I have tried it, and I had more issues with my previous laptop on Mint than I have currently on Windows. Still I’ll look at it again once I need a new one.
Edit: So I guess in my case the users didn’t deter me, since I wasn’t really interacting with the community at any point. I think it’s probably more of a threadiverse user thing than a Linux user thing. And yeah I can be obnoxious myself, I just don’t expect it to yield results.
I have a 60TB disk pool with DrivePool software and have no place to put my data and create a Linux based pool. I have to wait until I can afford a new 20TB disk as a temp storage.
Unless there is an easy way to convert a DrivePool to mergerfs etc.
How much data do you have, and are the drives identical? Usually I do in-place conversions by taking some drives offline, creating a degraded raid on them, migrating the data, then wiping the remaining drives and bringing them online in the new raid.
Works for zfs pools too, but you can’t create a pool with missing drives, you have to create a temporary block device then mark it offline, then replace it with the real drive once it’s free.
Some of the more high quality 4k releases (even 1080p ones) just gobbles up storage. I had to settle for the more optimized releases since I just have a 8tb external drive. Wanted to build a nas but man they are expensive, both a good nas and even the basic hard disks. Can’t wait for the bubble to pop.
If you’re not wanting Remux Rips I’d really suggest converting your files to H.265, it’s got much better compression ratios than H.264. You can set up tdarr or fileflows (fileflows is much easier if you don’t want to write the ffmpeg yourself) to run through your library and automatically run conversions on new files.
I use it to also strip foreign language tracks from files where it’s neither the primary track nor original language
there is an automatic cutting device used to make crafts projects and the only way to run it is with its manufacturer’s software which only runs on windows
I tried to get it to work on Linux and had mixed success just getting it to start, but it failed miswrably at trying to communicate over the USB connection to the device no matter what I did
the only thing that worked was running a windows VM with VirtualBox and that got the connection to work but the experience of operating it became poor so until that device dies or the app gets Linux support (neither happening soon) at least one machine must be windows, and right now getting another PC is prohibitively expensive
None of the big ones have matched Win11 performance on my machine, or even come close enough to justify switching. I’m hoping that SteamOS’ planned Nvidia support, which reportedly is being developed with some degree of collaboration with Nvidia, will move that needle.
If you are noticing a big discrepancy between proton and windows across many games then there’s something wrong with your setup. On average proton seems to out perform windows if all of those news articles are to be believed, at least it should be on par anyway. If you are actually serious about switching then try debugging or just try a different distro like cachy.
Just like any other compute workload, performance is going to vary significantly by game and by hardware setup. Generally AMD hardware does see good improvements in Proton, while Intel + Nvidia is more of a mixed bag, and there’s plenty of reporting out there on slowdowns when switching over. I’ve invested real time in this—tried Cachy, Bazzite, Nobara, mucked around with drivers, proton distributions, launch options, all that. As much as I’d love to report Linux has blown me away here, that’s just not the case. The ecosystem keeps improving and I’ll keep trying because I fucking despise Windows, but at the end of the day I’m rolling with what works.
The Linux community seems to me more open than ever before. Possibly due to the influx of new users who’s job is not to administer Linux systems.
I wouldn’t be too afraid to ask questions. Linux systems are nowadays quite simple to setup and you shouldn’t have much problems with getting a simple question replied to.
at first i tried to get Bazzite (didn’t even install), then Mint (apparently it doesn’t work well on dual monitors), and what finally worked was CachyOS, and i’ve been cruising on it for a few months now
Mint works on dual monitors… I had it running fine on 4, one of which is an ultra wide (X11 can be a bit flaky about different sized monitors, but other than occasional oddity, it didn’t cause me issues)
after i complained about it not working well for me and asked if there is something i’m missing that’d magically fix it (like maybe some special drivers) i mentioned i have dual monitors and someone told me mint is not made for that :') so i moved on
I’m hesitant to leave 10 because there are a few games I play that don’t support Linux, and I like em too much to quit if 10 still works. However, once support officially ends forreal, I will say goodbye to those games o7 11 will never touch my outers.
