Re:Running I3 Window Manager on Ubuntu for Windows
by omegaham on Sunday July 03, 2016 @05:52AM
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Yep. LibreOffice works... except when it doesn't. Similarly, getting Ubuntu 16's AMD drivers to work well is a clusterfuck and a half.
Linux fits 99% of my use cases, and the other 1% is unbelievably frustrating.
Re:Running I3 Window Manager on Ubuntu for Windows
by amitheonlyone on Sunday July 03, 2016 @07:02AM
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Bought a new laptoo with AMD APU and Radeon Graphics.Installed Ubuntu 16.04. Even though I'm using the default open source driver, there doesn't seem to be any issues for general use.
Had to struggle to get the wifi driver working properly though.
So yeah, I agree with you on the 99%-1% part.
Re:Running I3 Window Manager on Ubuntu for Windows
by omegaham on Sunday July 03, 2016 @07:11AM
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What's really infuriating is that I seem to be the only one with this issue. Dual-monitor setup, computer will completely freeze and refuse to boot if I disconnect a monitor. It will hang half the time that I start up. Opening any graphically intensive app (VLC, games, Youtube videos, opening up the Dash, etc) will cause massive tearing. And there is nothing on the Internet about it.
I'm staying on 15.10 until they come out with something better.
Downloaded a .docx template from Hubspot recently, LibreOffice could not even begin to open it correctly, the layout was screwed up all over the place.
Using this template probably saved us 20 hours of work. So the only reasonable solution here was to set up a Windows VM, sign up for Office, and use Word to edit the template.
It's very frustrating when people say things like "those days are long gone" and dismiss issues like this as mere "inconveniences" when they are not and we, while being devoted Linux users, are still facing these challenges.