![]() With PipeWire, it even seems to work better than on my Windows installation (and replacing PulseAudio with PipeWire was a one line config change). The same editor, the same browser, the same keyboard shortcuts, the same kernel params, the same internet setup. With this config, I can take any ThinkPad (that are plentiful, great HW and cheap), boot from USB and get the same exact desktop experience I've had for almost a decade now in twenty minutes.Īnd what kind of desktop? A minimal tiling window manager on top of Wayland. The current Linux system offers something that nobody else does: your own desktop just how you like it. ![]() ![]() I came back to Linux and kind of hate the word tinkering even. I'm also soon in my 40s and I had my Apple years between 20. And that, I think, has already been achieved.Īnd I come here always to remind people in the Apple bubble, that there are big groups of us who are not thinking like that! What is important is that it remains viable without changing its fundamental characteristics. I do not think its important that Linux takes over the desktop, much as we all would love it. And those have always been due to binary NVidia drivers.įor me, the importance of Linux is that it offers something that no one else can offer - I could take this exact same setup back to my home country and start teaching kids and they would have exactly the same setup as me, with top tools, even though their hardware would be extremely old. I have been using Debian Testing for some 8 years or more and in that period I probably had one or two (at the very most) dist-upgrades that borked my system. And to compare that to what we now have, well its a world apart. Heck, I remember the days when I couldn't even boot my machine without tampering with the kernel. I have used Linux on the desktop exclusively at home since ~1998 and, like Miguel, I went through a lot of pain. I think the biggest value of Linux Desktop is that it is an experimental playground for a melting pot of ideas. I think we already have Windows and OSX for that, and even Android and Chromebooks. If it weren't for iOS I would throw them in the garbage. Linux is much smoother for running docker and common web development run times, tools, etc. For programming I got sick of all the layers of crap and extra configuration I had to do to deal with Windows. I tried using my old Mac pro for that in my exercise room but it will only wake up with the wired Apple keyboard and not a wireless Logitech K400 which works fine with every other computer in the house. Windows I now use only for gaming and watching streaming stuff on the TV. My (Manjaro) Linux desktops are the most problem free of them all. Also every so often I'll get a macOS update that will just break shit all over the place (I also have a MacBook Pro 2015). My Mac Pro 2012 wouldn't even boot unless a dual link DVI cable was plugged in, until I upgraded the video card to a rx580 so I could get to Mojave. Certain keyboards and mice don't even work on a Mac, so good luck with that. It really surprised (and disappointed) me.Ĭoupled with better developer tools, I think Windows is more pleasant to use these days, but we'll see, maybe after changing the keyboard and mouse I'll change my mind.Īll of my Macs have been way more problematic than my Windows and Linux systems. But what I'm seeing is a lot less polish than even desktop Linux in 2021 has. I'm writing this, because Mac had a reputation for being polished. Last week I gave up and decided I'm not using this computer until I get alternative keyboard and mouse, because my hands just can't stand the official ones. What bugged me most though is the keyboard and the mouse (I got myself the official ones). And of course resizing windows, something that you don't really think about on Windows and Linux, is something that requires effort and focus. I frequently see crashes of core system services (system settings, app store), night shift with "sunset to sunrise" doesn't work at all, on second boot spotlight search stopped finding any programs whatsoever without giving any error messages hinting what went wrong. What surprised me most is how buggy the OS is.
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