At work tho they had to upgrade to 11 in the office, and since it’s retail the office isn’t really that important but 11 is so poorly designed the computers barely run anymore
I’m also curious what games you’re talking about. Most work even without official support. The games that don’t are multiplayer where the AC specifically blocks Linux, which are basically just EA games and Chinese games.
One interesting thing I’ve found is that legacy windows support is better on Linux through WINE/Proton than on Windows. Old games are more likely to be runnable on Linux than Windows.
Specifically Destiny 2, as it’s been my vice since 2019. But given that Sony absolutely gutted the staff working on it, I’m really just trying to tie up loose ends with achivements n the like before moving on.
Yeah, ones like D2 where the developer is actively hostile towards Linux to the point of banning people who manage to get it to run is going to be “use Windows or play something else”, unfortunately
I’ve always used it as my primary driver, so I know very well how to get the most out of it and customize it to my standards. Some of the software I use has no acceptable replacement on other OS. I don’t experience even a fraction of the problems that are reported online.
It’s a bother but it can be limited somewhat via toggles and DNS blocking.
Not all of us just use our computers as a hobby, I don’t have the time to figure out Linux and make things run in wine or proton, and fixing things that break from updating that software is annoying.
It can be, but I never really run into any issues. Part of it is I’m more familiar with windows than linux I’m sure.
My linux desktop experience hasn’t been as good, I run it on my laptop since that’s more just a web browsing device than anything and it’s not critical if it breaks. The last 2 times I’ve updated Fedora it has broken the bootloader and that took me quite awhile to fix, I can’t figure out why it keeps happening as it’s a really standard install and doesn’t make any sense.
I also still can’t get HW acceleration working in any browsers, flatpak or directly installed, which has been extremely frustrating since I’ve never had to do anything on windows for it to work. There are no clear guides with one fix either, and it’s not something I should have to be fixing myself, it should work out of the box.
It should not be breaking the bootloader. I have a question though. Is Windows installed on that device? Windows absolutely will break your bootloader on an update, if it’s installed on the same drive as Windows. No one knows if it’s malice or a bug, but it’s been a thing forever and they haven’t fixed it, so it has to be desired to an extent.
i’ll get downvoted for this but I don’t care. I was on linux for years and this past week I switched back to Windows on my secondary drive. I still daily drive OpenBSD.
to be blunt I switched back because of the linux community. I got tired of it. the constant in-fighting, the near daily drama, the elitist mentality especially on support forums or chat channels, people leaving projects for one reason or another, the advocacy for FOSS but as soon as someone with a lot of money and questionable ethics starts handing it out then political opinions quickly start changing. Suddenly getting 10mil from a facist “isn’t so bad and helps Linux”. With Windows at least I know who I’m getting in bed with.
And as far as Windows being horrible…I don’t see it. I’ve been back on it for a solid week or two now after several years away and I just haven’t experienced what was constantly shoved down my throat from the Linux Community about how bad it is. I don’t have onedrive, i’m not being hounded to set it up, i don’t see it. I don’t have copilot, I don’t have AI, hell I don’t even have any ads in my start menu. where is it all? Things work. The boot time is faster than any Linux distro I previously used. zero driver issues, things work and believe it or not the games I play now perform better on windows. It’s like I was drinking the kool-aid about how bad windows is when currently I don’t see it. I haven’t even been hounded to update anything yet. It’s got winget and scoop now so I can install stuff on this thing just like I would with any Linux package manager. I don’t have to deal with protons or any of that.
I will say though maybe it’s a hardware thing. When I had an ASUS Rog Strix laptop it was a miserable experience on Windows and on Linux it was better. On my Thinkpad it’s the opposite. and on OpenBSD my Thinkpad absolutely swims.
Don’t get me wrong I still like Linux, I just don’t like what surrounds it. I’ll probably go back in a year or two but right now Windows works for me and works well. for my dev work OpenBSD is perfect, it stays out of my way. All my stuff works on that, all my stuff works on Windows. But frankly the Linux community being so divided and clearly consuming the kool-aid opened my eyes and turned me off from it. I just no longer can take what linux users say about other operating systems seriously when I’m just not currently experiencing any of that with OpenBSD and Windows.
