button up more... Gnome's blank screen + password seems…

> As to why the switch back, I couldn't use a VM, as most of the stuff didn't yet support the ahead of LTS kernel I was using, and I needed that for hardware stability. Did you know that Windows VMs work quite well in KVM and Gnome Boxes is a nice GUI to just install and run a Windows VM? Just asking, because for me it's the first time i'm not using VMWare or Virtualbox but still have the Windows VM for the occasiona…

And when I tried to install KVM, it errored because the kernel I was using is unsupported and it didn't install, which is specifically what I pointed out... same for VirtualBox... I didn't go VMWare as I don't want to outlay the cost of VMWare Workstation.

Re: Linux 5.6

#36

Post by tracker1 »

Erlich_Bachman wrote: post #15
tracker1 wrote: post #13

Upgraded to a system with an X570 motherboard and an RX 5700 XT graphics card... for the most part, since Kernel 5.3, every release has been more stable and mostly better performing... though having to manually download drivers a couple times from the kernel git repo has been a pain, I really appreciate the effort. ----- Rant ahead... If only the front end could button up more... Gnome's blank screen + password seems…

You should perhaps try other desktop environments/windows managers. The linux desktop world definitely does not simply end beyond Gnome and KDE. And very few people seem to be enjoying Gnome much at all, it just seems like a poorly designed environment. Nowadays I feel like throwing up at the thought of having to switch back to Windows, even in terms of desktop environment and interface. There are just so many more t…

I understand this... however, I have limited hours in the day and actual work that pays me to get done. I have limited time as a result to experiment and try any number of desktop environments. I also have limited projects that require windows, and because I needed an ahead of mainline kernel for my hardware, the VM software options wouldn't install. Again, limited time.

I'd much rather not be using windows... this time around, I tried WSL2 and Docker now runs in it as an option. I am surprised it works as well as it does. This means, practically speaking, I can use VS Code against my linux kernel/environment running under windows to do my actual work... Working in Linux, running in Windows.

I also specifically stated I would likely return and give other linux desktop environments a chance. I have two nvme drives in my system, one has windows, the other linux. I didn't even run the windows environment after install for 4+ months, until I needed windows and couldn't get a VM working.

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I have run ElementaryOS in the past and really liked it, and will probably give Pantheon a try next, without a full reinstall... It's not as good as MacOS' UI/UX, but iirc was pretty nice to use in practice.

Re: Linux 5.6

#37

Post by jasoneckert »

I definitely appreciate how Linus mentioned his daughter identified him as a "social distancing champ" - many of us developers have been practising social distancing long before anyone heard of COVID-19 ;-)

Re: Linux 5.6

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Post by pjmlp »

stingraycharles wrote: post #30
est31 wrote: post #23

Linux 5.6 is getting Wireguard, Linux 5.7 will be getting exfat. It's a great year for the kernel.

What is special about exfat? I see it’s a variant of FAT32 that allows for more than 4GB, and is mainly for creating USBs? Does this mean it will improve interop with Windows?

Yes, specially since it was contributed by Microsoft and Samsung.

Re: Linux 5.6

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Post by MrQuincle »

ihalip wrote: post #3

I'm just a kernel newbie looking at small issues in my free time, but seeing my name in the shortlog feels very rewarding.

Nice, what did you do and how much time did it take? I've been hesitating to contribute but it would be great to read a blog post of someone just starting to contribute to see what it takes! It might be enough to get over the fear.

Re: Linux 5.6

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Post by stoolpigeon »

stingraycharles wrote: post #30
est31 wrote: post #23

Linux 5.6 is getting Wireguard, Linux 5.7 will be getting exfat. It's a great year for the kernel.

What is special about exfat? I see it’s a variant of FAT32 that allows for more than 4GB, and is mainly for creating USBs? Does this mean it will improve interop with Windows?

I use it when I need to move large files on usb between linux, win and macos since ntfs support on macos is such a nightmare.
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