Still getting used to my #linux#popos system. Jumped ship as soon as I found out #proton can play almost all the games I do. If anyone has any suggestions on what else I should do let me know!
Here we go. First time attempting to use #Linux as a daily personal driver. Let's see what happens. Install was simple. Getting Firefox Developer Edition wasn't as easy as I'd hoped, but doable. #popos
Distrohopped back to #popos... again. Sadly already had an issue with the retroarch deb version they pack where where it is missing assets, so im looking at #lutris to hope its built version works. Seems to have been an issue all the way upstream in debians' retroarch-assets that was patched a few months ago, just hasn't made it to pop os or something.
So, I've always been an #Ubuntu fan. However, for work I sometimes need to switch to #Windows for specific applications and also in the past #Linux gaming wasn't well supported, so my #Steam library takes quite a hit when I move to #linux
When I recently switch back from #Windows10 to #Linux, I decided to go with the good ol' #Ubuntu. Because it simply works and it is popular and I have many resources and support to help me. Say what you want, but many of the #Linux kinks and bugs have been worked out of #ubuntu
But damn. I was so fun to be back on an OS that I love, but I actually felt so limited by Ubuntu. I was struggling to figure out whether my GPU drivers are even working and the #SnapStore was unbelievably slow. To the point where I would run speed test and reboot my router, just to realized it just takes 2 minutes to load.
It has always been these small things in #Ubuntu that bothers me.
I also just love the applications menu with the super-button.
I know all the apps that I have installed and I know what I want to run. So now I can just search for an application and run it immediately, without even opening the applications menu.
I started hearing about it from the #LinuxExprriment on #Youtube but didn't immediately make the switch. Only tried #PopOS about a week after installing #Ubuntu.
Currently I am loving my experience with it and played around a lot with the new windowing system last night . I really enjoyed it once I understood how it worked.
Only after discovery was the correct thing to install yesterday. My GPU started working correctly. My fans do turn on, but more my CPU fan than my GPU fan, and I am running on a gaming laptop. They are definitely not hitting the 6000RPM max, and I still see them as quite silent.
However, I see #Dwarffortress as more CPU intensive than GPU intensive.
Might be a pre-release, but the new windowing system is available on my version of #PopOS, but the rest of the UI is the same. SobI don't think it is the entire final thing.
On the surface, the current #Linux distribution model (where distros package everything, from the kernel to the apps) seems fine.
But it's pretty broken, and it's holding the Linux desktop back, which is why distributions like #Ubuntu or #Fedora (and a lot more), are moving away from it, and replacing packages with Snaps and Flatpaks for graphical applications.
Here's my opinion on this, trying to explain why exactly this change needs to happen:
#popos is okay, but i use #kde too much. i need that bleeding edge kde update. i think i'm going to throw #kubuntu on this machine here. it's got decent support for the chipset in the orpy8 i got from @copypaste
Goodbye Fedora, welcome Debian.
First impressions: I had to reinstall Cinnamon desktop a few times because it failed to start after login. But other than that it seems pretty good. Will see how it goes. #debian#cinnamon#distrohopping#linux#distro#fosserytech
TBH, I'm not up to date for the reasons that Ubuntu itself has lost so much trust.
What I do know is that I dabble across a lot of domains from virtualization to GNU Radio to UAV software to malware analysis and almost all the tutorials are built to Ubuntu. Mapping Ubuntu commands and packages to Fedora was a price I was willing to pay to be current in "enterprise linux" tooling.
Programmer friends appreciate #PopOS , but I'm more of tools guys and thus will stick with Ubuntu for now.
Final thoughts on the Red Hat thing: every supporter of the Red Hat move told me that "it's normal to want to prevent people from stealing the hard work and making a clone of it".
If you think grabbing the code and reusing it is "stealing", you don't understand FOSS.
No matter what RH clones contribute, or if they're worth it. That's not the point. The point is, RH builds their stuff using the GPL, and they have to redistribute using the GPL.
@thelinuxEXP loved your video. Just got rid of Fedora off my computers last night. Mostly #popos with my carry laptop running the Phoenix called #solus#budgie
The display preview in cosmic-setting's wallpaper settings page will now show how the wallpaper will look like with the scaling mode selected. There's currently "Fit to Screen", "Stretch", and "Zoom".
It took nearly 3 months for @system76 to disclose that our data have been actively exploited and use in a few spam campaign and we have to trust #System76 that everything is ok with our financials. You’re a disgrace! #popos#dataleak#databreach#gdpr
I'm trying to set up a Linux laptop for a friend who lives in another city. They have only ever used Windows, and likely won't have easy access to fix issues (not that I'm an expert)....
Excited to see this community spring up! I just got started with Pop!_OS (and my first real #Unix machine) on an old #Surface Pro 3. I'm impressed that the screen and everything still works!
Looking forward to learning some tips and tricks! #popos
COSMIC DE: Tiling redesign and libcosmic rebasing (blog.system76.com)
Initial tiling designs + rebasing the widget library = a group of happy System76 engineers.
Refurbishing an old ThinkPad for a friend -- Debian, Fedora or something else?
I'm trying to set up a Linux laptop for a friend who lives in another city. They have only ever used Windows, and likely won't have easy access to fix issues (not that I'm an expert)....
Tips?
As a newcomer to Pop!_OS, I'm wondering if anyone has any must-have apps or suggestions for getting the most out of the experience?...