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Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by wewewedxfgdf »

toddmorey wrote: post #9

Commercial OSes (both Windows and MacOS) now feel so insanely agenda driven, and the agenda no longer feels like anything close to making the user happy and productive. For Mac, it feels like Apple wants to leverage what came out of VisionOS and unify the look and feel of mobile and desktop--two things no one asked for. For Windows, it feels like ads for their partners and ensuring they don't fumble the ai/agent tran…

You paint a very rosy picture of Linux.

It's a mess of disparate highly inconsistent systems.

The Linux user experience matches what it is - a random bunch of developers developing random software in the way they like with a very thin patina of consistency failing to hide the mess.

It's nowhere near as fabulous as you are making out - it's fanboiism to say otherwise.

Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by guax »

wewewedxfgdf wrote: post #591
toddmorey wrote: post #9

Commercial OSes (both Windows and MacOS) now feel so insanely agenda driven, and the agenda no longer feels like anything close to making the user happy and productive. For Mac, it feels like Apple wants to leverage what came out of VisionOS and unify the look and feel of mobile and desktop--two things no one asked for. For Windows, it feels like ads for their partners and ensuring they don't fumble the ai/agent tran…

You paint a very rosy picture of Linux. It's a mess of disparate highly inconsistent systems. The Linux user experience matches what it is - a random bunch of developers developing random software in the way they like with a very thin patina of consistency failing to hide the mess. It's nowhere near as fabulous as you are making out - it's fanboiism to say otherwise.

As opposed to the highly cohesive and unified way Large corporations with thousands of developers work. A hive mind of likeminded individuals all working towards a single blissful objective with no distractions or competing ambitions. Not a single legacy being kept without reason, only purpose.

Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by blauditore »

snek_case wrote: post #101
blauditore wrote: post #73

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>unify the look and feel of mobile and desktop Lol, that's what Microsoft tried 10+ years ago and everybody gave them shit for it, especially Apple fans. Now Apple is "inventing" this again.

Ubuntu also tried this with Unity. They were hoping that Ubuntu would become more popular on tablets if they had a more tablet-friendly UI... They imposed this on desktop users even though nobody asked for it and basically nobody used Linux on a tablet. It was kind of a disaster. Ubuntu is a commercial entity though, so yeah, prone to the same kind of bad management decisions. as Microsoft and Apple. At least with Li…

>They imposed this on desktop users even though nobody asked for it

I loved Unity on desktop, and I know many others too. But there was a very loud group of complainers who made them kill it. I still use it on some installations, bit it's obviously breaking more and more.

Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by schubidubiduba »

wewewedxfgdf wrote: post #591
toddmorey wrote: post #9

Commercial OSes (both Windows and MacOS) now feel so insanely agenda driven, and the agenda no longer feels like anything close to making the user happy and productive. For Mac, it feels like Apple wants to leverage what came out of VisionOS and unify the look and feel of mobile and desktop--two things no one asked for. For Windows, it feels like ads for their partners and ensuring they don't fumble the ai/agent tran…

You paint a very rosy picture of Linux. It's a mess of disparate highly inconsistent systems. The Linux user experience matches what it is - a random bunch of developers developing random software in the way they like with a very thin patina of consistency failing to hide the mess. It's nowhere near as fabulous as you are making out - it's fanboiism to say otherwise.

You are wrong. Linux desktop is incredibly fabulous in 2026, and I am reminded of it everytime I have to use Windows for work or gaming.

Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by topocite »

grogenaut wrote: post #486
tormeh wrote: post #291

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I suspect that's an Nvidia problem. Never been an issue for me using AMD.

Agreed. AMD just works for me on linux. My problem is that I am addicted to 6+ monitors and top end gpus... nvidia just seems to hate linux for top end setups. Which is sad, windows just handles my dumb 5060+5090 setup easily. Gaming on linux has gotten way better, but I still can't gigure out how to get some games working. So I'm stuck between using linux + sway / i3 which I looooove... and not being able to get the…

Linux Mint works great with nvidia cards. It has a great driver manager. It is the only distro I found after getting a laptop with a RTX card that just works. It has worked flawlessly too after 8 months of use.

Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by bubblethink »

Lvl999Noob wrote: post #206

I recently switched to linux from windows. The only reason I was sticking with windows was because hoyoverse refuses to support linux. I finally decided I need some break from them anyways and took the plunge. First, I tried to install fedora atomic cosmic. It kind of worked but I could not get it to work with my dock + external monitors at all. Now that I am used to that setup, I can't go back. Not wanting to spend…

The trick with linux is being selective when you buy hardware. Getting things to work the first time is hit or miss, but once they work, they tend to continue to work without too many surprises. For laptops, that means thinkpads.

Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by bubblethink »

haunter wrote: post #421

What's the best backup software on Linux? Something that works like Time Machine on macOS or Veeam on Windows. So one full backup then incremental ones at any given X hours/days and also browsable on file level for individual file restoring.

They tend to be server focused. borg, restic, etc. I don't know how practical they are on a laptop in a start/stop/suspend/internet-loss environment.

Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by bubblethink »

pjmlp wrote: post #16

Since it is paid, how is he going with hardware accelerated video decoding on YouTube, Netflix or Amazon Prime? Which I never got to work properly on the laptop/netbook I owned until 2024.

Current gen intel and amd gpus support vaapi out of the box on fedora in both chromium and firefox. DRM nonsense is orthogonal and unrelated to linux.

Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by topocite »

azangru wrote: post #411
lpcvoid wrote: post #317

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Just buy any modern Laptop? What you describe hasn't been an issue for at least ten years now.

> any modern Laptop When I looked up Dell Pro Max 16, I found a thread complaining that its camera doesn't work: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=307529 And there are numerous other reports of how various modern laptops have various problems under linux. So no, "any modern laptop" is not a good recommendation. It should be specific models.

I have two laptops running linux. One is a MSI gaming laptop with RTX card that no one would recommend for linux.

I had to try about 10 distros before I settled on linux mint. Everything else had some problem but the driver manager on linux mint made setting up the RTX so flawless.

After 8 months of use, it is the best machine I have ever used. If I had just stuck with my old favorite KDE neon though I would have been posting on how not to get MSI if you want to use linux.

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