A windows update recently caused me to have to reinstall windows on one of my computers. It’s only running windows because of work related software. In general, it’s slow, clunky, and a terrible ux.
I have not used Windows regularly since early in the Windows 10 days, but sometimes I see articles about this stuff and wonder: how the hell has Microsoft been able to hang on to this shit product for so long?
Too late for me. They’ve been actively antagonistic toward their users for over a decade so much so that it’s intensely unpleasant to use the OS. This walks one tiny thing back, I’m staying on Linux even if it means I can’t play GTA online
They’re still installing E1100 Killer WiFi drivers on my old rig’s E2200s, making them non-functional unless I uninstall the driver and restart. Registry edits and the like don’t fix it. I even wiped the entire machine. So my new rig is Linux, and even though the problem one has a 2080 TI in it, I’m gonna wrestle with Nvidia drivers on Linux so my kid using the rig can get wired connection speeds. You done fucked up too much Microsoft. An OS should stay out of my way, not try to run the entire show.
Do you use one of these? All my machines are Debian except the two that aren’t servers which are Arch. So I dont have any experience with them. I dont think installing arch on a child’s desktop is the best idea tho. Its always been kind to me but I can see online thats not always the case.
All my servers are Debian based (on Proxmox as hypervisor)
I used CachyOS for about 3 months. CachyOS is basically Arch with lots of optimizations for gaming. It a lot more bleeding edge than Debian. I would not recommend it for new users, but experienced Linux hands will find it comes with some very powerful tools.
Bazzite is more the middle of the road option and the one I have been using for 18 months now. Its fedora workstation atomic at its core, with gaming optimizations baked in. Its the one that I would recommend for most new users. Its very difficult to break, due to its atomic nature, but it does add some steps if you want to customize the base OS too much. The main item you will find is that installing non-flatpack applications is not recommended for most. But I found that using distroshelf to run other applications in OS containers works very well.
Especially if you don’t give the child’s account admin rights, there is very little they can do to break it.
Thank you for the detailed info. I dont think I can consciously curse her to only flatpacks, so I’ll check out CachyOS. One thing thats for sure is all of them sound like better options than windows.
Regardless of CachyOS or Bazzite. Distro shelf works very well as it gives you the option to export applications installed in the container into the KDE interface. Its how I run Brave Origin all the time. With it you can essentially install any app from any Linux OS without cluttering your host OS. You also have the advantage of getting them directly from the developer repos regardless of the packaging method they prefer. While I appreciate the work done by the AUR community, I prefer getting the software directly from the developer where I can.
The containers only run when you use the app and only add about 0.5 seconds to first time startup as the container starts.
Installing nvidia drivers in K/Ubuntu is trivial, click a check box during install and they are installed, don’t forget to disable snap. My gf had a gtx 1060 and I had both the 2070 super and 4070 ti super, no issues in x11, some minor issues in wayland that should be resolved now but we got full amd systems now
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A windows update recently caused me to have to reinstall windows on one of my computers. It’s only running windows because of work related software. In general, it’s slow, clunky, and a terrible ux.
I have not used Windows regularly since early in the Windows 10 days, but sometimes I see articles about this stuff and wonder: how the hell has Microsoft been able to hang on to this shit product for so long?
Too late for me. They’ve been actively antagonistic toward their users for over a decade so much so that it’s intensely unpleasant to use the OS. This walks one tiny thing back, I’m staying on Linux even if it means I can’t play GTA online
Their users are enterprise IT.
They only care about consumers enough to keep them famiar with Windows.
Today’s hobbyest, gamers and tech enthusiasts are tomorrows Enterprise decision makers.
Remember that is how windows took over in the first place.
Their customers are often enterprise IT but their users are by and large not.
There are better games to play anyway.😉
So many choices, I am sure there is something else to scratch that itch.
They’re still installing E1100 Killer WiFi drivers on my old rig’s E2200s, making them non-functional unless I uninstall the driver and restart. Registry edits and the like don’t fix it. I even wiped the entire machine. So my new rig is Linux, and even though the problem one has a 2080 TI in it, I’m gonna wrestle with Nvidia drivers on Linux so my kid using the rig can get wired connection speeds. You done fucked up too much Microsoft. An OS should stay out of my way, not try to run the entire show.
Just watch out, alx driver is notoriously crappy.
There’s no wrestling to install NVIDIA drivers. They’re just not FOSS.
Theres no wrestling if you do it right. Last time I tried to convert this desktop I pulled my laptop config and it was not okay.
CachyOS and Bazzite do a commentable job of making Nvidia in KDE and Wayland a non issue most of the time.
Do you use one of these? All my machines are Debian except the two that aren’t servers which are Arch. So I dont have any experience with them. I dont think installing arch on a child’s desktop is the best idea tho. Its always been kind to me but I can see online thats not always the case.
All my servers are Debian based (on Proxmox as hypervisor)
I used CachyOS for about 3 months. CachyOS is basically Arch with lots of optimizations for gaming. It a lot more bleeding edge than Debian. I would not recommend it for new users, but experienced Linux hands will find it comes with some very powerful tools.
Bazzite is more the middle of the road option and the one I have been using for 18 months now. Its fedora workstation atomic at its core, with gaming optimizations baked in. Its the one that I would recommend for most new users. Its very difficult to break, due to its atomic nature, but it does add some steps if you want to customize the base OS too much. The main item you will find is that installing non-flatpack applications is not recommended for most. But I found that using distroshelf to run other applications in OS containers works very well.
Especially if you don’t give the child’s account admin rights, there is very little they can do to break it.
Thank you for the detailed info. I dont think I can consciously curse her to only flatpacks, so I’ll check out CachyOS. One thing thats for sure is all of them sound like better options than windows.
Regardless of CachyOS or Bazzite. Distro shelf works very well as it gives you the option to export applications installed in the container into the KDE interface. Its how I run Brave Origin all the time. With it you can essentially install any app from any Linux OS without cluttering your host OS. You also have the advantage of getting them directly from the developer repos regardless of the packaging method they prefer. While I appreciate the work done by the AUR community, I prefer getting the software directly from the developer where I can.
The containers only run when you use the app and only add about 0.5 seconds to first time startup as the container starts.
Installing nvidia drivers in K/Ubuntu is trivial, click a check box during install and they are installed, don’t forget to disable snap. My gf had a gtx 1060 and I had both the 2070 super and 4070 ti super, no issues in x11, some minor issues in wayland that should be resolved now but we got full amd systems now
Okay, don’t care, tell me when they actually did it and that shit stops happening.
Come on now.
We can… learn, right?
Admit when we’ve been abused, consistently, for a very long time?