Not-so-great features coming soon to Windows 11

Post by rolenthedeep » Mon, Dec 12, 2022, 2:53 AM UTC

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This had been the opposite of my experience though. Maybe I got lucky with hardware, but I've never had issues with out-of-date drivers (outside of CUDA dependencies for research work) or having X or Gnome or whatnot break during an update. But, I need to use Windows at my employer, and it's horrible. I wish Windows were at a point where it was ready for development. Right now, the best dev setup is "install Linux in…

My Nvidia driver dies every single update. It's basically part of every update, first thing I have to do is reinstall the Nvidia driver via ssh every single time. And maybe every month or so, when I reboot it comes up in some ridiculous resolution, like 640x480 or something. This is also fixed by reinstalling the Nvidia driver. When I get a new desktop (main PC is Windows), I switch my linux server to my old hardware…

Post by rolenthedeep » Mon, Dec 12, 2022, 3:03 AM UTC

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On the contrary, Linux is in a good position for the same reason you think it isn't. As the desktop/laptop market shrinks to advanced users, it loses the long tail of users who weren't technically capable enough to switch. At the same time, WINE/proton and even some native ports have vastly improved the gaming scene on Linux, and a decent chunk of non-gaming applications too. Sure, there will always be certain busine…

Until and unless Microsoft Office products are on Linux natively and are supported by Microsoft, Linux will never be a mainstream operating system. And that's never going to happen.

Post by rolenthedeep » Mon, Dec 12, 2022, 3:11 AM UTC

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You don't need to hack config files. The big DEs have GUI settings for pretty much everything macOS or Windows does. The only reason it might not seem like it is tutorial websites where it's easier to post a one line command then screenshots for 7 different GUIs.

"it's easier to post a one line command then screenshots for 7 different GUIs" Yeah, that's the thing. It often feels GUIs on linux are meshed together from at least 7 different styles and paradigms and too often they are indeed made like this. So in Ubuntu for example I sometimes had to click left to close a window and sometimes right. What laypersons want, is one single way to do things, that works. But you just wo…

Post by GekkePrutser » Mon, Dec 12, 2022, 3:17 AM UTC

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It does; just not out of the box. They only include drivers for their hardware; You have to compile your own kexts. The EULA, however, does “prevent” you from doing such a thing, but unless you’re selling “Hackintoshes”, Apple isn’t going to care.

The age of the Hackintosh is nearing its end though, due to Apple Silicon.

Post by timbit42 » Mon, Dec 12, 2022, 3:21 AM UTC

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Bad time to be pushing this crap with the Linux desktop wooing the gaming/ power user overlap crowd now that steam deck is on the scene. I have been using Windows my whole life but now I have a PC dedicated to Linux for the 1st time and I'm thinking about seeing one up for my wife, as I'm sure Linux will be perform better on the older laptop I'm considering 'upcycling'. People forget that tech trends often flow outwa…

Honestly, ubuntu is doing similar UX breaking crap... every two years you need to relearn where to set the static ip, apt-get is snap, or snap is apt-get or who knows what you'll get when you need a simple install, and phoning home is preinstalled too.