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[–] [email protected] 122 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Have you used Linux in the past ten years?

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think Linux and Windows are kind of level on this nowadays. Most of the time it just automatically works but then it's a headache when something doesn't.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

And one oft them has helpful manuals, forums and possibly a wiki that can help.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Other than some specialized hardware, Nvidia GPUs are the one big issue.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Can't hear you over the sound of my gpu fans spinning at mach 3 to cool my nvidia gpu running the Silent Hill 2 remake on linux with wayland. I use arch btw.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is the single issue that has kept me away from Linux for the past 15 or so years. I always get to the “install GPU drivers” step, completely fuck it up somehow, read things online for a few hours, get frustrated, and return to Windows/macOS until I try the experiment again in another 3-5 years. I’m about due to give it another shot.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Its only if you want the absolute latest drivers at this point. Most distros come with somewhat recent but very stable graphics drivers pre packaged now. Generally its still much nicer with amd gpus tho.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

installing gpu drivers takes 1 command in the terminal on Ubuntu

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Can be done through the GUI since 20.04 at least, don't even have to open the terminal l.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Yes, on my laptop, wifi wasn't working.
Trackpad didn't worked out of the box.
On 2 different desktop, IPv6 DHCP wasn't working on both debian and centos.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm currently dealing with a regression on my laptop introduced a few months ago in a recent kernel update, where closing the lid kills the keyboard until you reboot.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I've had Ubuntu and the graphics, Wi-Fi, and resume from sleep drivers have all been sticking points

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Cycling these days has gotten much easier. You can even sleep in and skip breakfast; once out on your ride you can get food from the universal cereal bus.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Hi Susie! 🥰 Your mom also says hi and reminds you not to RAM any drivers on your pizza run or your stack might overflow.

Did you get the linter we sent for your birthday? Auntie Linu says you can use it when you compile your route to spot red flags.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago

The only time I ever have to even think about drivers is when I'm cursed with something from work that has to be written for, or done in Windows. Drivers on Linux are great if you don't need something like an obscure piece of hardware, and even then, your odds are probably better than on Windows. .

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I haven’t had a single driver issue in 10 years If anything I have had less. Linux currently has exactly two problems:

  1. Compatibility.
  2. distribution fragmentation.
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Apparently, you're not a cyclist.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Small correction, I was technically ran over once in that time span.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

As a Linux user myself I did have a lot of trouble with drivers when I had to use windows or macos with old devices

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is totally wrong for most users I think. On Windows I had to worry about drivers. On Linux I never think about it. They just come with kernel updates and I never have to put any thought into it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

HP does not even have a driver for my printer on their website anymore and it's not just working ootb either. On windows that is. Of course it just works on linux.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

buses are, unfortunately, horribly inefficient commuting vehicles, they take up almost as much space as three cars and yet only can fit one driver.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yes, but the driver is paid to drive the.bus. Do YOU get paid to drive your own car?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago

I see you've cracked all that Lemmy loves

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Only the proprietary nvidia ones.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nvidia hardware?? In my linux box?????

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Works pretty well these days.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

LOL

tries to click steam sub-menu

cries

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I replaced my 2060 with Intel ARC just because of the bad Nvidia drivers lol. Only thing I miss is cuda for using Meshroom but I can use other programs.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

*Bikes trikes and wheelies

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

NixOS is cooler.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Linux does have plenty issues.
But in the Netherlands, you can cycle without worrying much about cars

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If the Netherlands was a linux distro, what would it be

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Ubuntu with all the additional servers and quality of life features enabled. But no firewall, and it somehow runs from a ramdisk.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Me a few yeas back: cycling in the evening on the highway in black clothes while its raining. In hindsight, I'm shocked the only time I've got a concussion was while riding in the forest of all places.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This meme is 15 years late.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Ehm... I'm a debian unstable user since 2012 and i have never had a driver issue... am I doing somwthing wrong?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Linux users who haven't had a driver issue have simply gotten lucky but they confuse this result with technical skill. Sometimes your hardware works fine, sometimes it isn't supported. Unless you're writing the drivers yourself you didn't fix the problem you merely avoided it by happenstance.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Literally was a school bus driver for a few months. Quit because it was too stressful dealing with all them kids at the same time as driving a big ass vehicle. Still got a Class A and can legally drive pretty much anything on wheels that isn't carrying chemical or biological hazards, if any trucking companies paid well enough.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Today we are all biracial.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Could add a third arm for motorcycle riders!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

And a fourth for shit-quality screw heads

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

To be fair I've never seen Linux cut between cars in standstill traffic while going twice the speed limit

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Since everyone’s posting their anecdotes:

I tried out Bazzite, a distro intended for gaming. Much of it was great, but often after coming back from sleep mode, the whole desktop would be suffering from graphical corruption; something I’d largely chalk up to bad drivers.

And, somewhat ironically, I’m also a cyclist, who needs to plan out winter trips when it’s often going to be dark and people are drunk.

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