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There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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

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Post by beart »

drunner wrote: post #8
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.

I have found Wayland (±sway) handles this really well once configured. Even when I switch my laptop between two different external monitors at two different physical work locations. What WM or DM were you using?

The "once configured" is the problem for me. I would rather be working on the task, not the tool. And at this point in my life, my "tinkering" time is done in other areas.

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

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Post by gazby »

acidburnNSA wrote: post #29

Big Linux user here. It's been my daily driver on my personal desktop and laptop for coming up on 20 years (damn). I haven't had any of the dreaded graphics-driver-breaking-during-update or other hardware issues since like 2008. It works great with Zoom, Teams, WebEx, whatever you throw at it. It's fast and stable. My laptop uptime regularly hits 30+ days before I go down for an upgrade. When my 70+ mom needed a new…

You didn't mention your distro, which I think is very relevant when discussing upgrade failures and GPU issues.

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

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Post by acidburnNSA »

gazby wrote: post #73
acidburnNSA wrote: post #29

Big Linux user here. It's been my daily driver on my personal desktop and laptop for coming up on 20 years (damn). I haven't had any of the dreaded graphics-driver-breaking-during-update or other hardware issues since like 2008. It works great with Zoom, Teams, WebEx, whatever you throw at it. It's fast and stable. My laptop uptime regularly hits 30+ days before I go down for an upgrade. When my 70+ mom needed a new…

You didn't mention your distro, which I think is very relevant when discussing upgrade failures and GPU issues.

It did happen a lot back in the 2007 Fedora Core days. Now I use PopOS and Ubuntu and it doesn't happen. My mom's computer is using Ubuntu.

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

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Post by adamomada »

lkdfjlkdfjlg wrote: post #21
jmkni wrote: post #3

My problem is just that I've been spoiled by the MacBook air. All of the power I need, fanless, insane battery life, unix shell. I know I can put Asahi on it, but I also know there are still issues around webcam/graphics drivers (I spend a lot of time on video calls) If there was something with the form factor of a MacBook Air I could put Linux on, and it would run as well, I wouldn't look back. The closest is the Fr…

A laptop that's fanless? Is that real? Or do they call it fanless because it's very quiet? The wikipedia article for fanless design redirects to quiet which to me suggests some people use the term in this way.

Already confirmed but it’s legit one of the best features of all time: a completely silent portable computer.

Second-best is a mobile-first portable computer, that you don’t have to worry about having it plugged in except for an hour or so every ~day of usage.

These things don’t really show up in any kind of stats but I can say that they change the definition of computing for humans (vs. data centre servers, etc)

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

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Post by adamomada »

joshspankit wrote: post #68
cjk2 wrote: post #2

Best time to Linux ever. But worst time to dump other platforms which you rely on. Same as the last 25 years.

“The best time to plant a tree is 25 years ago. The second best time is now.”

Wouldn’t the second-best time by that be 25 years ago less a second?

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

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Post by adamomada »

adhamsalama wrote: post #48
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).

Fedora KDE is working well for me.

It should be noted that this is exactly what you get by default with Asahi Linux for new arm Macs

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

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Post by cjk2 »

adamomada wrote: post #77
joshspankit wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“The best time to plant a tree is 25 years ago. The second best time is now.”

Wouldn’t the second-best time by that be 25 years ago less a second?

Why not a picosecond after the first one?

What is the smallest unit of time?

Does it even make sense when you get there?

Now I've got a headache.

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

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Post by gazby »

acidburnNSA wrote: post #74
gazby wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You didn't mention your distro, which I think is very relevant when discussing upgrade failures and GPU issues.

It did happen a lot back in the 2007 Fedora Core days. Now I use PopOS and Ubuntu and it doesn't happen. My mom's computer is using Ubuntu.

Thanks for the reply :)
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