I don’t have onedrive, i’m not being hounded to set it up, i don’t see it. I don’t have copilot, I don’t have AI, hell I don’t even have any ads in my start menu.
I’m not a Linux cultist but come on. You know it took a lot of configuration from the defaults to get there. Or are you running some special LTSC Win11?
it literally took nothing. turned everything off on setup and that’s it. I don’t see one drive anywhere on the taskbar. there’s no pop ups, nothing. It is literally no where on my system. look for yourself:
I’m in Canada. I’m on the preview build for September. I don’t have one drive, don’t have ads, don’t have copilot. so shrug Don’t know what to tell you but my windows experience thus far as been great.
So you installed fresh from an ISO downloaded from Microsoft and it didn’t setup Onedrive during install? When was your download? As I said, mine was from around Sept from last year. Or did you use something like Rufus to make an install? MS has said they were doing some deshitification to handle the rampocalpse.
I’d really like to be able to replicate your experience the next time I install Windows.
I have a Microsoft Windows USB drive I bought a few years ago. it’s technically win 10 but when I installed that it put me on the first version of Win 11, and then just manually upgraded (took awhile) from there.
Other than “at gunpoint,” why are you still using Windows?
Since joining the fediverse, I’m convinced the biggest deterrence for more people joining Linux are its users.
True, People can be obnoxious. But you should still try it at some point, there is something to the hype.
I have tried it, and I had more issues with my previous laptop on Mint than I have currently on Windows. Still I’ll look at it again once I need a new one.
Edit: So I guess in my case the users didn’t deter me, since I wasn’t really interacting with the community at any point. I think it’s probably more of a threadiverse user thing than a Linux user thing. And yeah I can be obnoxious myself, I just don’t expect it to yield results.
I mean you don’t have to wear thigh high socks to use Linux. But they sure do look mighty cozy.
I have a 60TB disk pool with DrivePool software and have no place to put my data and create a Linux based pool. I have to wait until I can afford a new 20TB disk as a temp storage.
Unless there is an easy way to convert a DrivePool to mergerfs etc.
How much data do you have, and are the drives identical? Usually I do in-place conversions by taking some drives offline, creating a degraded raid on them, migrating the data, then wiping the remaining drives and bringing them online in the new raid.
Works for zfs pools too, but you can’t create a pool with missing drives, you have to create a temporary block device then mark it offline, then replace it with the real drive once it’s free.
Heh wow its been awhile since I checked my storage. Lol I forgot I added a bunch last year. Its actually at 116TB now with 13 free.
Wow! I thought my NAS was loaded, but good lord. What are you storing?
Linux ISOs 🏴☠️
I run my family’s Streaming Service.
Me too, but my library must not be nearly as impressive.
Some of the more high quality 4k releases (even 1080p ones) just gobbles up storage. I had to settle for the more optimized releases since I just have a 8tb external drive. Wanted to build a nas but man they are expensive, both a good nas and even the basic hard disks. Can’t wait for the bubble to pop.
If you’re not wanting Remux Rips I’d really suggest converting your files to H.265, it’s got much better compression ratios than H.264. You can set up tdarr or fileflows (fileflows is much easier if you don’t want to write the ffmpeg yourself) to run through your library and automatically run conversions on new files. I use it to also strip foreign language tracks from files where it’s neither the primary track nor original language
Yeah good luck migrating that. Maybe if you’ve still got the torrents in your client, you could just delete and redownload some.
there is an automatic cutting device used to make crafts projects and the only way to run it is with its manufacturer’s software which only runs on windows
I tried to get it to work on Linux and had mixed success just getting it to start, but it failed miswrably at trying to communicate over the USB connection to the device no matter what I did
the only thing that worked was running a windows VM with VirtualBox and that got the connection to work but the experience of operating it became poor so until that device dies or the app gets Linux support (neither happening soon) at least one machine must be windows, and right now getting another PC is prohibitively expensive
Dual boot . You can install most distros non destructively side by side in your current partition. Ubuntu even makes it point and click on install.
