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Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by enceladus06 »

wafflemaker wrote: post #32
enceladus06 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Multi monitor support is working on Ubuntu 24.04 with a 34" 4k monitor and 24" 1080p monitor. 4k is set to 1,5x scaling (scaled 1440p), and everything is being driven by the default intel drivers. Works perfectly.

I'm using Ubuntu Mate on desktop, and multi monitor is wonky. After each reboot I have to pluck out and put in cable for the bigger main screen so it can be detected by system. Then have to re-arrange position of monitors on the desktop. Might be an Nvidia issue tho. Still better than Windows.

Have you tried switching from x11 to Wayland?

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by dualogy »

beardyw wrote: post #46

As a seasoned Windows (and DOS from the very early days) user for too many years I took a dislike to Windows 10 when 7 came to end of life in 2000. I bought a laptop with Ubuntu preinstalled and never looked back. Yes, some things took a little while to get used to, but really I was at home right away. So glad I did it.

> when 7 came to end of life in 2000

typo I guess, it was in 2020. (Last Windows I really liked was Windows 2000 btw. =)

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by beart »

enceladus06 wrote: post #20
beart wrote: post #4

I recently switched back to Windows on my workstation. Multi monitor support with two different resolutions just doesn't work in too many scenarios. I have a long bullet list of issues but that one was at the top.

Multi monitor support is working on Ubuntu 24.04 with a 34" 4k monitor and 24" 1080p monitor. 4k is set to 1,5x scaling (scaled 1440p), and everything is being driven by the default intel drivers. Works perfectly.

Based on the comments, I guess I should clarify. Yes, I can plug my monitors in and log into my system.

However, it is a crap shoot that an application will 1. choose the correct monitor / remember the chosen monitor after reboot 2. render text in the correct resolution for the monitor 3. correctly render in the new resolution when dragged across monitors 4. correctly respect the "primary" monitor setting instead of using the "first device in the list"

My most recent experience is using Linux Mint Cinnamon

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by exe34 »

mark-r wrote: post #41

I was forced to switch this last year. I decided to upgrade my 10 year old motherboard, and Windows refused to boot with the new one despite nothing else changing. I absolutely refuse to pay good money to "upgrade" to a worse version of Windows, so Linux it is. Mostly it's been a good experience. I can still open all my old documents, and you can't even tell the difference when browsing. There are some Windows only a…

have you tried wine?

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by gmuslera »

AlienRobot wrote: post #44
lucb1e wrote: post #10

Their reasoning is this: > [Hardware on Linux] have mostly become just plug-and-play. That favorite software [and game] of yours probably either works natively on Linux nowadays or there are alternatives/workarounds to make it work. > But this is not an article about Linux and its current features so far. In fact, what should be pushing you towards Linux should not only be the features it has to offer nowadays. Inste…

Terrible reasoning. I have more faith in Microsoft to stop breaking Windows than on the Linux community to fix any of their desktop distros and environments.

Microsoft won't fix intended, by design, behaviour, it is not broken from their point of view. And even if you disable Recall by whatever name they put to hide it, it could be silently reenabled by "security" updates.

At least if some Linux distro includes something that users consider bad for their privacy, you can choose among several alternatives, including direct forks. That is an actual strength of that approach.

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by dualogy »

pjmlp wrote: post #43
tony-allan wrote: post #37

I have used MacOS forever and it has worked well for me. I would love to use Linux + Framework Laptop (awesome hardware). What I need is some suggestions for a distribution that just works. My workload is development plus lots of web browsing (100+ tabs).

That hardly exists, there is always something on laptops that isn't supported, or needs a couple of late nights to properly configure. The best Linux experience remains classical desktops.

Can't confirm for the last ~12 years, various laptops from Dell and Lenovo, lower and higher end, various distros ranging from Ubuntu to Fedora to VoidLinux to now Garuda (an Arch deriv), various DEs / WMs (Gnome, KDE, i3).

But then I never multi-monitor. But everything these laptops had, was working without a hitch.

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by pjmlp »

dualogy wrote: post #56
pjmlp wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That hardly exists, there is always something on laptops that isn't supported, or needs a couple of late nights to properly configure. The best Linux experience remains classical desktops.

Can't confirm for the last ~12 years, various laptops from Dell and Lenovo, lower and higher end, various distros ranging from Ubuntu to Fedora to VoidLinux to now Garuda (an Arch deriv), various DEs / WMs (Gnome, KDE, i3). But then I never multi-monitor. But everything these laptops had, was working without a hitch.

Likewise I can't confirm, in the various laptops I have used since 1999, there was always something broken, between wireless, battery, finger printer reader, 3D, hardware video decoding, webcam.

Toshiba, Dell, IBM, Lenovo, Asus, HP.

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by haunter »

Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024 just came out a week ago. No crapware, no TPM, no Secure Boot etc. Works like a charm. I'm using LTSC versions for a long time and it's the Windows version that should be the default for every home user.

Yes LTSC is not "legal" to use as an ordinary end user but MS doesn't care about piracy at all.

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by opyate »

A mate cycled 15km to my house back in 1995 with a stack of floppies a foot high, saying "dude, you need to install this right now. And when it asks for mount point, just put a /, that's the only tricky part".

It was Slackware. I've used all sorts since: redhat, Gentoo, yellow dog, Debian, arch. Never looked back.

A job I had once required windows, and I tried WSL, but it felt ... so limited.

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by EstanislaoStan »

beart wrote: post #53
enceladus06 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Multi monitor support is working on Ubuntu 24.04 with a 34" 4k monitor and 24" 1080p monitor. 4k is set to 1,5x scaling (scaled 1440p), and everything is being driven by the default intel drivers. Works perfectly.

Based on the comments, I guess I should clarify. Yes, I can plug my monitors in and log into my system. However, it is a crap shoot that an application will 1. choose the correct monitor / remember the chosen monitor after reboot 2. render text in the correct resolution for the monitor 3. correctly render in the new resolution when dragged across monitors 4. correctly respect the "primary" monitor setting instead of…

I actually have some of these problems with Win 11
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