Re:Rant: Year of Linux on the Desktop (2022)
by evilduck on Sunday January 01, 2023 @01:39PM
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Try using a new RTX GPU or a Wifi 6E network to it's fullest, or two screens with different scaling with Linux. You will not have a nice experience.
Re:Rant: Year of Linux on the Desktop (2022)
by wankle on Sunday January 01, 2023 @11:54PM
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Using a new Dell Alienware PC now, first thing I did, install Ubuntu, wiping Windows. RTX 3080 is the GPU. Been using nvidia for years, they rock. I game on it using Steam Proton which also rocks, and run other native Linux games. Haven't needed to try the WiFi on it yet. Only use one screen, not sure why I'd need two.
Re:Rant: Year of Linux on the Desktop (2022)
by royjacobs on Monday January 02, 2023 @05:22AM
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"Haven't needed to try the WiFi on it yet. Only use one screen, not sure why I'd need two."
If you never use WiFi or two screens then maybe you shouldn't dismiss other people's issues with Linux as being unusual.
Re:Rant: Year of Linux on the Desktop (2022)
by ubermonkey on Monday January 02, 2023 @11:38AM
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"Haven't needed to try the WiFi on it yet. Only use one screen, not sure why I'd need two."
I actually laughed. "It's fine! Just don't do things that most people do all the time! In fact I think those things are dumb!"
Re:Rant: Year of Linux on the Desktop (2022)
by evilduck on Monday January 02, 2023 @04:10PM
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Found a new one for you just this morning. My laptop was plugged into an external monitor and I walked away for a bit. I came back a couple hours later, closed the lid, unplugged the HDMI and power and carried it upstairs just like I would do with my Macs or this same computer booted into Windows.
Whoops! How stupid of me. This is Linux, I'm holding it wrong. Unplugging a screen from a sleeping Linux computer is not reasonable user behavior, so an unresponsive black screen it is.
Yeah, I probably could have restarted the UI service manually by hopping over to another shell but it's flat out faster to hard reboot. Linux is still a 3rd tier desktop experience.
My wife who is non-technical uses it to get stuff done, all that she ever did on Windows, no issues after years of use. I know of other non-technical users who use it without issue. They probably know many who use it without issue. So your case seems to be isolated and unusual.