Just for the handful of games that can’t run on Linux. Other than that, all *nix
For gaming, until the instant I can run SteamOS on my rig
SteamOS isn’t magic, you know. Other distros already work just fine right now.
None of the big ones have matched Win11 performance on my machine, or even come close enough to justify switching. I’m hoping that SteamOS’ planned Nvidia support, which reportedly is being developed with some degree of collaboration with Nvidia, will move that needle.
If you are noticing a big discrepancy between proton and windows across many games then there’s something wrong with your setup. On average proton seems to out perform windows if all of those news articles are to be believed, at least it should be on par anyway. If you are actually serious about switching then try debugging or just try a different distro like cachy.
Just like any other compute workload, performance is going to vary significantly by game and by hardware setup. Generally AMD hardware does see good improvements in Proton, while Intel + Nvidia is more of a mixed bag, and there’s plenty of reporting out there on slowdowns when switching over. I’ve invested real time in this—tried Cachy, Bazzite, Nobara, mucked around with drivers, proton distributions, launch options, all that. As much as I’d love to report Linux has blown me away here, that’s just not the case. The ecosystem keeps improving and I’ll keep trying because I fucking despise Windows, but at the end of the day I’m rolling with what works.
I tried installing Linux but something went wrong and it didn’t work.
I know better than to ask for basic computer help in a Linux community.
The Linux community seems to me more open than ever before. Possibly due to the influx of new users who’s job is not to administer Linux systems.
I wouldn’t be too afraid to ask questions. Linux systems are nowadays quite simple to setup and you shouldn’t have much problems with getting a simple question replied to.
don’t give up :)
at first i tried to get Bazzite (didn’t even install), then Mint (apparently it doesn’t work well on dual monitors), and what finally worked was CachyOS, and i’ve been cruising on it for a few months now
Mint works on dual monitors… I had it running fine on 4, one of which is an ultra wide (X11 can be a bit flaky about different sized monitors, but other than occasional oddity, it didn’t cause me issues)
after i complained about it not working well for me and asked if there is something i’m missing that’d magically fix it (like maybe some special drivers) i mentioned i have dual monitors and someone told me mint is not made for that :') so i moved on
I’m hesitant to leave 10 because there are a few games I play that don’t support Linux, and I like em too much to quit if 10 still works. However, once support officially ends forreal, I will say goodbye to those games o7 11 will never touch my outers.
At work tho they had to upgrade to 11 in the office, and since it’s retail the office isn’t really that important but 11 is so poorly designed the computers barely run anymore
I’m also curious what games you’re talking about. Most work even without official support. The games that don’t are multiplayer where the AC specifically blocks Linux, which are basically just EA games and Chinese games.
One interesting thing I’ve found is that legacy windows support is better on Linux through WINE/Proton than on Windows. Old games are more likely to be runnable on Linux than Windows.
Specifically Destiny 2, as it’s been my vice since 2019. But given that Sony absolutely gutted the staff working on it, I’m really just trying to tie up loose ends with achivements n the like before moving on.
Yeah, ones like D2 where the developer is actively hostile towards Linux to the point of banning people who manage to get it to run is going to be “use Windows or play something else”, unfortunately
I’ve always used it as my primary driver, so I know very well how to get the most out of it and customize it to my standards. Some of the software I use has no acceptable replacement on other OS. I don’t experience even a fraction of the problems that are reported online.
And you are entirely unbothered by the invasion of privacy?
It’s a bother but it can be limited somewhat via toggles and DNS blocking.
Not all of us just use our computers as a hobby, I don’t have the time to figure out Linux and make things run in wine or proton, and fixing things that break from updating that software is annoying.
The majority of the time you just click play in steam, heroic, or whatever. It’s no worse than windows.
I don’t do any tinkering on my desktop.
Majority yeah but the stuff that doesn’t work can be a serious time sink to fix.
This is true on Windows too
It can be, but I never really run into any issues. Part of it is I’m more familiar with windows than linux I’m sure.
