@DaveMasonDotMe It's actually crazy just how low Windows has stooped as an OS. Even the die-hard "Windows devices aren't even allowed on my network" type people could tolerate 10 as an OS for work. 11 is so much of a downgrade that people who usually wouldn't care about needing a Windows machine lying around debate just using an insecure OS instead.
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@rnd I agree, I've had nothing but smooth sailing with my nvidia card on the proprietary drivers on Arch. My only issues with drivers have been through Ubuntu's driver manager which seems to sometimes update kernel and driver but not kernel extras and so breaks Internet and other bits. And my friend is genuinely the antithesis of what Linux likes (not one but two different Nvidia GPUs, relies on Adobe suite, etc...)
@rnd pretty much nailed it there. My friend started on Mint then switched to Kubuntu (Ubuntu with KDE Plasma rather than GNOME). Afaik Pop_os! is gaining popularity because it packages all the drivers you'd expect a gaming PC to have out the box (I may be wrong), rather than needing to install them once you're set up. Seeing someone try the new Linux experience I do realise that it still isn't there for the "technical but not a techie" community.
@jr_dev maybe the real year of the Linux desktop is the friends we made along the way
@joaov1206b Honestly I do think there's a big historical factor here. When these systems were first set up, Linux wasn't nearly as viable as system as it was today (especially for office use), so if you're looking for an OS that can run all the tools for the office, and want to maybe train those from the office to manage some infrastructure, you'd go Windows NT and Windows Server. Not to mention hardware support. We are just living with the aftermath of being locked into an ecosystem.
@joaov1206b my thoughts exactly. Contrary to most people on this app I am capitalist, though imperfect I just think it's the best option at the moment. It confuses me how any country could spend money pointlessly? Whether you had corrupt politicians scraping money off the top or a perfect society where every last penny is used to benefit the people, why would you PAY for systems when the alternatives are FREE and even more flexible.
@tseitr I've not noticed any downsides in my wayland usage, but I have felt the simple stuff is smoother. Things like dragging windows just looks smooth, rather than looking like it's on a 30Hz monitor. Weirdly no issues with games because of it either, everything just... works.
@rzeta0 I've found some distros are rapid, others aren't, so maybe file verification adds to the time. Another issue though is that even just a few gigs of small files takes longer than the same size split among only a couple files. So even if you can theoretically copy a 4GB file in, say, 2 minutes, it may take 10-15 to copy 4GB worth of small files
@zstg @kiwi46678 That's understandable, I tend to lean towards the "eh lemme try this" so I install a LOT of crap, but I do get not wanting to install OBS just for one feature. I do think there's an older version of droidcam that allows you to directly treat the phone as a webcam but I only ever tried it back on Windows so cannot vouch for its Linux compatibility.
Not a waste of time either, it's good to see how different people use their machines.
Not a waste of time either, it's good to see how different people use their machines.
@zstg I'd recommend looking into an app called DroidCam OBS and using OBS virtual camera. You can feed your Android Camera into OBS, and then OBS will output it to the rest of the system as a webcam. Will also allow you to select cameras, zoom, etc... alongside adding filters and stuff (e.g. if you need higher/lower contrast in your environment)