Curious on the experiences of those recently migrating to Linux from Windows 10, Intel-based MacOS, etc. How is it being on Linux? Anything surprise or frustrate you?
Going grand. Running Bazzite.
Some squirreliness around installing app, getting permissions and push to talk on Discord.
Before I upgraded my system, cpu from a 3700 to a 9800x3d (along with ram and motherboard), I was getting weird issues. Sometimes when I’d log into the system, it would work for a minute or so and then kick me back out to the login screen. If I’d log in again I would get stuck on a black screen. I’d need to restart to log into successfully (though it would occasionally happen again)
Are you using a NVIDIA GPU? Because that bug is their stupid driver doing shady shit and switching the TTY randomly for absolutely no reason.
You’re basically still logged in, but in another TTY (think of these as the “browser tabs” of the kernel graphics stack/DRM layer), and to recover you have to start pressing ctrl+alt+F1 up to ctrl+alt+Fx (usually either F1/F2 works for me) incrementally to find the right “tab” again.
I’m on Fedora workstation, but I recognised what you’re describing immediately and Bazzite is derived from Fedora Sileverblue. So I thought I’d share. Might be worth a shot to someone I guess?
Yeah, 40-series. That tracks, because sounds kept playing while stuck on the black screen.
Have you solved the push to talk on Discord? I’m ok dealing with it, but I’d like to not have the problem at all
Not satisfactorily. You can just give Discord carte blanche to read your entire keyboard when you’re not focused on Discord. (Unless I have a full screen app in focus. )
But I don’t want to do it.
There’s an update coming for Plasma to help with PTT, but I’d like a better solution.
I’ve had no trouble with Vesktop client.
Seems like Vesktop doesn’t do global push-to-talk either. Am I missing it? Attempting to set other keybinds asks me to download Discord 😔
I built a new desktop PC with an AMD CPU and GPU, then installed Fedora on it. I use the KDE plasma desktop. I did mess up at first. I downloaded the workstation version which had gnome by default and had to switch so some defaults are a bit wonky.
Overall it has been great. In contrast, my laptop is still on Windows. I upgraded that to 11 and immediately saw a performance drop at the very next reboot. It’s a joke.
The only surprise so far was when a bad kernel update made my network flaky for about a week. The price of living with a semi stable distro.
Of problems, my only one is that only one of my screens will sleep properly. I’m hoping that gets resolved when they replace ssdm.
The best thing is that I can make it look, feel, and used as I want. It’s my decision. This, and it’s easy to fix something if I break it with appropriate documentation. In windows, fixing something on my own feel like a huge pain. Now I work in IT and the workplace use win11 mostly, each day, I hate windows and Microsoft app more. It’s like a maze to find something. My Linux desktop is a relief, everything is available
I tried Fedora at first but had an issue (with Steam, I think). I didn’t follow instructions correctly to fix issue and
brickedunbootable the system (totally my fault).Then I tried Mint. I didn’t run into any issues and when I do want to do something that isn’t just a GUI click, I make sure to follow the instructions correctly.
I’ve moved everyone else in my family over to Mint now. I’m very happy with Mint. One day, I may change to a arch distro to compare, but I don’t have a major need/want to at this point.
Edit: Changed out wording for clarity.
had an issue (with Steam, I think). I didn’t follow instructions correctly to fix issue and bricked the system (totally my fault).
Color me intrigued. What could this issue with Steam have been, and the actions you took to fix that, that caused the whole system to get bricked. 😅
I believe the fix was to change the ownership of a folder, but I changed the ownership of the system and then it wouldn’t boot Linux.
Just realized I probably shouldn’t have used the word “bricked”.
Ah, well I assume that’s what you meant by bricked 😁
Okay, I see. Weird how the system won’t boot if some directory had the wrong owner. The root user should be able to see any file or directory. But maybe the system doesn’t boot “as root”, what do I know. 😅🤷♂️ (I actually don’t know.)
Windows 10 refugee also. Had some initial difficulties with nvidia driver binaries. Turns out my older GPU driver is unsupported on newer Linux kernels which left me with 2 choices:
- Run open source nvidia drivers (nouveau)
- Replace my old GPU (GTX760)
I went with option 2 and bought AMD because their drivers are open source. Apart from that I’ve been very happy on CachyOS, other than the repeated crisis of confidence because I don’t know the best - or ‘right’ - way to do things like installing applications given the multitude of different ways to do so.
It’s different, but I’m enjoying the learning experience and there’s no way I’m going back. Everything else off so much better, it’s like how computers are supposed to be - and used to be before enshittification.
Good to hear it is now working for you.
I’m using Linux Mint with an AMD CPU and Nvidia gfx card. For the most part, all very easy to use and happy with how it’s going. Hardest part for me is remembering all the console commands when I want to use them. My brain remembers it’s done it before but doesn’t remember exactly how, so off to the internet I go
historyis super useful for reviewing past commands you’ve entered. I find myself browsing through it regularly.
Came from Windows 10. I wish gaming was supported more on Linux Mint. But ComfyUI runs like a dream compared to Windows.
Last year around April I started dual booting pop OS (24.04 alpha 7 with cosmic DE) just to see how it is, and it became my daily driver. So far it plays all games I want to play (granted, I don’t play “online” multiplayer games) and I only keep windows around for access to the Xbox accessories app to calibrate controllers. Ended up installing it on a shared laptop once it hit beta, and now that it’s actually just released, it’ll probably become the daily driver for my wife’s work computer. I’ve had no issues with Nvidia GPUs, for what it’s worth
Have you tried running the Xbox accessories app under Wine?
I believe it’s only installable from the Microsoft app store, which relies on windows dependencies not available in wine. It is not a .exe file.
I have tried running windows 10 in a virtual machine and accessing it through that… It does work, but it’s very clunky.
You might find this useful then!
Remote desktop access like windows Remote Desktop. No, VNC is not even close.
Have you tried Rustdesk? I find it is great.
Talked about these discussions on the podcast. So interesting to hear from so many people across the fediverse. Cheers all.