My linux desktop experience hasn’t been as good, I run it on my laptop since that’s more just a web browsing device than anything and it’s not critical if it breaks. The last 2 times I’ve updated Fedora it has broken the bootloader and that took me quite awhile to fix, I can’t figure out why it keeps happening as it’s a really standard install and doesn’t make any sense.
I also still can’t get HW acceleration working in any browsers, flatpak or directly installed, which has been extremely frustrating since I’ve never had to do anything on windows for it to work. There are no clear guides with one fix either, and it’s not something I should have to be fixing myself, it should work out of the box.
It should not be breaking the bootloader. I have a question though. Is Windows installed on that device? Windows absolutely will break your bootloader on an update, if it’s installed on the same drive as Windows. No one knows if it’s malice or a bug, but it’s been a thing forever and they haven’t fixed it, so it has to be desired to an extent.
i’ll get downvoted for this but I don’t care. I was on linux for years and this past week I switched back to Windows on my secondary drive. I still daily drive OpenBSD.
to be blunt I switched back because of the linux community. I got tired of it. the constant in-fighting, the near daily drama, the elitist mentality especially on support forums or chat channels, people leaving projects for one reason or another, the advocacy for FOSS but as soon as someone with a lot of money and questionable ethics starts handing it out then political opinions quickly start changing. Suddenly getting 10mil from a facist “isn’t so bad and helps Linux”. With Windows at least I know who I’m getting in bed with.
And as far as Windows being horrible…I don’t see it. I’ve been back on it for a solid week or two now after several years away and I just haven’t experienced what was constantly shoved down my throat from the Linux Community about how bad it is. I don’t have onedrive, i’m not being hounded to set it up, i don’t see it. I don’t have copilot, I don’t have AI, hell I don’t even have any ads in my start menu. where is it all? Things work. The boot time is faster than any Linux distro I previously used. zero driver issues, things work and believe it or not the games I play now perform better on windows. It’s like I was drinking the kool-aid about how bad windows is when currently I don’t see it. I haven’t even been hounded to update anything yet. It’s got winget and scoop now so I can install stuff on this thing just like I would with any Linux package manager. I don’t have to deal with protons or any of that.
I will say though maybe it’s a hardware thing. When I had an ASUS Rog Strix laptop it was a miserable experience on Windows and on Linux it was better. On my Thinkpad it’s the opposite. and on OpenBSD my Thinkpad absolutely swims.
Don’t get me wrong I still like Linux, I just don’t like what surrounds it. I’ll probably go back in a year or two but right now Windows works for me and works well. for my dev work OpenBSD is perfect, it stays out of my way. All my stuff works on that, all my stuff works on Windows. But frankly the Linux community being so divided and clearly consuming the kool-aid opened my eyes and turned me off from it. I just no longer can take what linux users say about other operating systems seriously when I’m just not currently experiencing any of that with OpenBSD and Windows.
That’s why I’m on Windows.
I’m not a Linux cultist but come on. You know it took a lot of configuration from the defaults to get there. Or are you running some special LTSC Win11?
it literally took nothing. turned everything off on setup and that’s it. I don’t see one drive anywhere on the taskbar. there’s no pop ups, nothing. It is literally no where on my system. look for yourself:
Are you in the US? Because there was no way to disable Onedrive during install when I last installed Win11 about a year ago. This is Win11 Pro.
I’m in Canada. I’m on the preview build for September. I don’t have one drive, don’t have ads, don’t have copilot. so shrug Don’t know what to tell you but my windows experience thus far as been great.
So you installed fresh from an ISO downloaded from Microsoft and it didn’t setup Onedrive during install? When was your download? As I said, mine was from around Sept from last year. Or did you use something like Rufus to make an install? MS has said they were doing some deshitification to handle the rampocalpse.
I’d really like to be able to replicate your experience the next time I install Windows.
I have a Microsoft Windows USB drive I bought a few years ago. it’s technically win 10 but when I installed that it put me on the first version of Win 11, and then just manually upgraded (took awhile) from there.