Not Santa, but I’ve tried a dozen or more distros over the last 15 years. Multiple pains in my ass see me going back to Windows, every time. Headless Linux as a server OS rocks out.
The fact that you have to ask is a major point against the Linux desktop.
I upvoted you because this has been my experience.
When W10 got cut off, I made one more bid for CachyOS and enjoy it, but even then, I had to prep myself with “I’ll run into stupid shoot that annoys me, question is, is it more stupid shit than I get on Windows”.
I genuinely hate all the Linux ads that try to use the Mac “It just works” mantra without recognizing all the stuff people will have to do, not to mention the discovery process of those things.
“Want to install an app? Simple! Just ‘sudo pacman -S app’! Want to find the name of a package to install, so you can start figuring things out for yourself instead of doing exactly what the tutorial prescribed character by character? Er, sorry, not in this guide, also your wildcards are used wrong!”
The fact that you have to ask is a major point against the Linux desktop.
I softly disagree with this statement. I was just following what they said in their comment, and what I was really fishing for was use case and circumstances, down the line in the conversation. 🙂
Probably not surprisingly, it came down to gaming and kernel-level anti-cheat software.
But your experience matters, of course. A lot of efficient and lean Linux distros can’t really afford to do a lot of handholding in order to be so lean. And reading documentation and following along with instructions definitely isn’t for everyone. But really that’s all I did to install my distro of choice. I just read the installation guide on the Wonderful Wiki™️ and I came out flying.
Linux really has matured a lot in the recent decade though, even more in the last couple of years. So maybe you’d find something you like if you gave it another go now.
I’m happily gaming and working and just regular-old computing on my PC with Linux. It can be done. I feel like maybe you had bad luck with the timing in combination with what you wanted to accomplish or achieve with your PC, or something. I dunno.
Me too and I’ve tried Linux on and off for 15 years. Also, I have never once had any of the issues lemmy tells me I’m having. Apparently that pisses lemmy off because I get hella downvotes for merely stating my experience. I think 97% of the hate comes from people with awful experiences at work or they think “Windows” is what they get from their laptop manufacturer. Installing a base ISO is a way different experience.
Some article comes out that an update is doing something bad? I wouldn’t know, hasn’t happened to me, or the Windows fleets I’ve managed, for nearly a decade. I’d say over a decade, but I dodged that update that borked CMS systems because, duh, I manage updates instead of letting them roll.
Linux is my go-to for servers, every time. I’ll only deploy Windows if I must, such as a domain controller, or our software has to run on IIS, stuff like that. Otherwise, I can’t imagine using Windows Server. It’s not so much that it sucks, but why pay for a slower system?!
Windows 11 has been better for me than any distribution of Linux by far.
Hahahahhahaha
Interesting. Which distros have you tried so far?
[with comical timing] None?
No but joking aside, which distros? I’m genuinely curious, if you were serious. 😊
Not Santa, but I’ve tried a dozen or more distros over the last 15 years. Multiple pains in my ass see me going back to Windows, every time. Headless Linux as a server OS rocks out.
The fact that you have to ask is a major point against the Linux desktop.
I upvoted you because this has been my experience.
When W10 got cut off, I made one more bid for CachyOS and enjoy it, but even then, I had to prep myself with “I’ll run into stupid shoot that annoys me, question is, is it more stupid shit than I get on Windows”.
I genuinely hate all the Linux ads that try to use the Mac “It just works” mantra without recognizing all the stuff people will have to do, not to mention the discovery process of those things.
“Want to install an app? Simple! Just ‘sudo pacman -S app’! Want to find the name of a package to install, so you can start figuring things out for yourself instead of doing exactly what the tutorial prescribed character by character? Er, sorry, not in this guide, also your wildcards are used wrong!”
I softly disagree with this statement. I was just following what they said in their comment, and what I was really fishing for was use case and circumstances, down the line in the conversation. 🙂
Probably not surprisingly, it came down to gaming and kernel-level anti-cheat software.
But your experience matters, of course. A lot of efficient and lean Linux distros can’t really afford to do a lot of handholding in order to be so lean. And reading documentation and following along with instructions definitely isn’t for everyone. But really that’s all I did to install my distro of choice. I just read the installation guide on the Wonderful Wiki™️ and I came out flying.
Linux really has matured a lot in the recent decade though, even more in the last couple of years. So maybe you’d find something you like if you gave it another go now.
I’m happily gaming and working and just regular-old computing on my PC with Linux. It can be done. I feel like maybe you had bad luck with the timing in combination with what you wanted to accomplish or achieve with your PC, or something. I dunno.
Anyway, long reply is long. Take care!
I’ve tried Fedora, Linux Mint Cinnamon, Arch, Ubuntu, Hanna Montana and PonyOS but I haven’t been able to get Fortnite to run properly on it.
😆👌 I see lol
So do you dual boot or do you have a computer mainly for Fortnite? Or maybe just gave up on Linux overall?
My computer just boots straight into Fortnite now it saves me minutes a day.
Awesome. I wish I could just boot right into scoring the first goal in Rocket League as well.
Me too and I’ve tried Linux on and off for 15 years. Also, I have never once had any of the issues lemmy tells me I’m having. Apparently that pisses lemmy off because I get hella downvotes for merely stating my experience. I think 97% of the hate comes from people with awful experiences at work or they think “Windows” is what they get from their laptop manufacturer. Installing a base ISO is a way different experience.
Some article comes out that an update is doing something bad? I wouldn’t know, hasn’t happened to me, or the Windows fleets I’ve managed, for nearly a decade. I’d say over a decade, but I dodged that update that borked CMS systems because, duh, I manage updates instead of letting them roll.
Linux is my go-to for servers, every time. I’ll only deploy Windows if I must, such as a domain controller, or our software has to run on IIS, stuff like that. Otherwise, I can’t imagine using Windows Server. It’s not so much that it sucks, but why pay for a slower system?!