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That's actually the reason windows is and will stay my main desktop system. Former Windows 7, now an "unfucked" Windows 10 Enterprise. It's just smoother than O

by evook 11y ago

That's actually the reason windows is and will stay my main desktop system. Former Windows 7, now an "unfucked" Windows 10 Enterprise. It's just smoother than OSX or Linux Desktop and I always test some linux distros if I get new Hardware. Last time in novembre I upgrade to i7-6700k, Titan X, Samsung 950Pro 1TB. Of course it's necessary to have always at least one linux based server vm running I use putty to connect with. That's my ideal desktop setup i am using for years. IMHO X11 needs to be replaced as fast as possible.

dman 11y ago
I would settle for a high resolution tty that works without much fiddling.
0_00_0 11y ago
I agree, thankfully Wayland is well on its way. GDM uses it by default as of 3.16 and the Gnome DE just needs a --session=-gnome-wayland parameter. It has actually gotten to the point where it's stable enough for daily use now.
- progman 11y ago
  > It has actually gotten to the point where it's stable enough for daily use now. Really? What about X11 compatibility?
sandGorgon 11y ago
Really recommend Fedora 23 - login using Wayland. You will be truly surprised. FYI - you can try it out without installing (as a livecd)
- mverwijs 11y ago
  I was surprised by Fedora 23 when it asked me to reboot in order to apply patches. And these were not kernels that were updates. Huge step backwards.
lukeschlather 11y ago
Linux biggest problem is perpetual rewrites. X11 is pretty much the only subsystem that hasn't suffered a backwards-incompatible rewrite in the past 10 years. X11 could use some improvement, but I doubt a new system will address the core problems, which are basically the result of hardware drivers being written for Windows with Linux as an afterthought.
ris 11y ago
"IMHO X11 needs to be replaced as fast as possible." X11 has very little to do with any of your complaints.
progman 11y ago
> Former Windows 7, now an "unfucked" Windows 10 Enterprise. Congratulations ;-) http://www.networkworld.com/article/2956574/microsoft-subnet/windows-10-privacy-spyware-settings-user-agreement.html http://www.networkworld.com/article/2956574/microsoft-subnet... > IMHO X11 needs to be replaced as fast as possible. Why? If you don't like X11 you can switch to Wayland right now. I am content with X11 for many years.

by evook 11y ago

dman 11y ago

I would settle for a high resolution tty that works without much fiddling.

0_00_0 11y ago

I agree, thankfully Wayland is well on its way. GDM uses it by default as of 3.16 and the Gnome DE just needs a --session=-gnome-wayland parameter. It has actually gotten to the point where it's stable enough for daily use now.

progman 11y ago
> It has actually gotten to the point where it's stable enough for daily use now. Really? What about X11 compatibility?

sandGorgon 11y ago

Really recommend Fedora 23 - login using Wayland. You will be truly surprised. FYI - you can try it out without installing (as a livecd)

mverwijs 11y ago
I was surprised by Fedora 23 when it asked me to reboot in order to apply patches. And these were not kernels that were updates. Huge step backwards.

lukeschlather 11y ago

Linux biggest problem is perpetual rewrites. X11 is pretty much the only subsystem that hasn't suffered a backwards-incompatible rewrite in the past 10 years. X11 could use some improvement, but I doubt a new system will address the core problems, which are basically the result of hardware drivers being written for Windows with Linux as an afterthought.

ris 11y ago

"IMHO X11 needs to be replaced as fast as possible." X11 has very little to do with any of your complaints.

progman 11y ago

> Former Windows 7, now an "unfucked" Windows 10 Enterprise. Congratulations ;-) http://www.networkworld.com/article/2956574/microsoft-subnet/windows-10-privacy-spyware-settings-user-agreement.html http://www.networkworld.com/article/2956574/microsoft-subnet... > IMHO X11 needs to be replaced as fast as possible. Why? If you don't like X11 you can switch to Wayland right now. I am content with X11 for many years.