What Dropbox dropping Linux support says

Re:What Dropbox dropping Linux support says by TuringNYC on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @09:56AM (#17858810)

I work at a startup. We have high-end System76 Linux Desktops...and we still cant get the video driver working on Ubuntu with Dell Ultrasharp monitors. The monitor half works and acts up every time the plug moves or every time we take the laptop mobile and plug it back in.

I cant imagine a retail desktop user tolerating these things.

Aside: There was some only-half-joking discussion in the office that someone should attempt to re-write the display driver as a 20% time project.

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Re:What Dropbox dropping Linux support says by bennofs on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @10:12AM (#17858892)

I feel like recent windows versions aren't that stable either though. There are times (for example one particular Bluetooth speaker) where I reboot into Linux to get things working... Pair that with the horror that is Windows update and I am not sure if Windows is less pain for the average user.

But there are definitely things were Linux is hit or miss (ime):

- video drivers (integrated graphics work well for me) - integrated SD card readers

But if you don't have too fancy hardware requirements I think Linux can be OK.

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