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Adobe CC, Microsoft Office and Visual Studios prevent an all out shift to linux for the majority. LibreOffice, VSCode, Gimp/Inkscape and everything JetBrains has to offer just doesn't make the cut yet. But we are getting close by each passing year.
It's good to know that this year is the year of the Linux Desktop. Just like last year. And the year before that. And the year before...
The year of Linux Desktop for me was 2006. For every linux user/fan out there: when was yours?
Linux isn't even close for normal people's desktop use. Just recently I tried and failed to simply set up a screensaver that turns my screen black (not off!) to save my display from burn-in. Eventually I just gave up. You can't do this with stock GNOME. I also tried xscreensaver (but the Debian-specific instructions in the man page are out of date) and xfce4-screensaver, both didn't work. I've been using Debian GNU/L…
What? It really couldn't be simpler: You open settings -> screensaver, choose blank after N minutes and close the settings window. Works.
Note, I'm using Debian Sid. Gnome 3.36.2 on Wayland.
Linux isn't even close for normal people's desktop use. Just recently I tried and failed to simply set up a screensaver that turns my screen black (not off!) to save my display from burn-in. Eventually I just gave up. You can't do this with stock GNOME. I also tried xscreensaver (but the Debian-specific instructions in the man page are out of date) and xfce4-screensaver, both didn't work. I've been using Debian GNU/L…
Even my grandmother who used her first computer late in her seventies knew how to do that on linux.
Every time I try this I go thru standard stages: 1. Ugh I want to run docker natively, Ubuntu looks good, I’ll do that 2. Install latest Ubuntu. It’s great! Love the shell. Hardware works. I can run Windows in Virtual Box for odd apps. 3. Why is my battery life so bad? Why won’t Bluetooth stay connected? 4. I am full Linux. I am living the creed! 5. I am so tired of constantly fixing something. Why is Spotify renderi…
Maybe don't use a deliberately worsened version of Debian.
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Not all programs bubbles up those notifications when you are in full screen, and since default behavior is to shut down the computer after x minutes of the notification appearing it will look like the computer restarts out of nowhere. Windows could have checked "if the user is actively using the computer do not restart", but no the computer just restarts in the middle of a gaming sessions or whatever.
Like this? https://i.imgur.com/j3TZBEE.png
That one time you were doing something at 23:05 and the computer "randomly" reboots without warning, is going to stick out in your memory... as it probably should.
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What? It really couldn't be simpler: You open settings -> screensaver, choose blank after N minutes and close the settings window. Works.
I have no screensaver options under settings: https://i.imgur.com/WM3xIWL.png Note, I'm using Debian Sid. Gnome 3.36.2 on Wayland.
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I have no screensaver options under settings: https://i.imgur.com/WM3xIWL.png Note, I'm using Debian Sid. Gnome 3.36.2 on Wayland.
Try looking under Power.
It also turns my display off, which is not what I want: https://i.imgur.com/z5BIqGj.png
Seems like it's not as simple as @nxbp claims.
Installing software in Windows is insane, relies on you to blindly trust an exe, non reproducible, and with no way to automate anything.
Don't conflate problems with your proprietary software and Linux. Shockingly you may have to adapt and learn something new, or find something equivalent.
Don't conflate weird hardware issue as a fault with Linux for not supporting it. Blame the manufacturer for doing something esoteric.
Not to mention all the blatantly user hostile features in Win 10/11, inconsistencies (O(10) ways to decorate a window??), lack of coherent design. I personally do not trust Microsoft at all.
All these pro Windows comments with minor substantiation seem bizarre.
I fail to see the value in all of these culture wars. It never ends. All of these systems work great for me. Thanks to all of hard work from all of the engineering teams and volunteers that put these systems together.
