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Re: The day Windows died

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Post by samuell » Sat, Apr 08, 2023, 9:43 AM UTC

StrangeATractor wrote: post #452

piyush_soni wrote: post #380

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> And of course it's Linux, so there's infinite opportunity to get under the hood and tinker. - Or keep trying to fix the environment + hardware compatibility issues and not do the actual work/study. Or keep editing some random xorg.conf file because his monitor's display suddenly became weird. Or try to fix some other random files since the sound driver doesn't work. He's 10. I'm 40 and still horrified to deal with…

It's 2023, do people still have driver issues on Linux? Last I had to worry about that was when Ubuntu was (Admittedly, I've done well by staying away from nvidia)

I do, on Debian 11 XFCE.

- I can't connect my Sony Xperia 10 II mobile via USB cord to transfer files. Debian won't recognize it as a mass storage device.

- Can't connect to my wife's ancient Samsung ML-1640 laser printer.

Both of the above work in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, but not Debian 11 XFCE.

Re: The day Windows died

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Post by tw04032023 » Sun, Apr 09, 2023, 4:49 AM UTC

wharfjumper wrote: post #866

tw04032023 wrote: post #221

I'll bite. What are our options? Linux desktop environments are the worst out there and I for one am eternally grateful I don't have to deal with this stuff every day. Between X11/Wayland debacle, conscious effort to prevent anything resembling backward compatibility AND proper software distribution on the platform and a myriad of minor infuriating issues in each major desktop environment I cannot fathom why people a…

This is not my experience either personally, or with my 70yo father in law, or employees all running Linux distros. The experience is excellent apart from battery life. My son who games on Windows hates its constant random 100% CPU usage and compulsory reboots.

Last time I checked (stock Ubuntu circa 2018) I couldn't even select files in the file manager with mouse selection rectangle if the view mode was set to table-like, like "Details" in Windows Explorer. This was my last straw, actually. I mean, how hard could this be to implement? How could they ship it without something basic like that?

I am not sure about CPU usage, but I haven't experienced compulsory reboots on any of my two Windows PCs, both running Windows 10 Pro. I know reboots happen in the background from time to time because sometimes one of these wakes to a "blank slate" state, but hey, I can live with this.

Re: The day Windows died

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Post by CodeCompost » Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 3:38 PM UTC

blueorange8 wrote: post #367

CodeCompost wrote: post #360

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The last update broke WSL for me.

Do wsl --update as administrator If doesn't work the first time try a few times

Works. Thanks.

Re: The day Windows died

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Post by mr_woozy » Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 6:16 PM UTC

ta1243 wrote: post #658

bobsil1 wrote: post #548

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Agree Win7 was the last usable. Ubuntu is great / fast but the UX feels like bad Mac clone, 5 years later.

I see people complain about "the" UI in linux distros all the time. I don't understand. Ubuntu itself has several options- LXQt, xfce, kde and Gnome. I've used xfce as my desktop for the last decade or so, before that it was fluxbox/blackbox, and before that enlightenment. Looking at other people's screens at FOSDEM there's till plenty of choice in UI

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Re: The day Windows died

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Post by uni_baconcat » Wed, Apr 12, 2023, 11:07 AM UTC

Remember back then, new laptops would be packed with loads of pre-installed OEM software, embedded in the recovery partition and CD. Now everything can be downloaded while the user is going through the activation and initial setup process.