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> Just out of curiosity, what does a Linux desktop offer that's not also natively offered in Mac and also highly polished? A GNU userland. A plethora of tilin
by zeveb 11y ago
> Just out of curiosity, what does a Linux desktop offer that's not also natively offered in Mac and also highly polished?
A GNU userland. A plethora of tiling window managers. A selection of clean terminals. Every single thing Debian's or Arch's repos offer which one must turn to brew for.
And of course there's freedom too, which is nice.
> Every year I try a switch to Linux desktop. This year I made it as far as trying to get multiple monitors working well.
I've got multiple monitors running on Linux, over HDMI, at home & at work, at differing resolutions & orientations. I use arandr-configured xrandr scripts which set my desired orientation with a quick keystroke in my window manager. What more does one need?
- matt_wulfeck 11y agoMaybe HDMI is better supported that DisplayPort.
- diyorgasms 11y agoI've got monitors daisy chained using displayport on Debian, in mixed portrait and landscape modes. This is using an NVIDIA card and GNOME. It was plug-and-play.
- willtim 11y agoThat's great that it works for you. But for Skylake hardware, Displayport MST is completely broken and Intel have no plans to fix. The major players simply are not heavily investing in desktop linux, leaving the community to try and fill the gaps.