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Re: Pop OS – System76

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Post by nybble41 »

matheusmoreira wrote: post #180
nybble41 wrote: post #176

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I have a 14" System76 Gazelle running Debian with hybrid graphics through primus-vk-nvidia[0] and the proprietary drivers and I would say it works fairly well, albeit only after a substantial amount of trial-and-error with the configuration to make it stable. (Most notably, I blacklisted the bbswitch driver since it tended to cause lockups—the system seems to work just fine without it.) Most applications rely exclusi…

> primus-vk-nvidia This is new to me! I'll try it out one of these days. Last time I dealt with this stuff bumblebee was still in use. There was also a hack to spawn a second hardware-accelerated X server.

> Last time I dealt with this stuff bumblebee was still in use.

The primus-vk-nvidia stack still uses Bumblebee. It replaces the original PRIMUS component with a version that shares the image data through the Vulkan APIs, which seems to have fewer issues with incompatible OpenGL versions (even when both the app and the compositor are using OpenGL and not Vulkan). Perhaps something about Vulkan being designed from the start to support multiple vendor backends in the same process, vs. OpenGL where you generally have to load a single vendor's implementation?

Re: Pop OS – System76

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Post by nsonha »

RistrettoMike wrote: post #109
nsonha wrote: post #26

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I just want to open all windows floating and being able to manually snap windows in to a 3 columns grid, can this do it?

This sounds similar to some of my workflow when using Windows. PowerToys & fancyzones are really neat in that they let you pre-define specific "Snap zones" that you can then shift+drag windows on top of to resize them. I tried Gtile on Fedora but found it wanting to emulate more of Linux's auto-tiling interfaces, which isn't what I want when using floating windows some of the time. The Pop-Shell extension mentioned a…

window snapping is too slow for me (have to do 3 things: activation, resize, move to edge/center, the later 2 even require sicky keys)

I don't find the tilling feature useful at all and of course this is my personal gripe with tilling in general.

The last thing you want is having your windows perfect then ANY new window or dialog open automatically messes it up and you have to "re-organize" every time. Setting layout should be a one and done thing.

Re: Pop OS – System76

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Post by lugged »

pxc wrote: post #163
rg111 wrote: post #147

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Sometimes I do. With the previous Kubuntu installation, the VLC wouldn't fully close. It would show up in the list of processes and also in the tray. Turned out it was a common bug and I had to manually kill the process using flag -9. It got fixed in the current version. There are small problems rampant with desktop Linux distros that get in your way. I have been using Linux as my daily driver since four years ago.

I get being reflexively defensive of what seem to be secondhand opinions, but denialism like GP's is not helpful to anyone, including the desktop Linux community as a whole. :(

It's not denialism.. he's referring to Linux when he means to refer to specific software.

You can try and compare apple to Linux like that if you want but it's like complaining it's apples fault for docker on Mac sucking.

Re: Pop OS – System76

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Post by pmontra »

JoiDegn wrote: post #112
pmontra wrote: post #107

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Does Wayland finally support screensharing apps, both native and web? That's what is keeping me on X11 plus an NVIDIA card.

Yes, kind of. Works fine using pipewire for me. You can't share the entire screen, only individual windows which is my preferred option anyways.

Thanks. It's still too early to switch for me.

Re: Pop OS – System76

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Post by blumomo »

ChefboyOG wrote: post #80
JeremyMorgan wrote: post #8

Pop is my new favorite. I started using it at the urging of friends, and love it. I've written a couple reviews of it on my blog, as it's been my "daily driver" for my laptop for nearly a year. I've been a Linux user since 1995/96, and a die hard Arch user for about 10 years. So why would I want a Linux distro that's super hands-off and easy to use? It's incredibly stable. "Set it and forget it". If I want a bleeding…

Also, complete anecdata on my part, but I've found developers who've gotten used to working on Macs find Pop OS to be a smooth transition. At least, in my circle of friends/coworkers.

I second that. Running PopOS even on a System76 laptop which replicates the Macbook-macOS tandem experience.

Re: Pop OS – System76

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Post by vimacs2 »

encryptluks2 wrote: post #126
fish45 wrote: post #3

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https://github.com/pop-os/shell You're wrong

So a copycat implemented in JavaScript.

You sound like somebody who's sampled a grand total of 1 tiling wm and now thinks they know the field. You do not.

By your reasoning, i3 is a copycat of ION or wmii and shouldn't have even bothered.

There is plenty of room in the market for more tiling wm's. Yes, you can technically run i3 in conjunction with Gnome but then you are essentially losing all the QoL and floating features of Mutter including the expose view which I use heavily.

Re: Pop OS – System76

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Post by haha_lul »

haha_lul wrote: post #66
skrebbel wrote: post #52

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Given that you're on an XPS you likely know this: is the touch screen support & UX as good as on Windows?

ThinkPad x380 user: I've had the best touch experience with GNOME 34/Fedora so far - three finger pinch/swipe to change desktops, pinch to zoom in Firefox, sane scrolling in most apps, and GNOME dashboard is touch friendly if you ever need to open apps. Maybe the jankiest part is rotation but I just try not to do that :D

*GNOME40/Fedora 34 :D

Re: Pop OS – System76

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Post by onkoe »

u2c4m6 wrote: post #178
skoskie wrote: post #139

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You are absolutely correct. I remember when I switched from Windows XP to Mac how much quieter it got. No more constant pop ups, and importantly, apps were not allowed to steal focus. Now there’s a constant stream of interruptions. I’m constantly having window focus stolen by others apps while I’m typing, constantly having notifications, and the UI has only gotten worse over the last few years. But damn if that hardw…

macOS 12 is better about interruptions because having different focus modes for work, personal, etc helps a lot. It is the same system on iOS 15 if you have an iPhone or iPad.

Personally, I think it should assume that you don't want to be bothered and allow the user to change it from there.

Re: Pop OS – System76

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Post by k1rcher »

kaladin-jasnah wrote: post #87
k1rcher wrote: post #20

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If you’re on an Intel CPU Linux loves screen tearing. Create /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf And add this: Section "Device" Identifier "Intel Graphics" Driver "intel" Option "TearFree" "true" EndSection Might fix your issues.

The formatting on the X11 configuration is off. Maybe indent or use two line breaks in the editor? Anyway, it should look like this: Section "Device" Identifier "Intel Graphics" Driver "intel" Option "TearFree" "true" EndSection

Yes you are correct! First time trying to post a code block from mobile, cheers.

Re: Pop OS – System76

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Post by k1rcher »

solarkraft wrote: post #95
k1rcher wrote: post #20

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If you’re on an Intel CPU Linux loves screen tearing. Create /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf And add this: Section "Device" Identifier "Intel Graphics" Driver "intel" Option "TearFree" "true" EndSection Might fix your issues.

Woah woah woah woah. Why would anyone without an Nvidia card be using X? You have to go out of your way to use this antiquated and deprecated technology with Gnome nowadays and screen tearing is specifically one of its problems.

It seems Wayland still has some issues with dual monitors and higher resolution (note: I am following the PopOS configuration guide on the frame.work forums. I’ll probably give Wayland a try later today as I wasn’t aware of this.
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