The Linux Thread - The Autist's OS of Choice

[SchizoDaemon]

My PC is quite old if it matters (Intel i5-4690, Nvidia GTX 750 Ti and 8GB RAM on HDD) running Fedora 43 with KDE.

How is your GPU working correctly? That vintage of nvidia driver doesn't work with a modern kernel IIRC. Nouveau?

What DE are you running, if it's Gnome then good luck swimming against current.

Gnome is at the point on Debian that Wayland works very well. You just gotta use Wayland.
I have a bunch of hacks to make X11 work properly with UHD. You have to coerce a bunch of programs to work properly with various environment variables set. Almost all of that isn't necessary if you use Wayland. If you are using Gnome. There is now very few good reason not to use Wayland IMO, if you are using Gnome.

I actually like Gnome. I find it is pretty decent if you add the dash-to-dock and the ubuntu app indicators plugin. The biggest problem with Gnome is team though are run by complete lunatics and randomly remove, change shit e.g. I wanted to set a solid color as a desktop background, there is no way to do that in Gnome. They've change stuff in the interface so it fucks with your muscle memory.

That what I hate most about the Linux desktop. Each desktop environment has some massive short coming.

 

[Baraka Obama]

Buddy, if you don't have 5 different boot options in your CONFIG.SYS, I don't even know.

See that's the beauty of Windows 98. I don't need it. I can adjust DOS settings per game, even just tickboxes for ex for EMS or mouse support, and give them their own config.sys & autoexec.bat in the properties dialog, and configure the system to reboot into MSDOS when double clicking a shortcut if needed.

 

[Dante Alighieri]

Is it safe to install it? Could I just switch things back without much problems?

Take any Xorg based DE like Cinnamon and follow the instructions for your distro on the xlibre repo. It's that easy.

 

[Ferryman]

I am interested in XLibre since I am not big fan of Wayland. Few programs worked better for me in X11 like Goldendict (dictionary app with pop-up feature not working in Wayland), SimpleScreenRecorder and Hearthstone Deck Tracker (although it is not as important). Is it safe to install it? Could I just switch things back without much problems?

My PC is quite old if it matters (Intel i5-4690, Nvidia GTX 750 Ti and 8GB RAM on HDD) running Fedora 43 with KDE.

Works fine on pretty much any distro, feels the same as base X11 except no screen tearing due to tearfree being enabled by default. Drove it around a few days a couple weeks back, can confirm for sure it works flawlessly at least on XFCE and i3.

 

[SCV]

How is your GPU working correctly? That vintage of nvidia driver doesn't work with a modern kernel IIRC. Nouveau?

He's using a card before the GTX 10 series that required signed firmware for reclocking so nouveau should work pretty well.

The biggest problem with Gnome is team though are run by complete lunatics and randomly remove, change shit e.g. I wanted to set a solid color as a desktop background, there is no way to do that in Gnome. They've change stuff in the interface so it fucks with your muscle memory.

What's your usecase for existing features? https://discourse.gnome.org/t/please-add-log-out-even-when-there-is-only-one-user-account/34780

I actually like Gnome.

Imagine the chutzpah, the sheer friggin' audacity to say this and then call anyone -even gnome devs- lunatics.

 

[Wallace]

Could anyone recommend a decent and cheap laptop if I want to try screwing around with Linux? I'm probably going to use Mint.

 

[SCV]

Could anyone recommend a decent and cheap laptop if I want to try screwing around with Linux? I'm probably going to use Mint.

This question is too broad and that makes it hard to give a good answer. For instance linux has nothing to do with the physical build quality or price of a laptop.

Linux should work out of the box on most laptops. The only things I can think you should avoid are anything with super new hardware and laptops that have both a dedicated gpu and integrated gpu then try to so some fancy switching based on power.

If it's just for screwing around I'd yolo on something cheap and used.

 

[Betonhaus]

Could anyone recommend a decent and cheap laptop if I want to try screwing around with Linux? I'm probably going to use Mint.

Check Facebook marketplace for something that boots and is like $50? Otherwise you're going to have to be more specific if you want power, features, durability, compatibility, or something else.

 

[Dread First]

What's your usecase for existing features? https://discourse.gnome.org/t/please-add-log-out-even-when-there-is-only-one-user-account/34780

Emmanuele Bassi has the smuggest, most punchable face ever and the most insufferable tone. Oh, but don't forget the tranny janny sweeping saying "guys, please watch your tone or else we're gonna lock the grievance thread where the smug asshole developer isn't gonna listen to you anyway!" Smarmy faggotry for me but not thee is the way of the world nowadays, apparently.

FUCK GNOME. Fuck all the GNOME developers to death.

 

[Precision Anal Strike]

 

[SchizoDaemon]

Could anyone recommend a decent and cheap laptop if I want to try screwing around with Linux? I'm probably going to use Mint.

Lenovo T480 / T480s these are reasonably decent and cheap these days. Linux/BSDs will install on these without an issue.
Second hand Dell Latitudes/Precisions can be good too. I am typing this on a Dell E6410 (which is ancient now) but runs Debian fine.

What's your usecase for existing features? https://discourse.gnome.org/t/please-add-log-out-even-when-there-is-only-one-user-account/34780

This is the sort of nonsense I am referring to. This is why I no-longer use it. However, most of the other DE options have some annoying shortcomings, or I have to use KDE which I don't like.

Imagine the chutzpah, the sheer friggin' audacity to say this and then call anyone -even gnome devs- lunatics.

I find it works well once you've added the two plugins I've mentioned. It is a pity as I said it is run by twats.

 

[Vesperus]

Could anyone recommend a decent and cheap laptop if I want to try screwing around with Linux? I'm probably going to use Mint.

Poke around Amazon resale, with the 'new' filter. That's the "somebody in the warehouse fucked the box, but we'll ship you the contents in bubble wrap" department.
I scored a new HP laptop for ~$200 doing that, but bear in mind it might be shipping from another timezone and they aren't going to rush (mine wandered from Texas to NorCal over the course of two weeks, but it works fine and the price was right).
Unless you're buying something particularly exotic, Linux will screw around fine on anything.

 

[Vhailor]

Has Fedora 43 completely removed all X11 support?

Yes, you can't pick X11 session for like few major Fedora releases.

What DE are you running, if it's Gnome then good luck swimming against current.

KDE.

How is your GPU working correctly? That vintage of nvidia driver doesn't work with a modern kernel IIRC. Nouveau?

I am just using whatever standard nvidia driver available in repos. 750 Ti is weird GPU since it has different architecture compared to other 700 series, so it still gets updates, but I believe soon they would stop supporting it.

 

[SchizoDaemon]

Poke around Amazon resale, with the 'new' filter. That's the "somebody in the warehouse fucked the box, but we'll ship you the contents in bubble wrap" department.
I scored a new HP laptop for ~$200 doing that, but bear in mind it might be shipping from another timezone and they aren't going to rush (mine wandered from Texas to NorCal over the course of two weeks, but it works fine and the price was right).
Unless you're buying something particularly exotic, Linux will screw around fine on anything.

That is a good tip. Thankyou.