Linux is good now

Post by noisem4ker » Fri, Jan 02, 2026, 6:34 PM UTC

TulliusCicero wrote: post #837

The thing that gets me about Windows is: when's the last time Microsoft added a major new feature to Windows I actually gave a shit about? A feature that actually felt useful to me as a consumer? Windows 7 was nice, but since then, I struggle to think of anything. Since 7, it feels like it's just been upsell after upsell, features that are about Microsoft selling me on something or annoying the crap out of me rather…

Post by QuiEgo » Fri, Jan 02, 2026, 6:39 PM UTC

mixxit wrote: post #611

Deluding ourselves here it's nice to think the day has finally arrived but it hasn't We need to address the problems rather than pretending it's already great Shutting down your laptop and having to wait five minutes for systemd to shutdown because of some timeout when you need to get your flight is just one of those reasons you end up going back to windows

Post by applied_heat » Fri, Jan 02, 2026, 6:39 PM UTC

vpShane wrote: post #518

mrheosuper wrote: post #494

I have been switching between linux-windows for a while now, and i think 2026 is not the year of linux for now. Linux still suffer from the same fragmentation issue: Oh you want to play game, you should use distro X, oh you want an average web-browsing, working, you should use distro Y, or for programming, use Z. Of course all of them can do what other can do, but the community decided that the way it is. Yesterday i…

I just got a laptop for Christmas (first thing I've bought for myself in a good while) with 64GB of DDR5 RAM, a video card inside of it, AMD Ryzen 7 CPU, AMD Radeon 6550M. 144hz screen. Not the best, but works for me. I put CachyOS on it, using Steam just run the game's installer adding it as a game to your library -- you just select which proton you want (cachyos-proton) as a dropdown in the Properties in the Steam…

Post by creesch » Fri, Jan 02, 2026, 6:43 PM UTC

scrollop wrote: post #851

PaulKeeble wrote: post #2

I think its interesting that mainstream PC gaming press is now talking about Linux. We have the benchmark Youtube channels doing some benchmarks of it as well and plenty of reports of "it just works", which is pretty promising at least for the games that aren't intentionally excluded by DRM. For me its still controllers and equipment incompatibility due to my VR headset and sim wheel/pedals setup, I use Linux everywh…

What might help is if AMD or Nvidia take the gamble and create decent drivers and advertise Linux compatibility, driving up sales, forcing their competitor to do the same.

Post by mixmastamyk » Fri, Jan 02, 2026, 6:45 PM UTC

dashim wrote: post #68

I use a Linux PC every day but I wouldn't recommend it to normal people. They're not going to feel any renewed sense of ownership from it, just annoyance at having to think about technical gibberish when they just want to get on with using the computer.