The choice for me was something that did well in gaming. Features like good VRR support made the voice of KDE plasma the only option. I’m not bothered about the KDE UI. It is nice, and similar to windows, so ready enough to get along with.
I am monitoring Cosmic. Once it has HDR and solid VRR, etc I may try it out.
What are they attacking at this point? There can only be burnt out buildings, camps, and starving kids.
Solid rant. The amazing thing is how quickly people learn to live with whatever they currently have. It explains iPhone users.
EndeavourOS is the way to go, btw.
Most of what you said went a bit over my head. I have the Topping E2x2 audio interface. I did some testing of each setting combination on Windows. And it just works. I’m definitely using settings the hardware supports. Linux just doesn’t seem mature in this area.
No. This is a multi purpose pc. Gaming, audio, work, VM. On windows this is fine but not on Linux. Not sure an RT kernel is good for my use case.
Using pipewire. It depends on which settings I use for the sample and bit rate. On windows I can use almost any combination, and baring a few older games, there is no stuttering or breakup. In Linux I find only specific sample and bit rates work well. The others cause stuttering and audio drops.
Also changing sample and bit rates is not straightforward. I’ve found utils that help but the only reliable way I’ve found is to edit the configs then restart the service.
I agree. Most of my graphics issues were related to my DE choice. KDE plasma has been by far the best in this regard.
Hmm, if not straight Arch then EndeavourOS or CachyOS first.
Audio. As much as windows has issues, it is not hard to get good latency. The same process is it less accessible to most users. A reliable gui is needed.
VST’s and their associated DRM is a blocker but not the fault of Linux. The same is true for hardware that can only be properly configured with a windows or Mac only tool. These problems need a critical mass of users, and a legal requirement to support Linux for mainstream products. (EU, I’m talking to you)
I always thought they should have a 15 second gif for each DE showing off the general form factor. That looks and feel is all most people care about.
Until Adobe patch’s the installer and licencing server to prevent it from working at all. (Too cynical?)
The rest of the world needs to have the guts to tell Donny fart man eat butts. Trump Always Chickens Out.
It’s a wildcard, but T seems obvious to me.
Wayland development continues to push forward. Currently it works better than X11 in 95% or setups, and it won’t be long before it covers 99.5%. X11 is legacy now, and Wayland works perfectly for the vast majority of users and is only improving. The time to move on is coming.
For legacy use cases there will be an alternative X11 DE you can use for a long time yet.
I have the same multiple monitor issue. I have an ultrawide on display port, and a smaller monitor on hdmi. Boot messages default to the ultrawide but the login prompt also defaults to the secondary display. Minor thing I know, but irritating.
Donny Fart’s favourite new game. Bomb everywhere that looks weak/has oil/might make him look good.
Happy to test if you do.
Started 20 years ago. It made sense from the first time I had to buy a pc and deal with windows. Previously had been Mac person, and just hated Windows. Linux felt different and had potential for flexibility and options.
Did Linux week every year since then. Shame it took 18 years for linux to get to where I could game on it and not feel like I was having a 3rd rate experience compared to windows, performance wise.
Been running EndeavourOS (aka Arch btw) with KDE plasma for 2 years. Still have windows on a smaller disk but Linux is my primary OS.
Happy to share my build guide (just a text file and some backed up configs).
Not enough comments in thread. New account. Weird facts, some of which is contextually pseudo tech.
So yeah, A lot more evidence needed. Pcap dump? With your skills I’m sure you can redact anything self identifying.
Edit: forgot the weirdest part. 127TB for data? Example: At full 1GB/s that’s 12+ days flooding that link. To sneak that much data out would take weeks.
Also I don’t buy someone with serious data doesn’t have some physical backups.