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> I use Linux everyday. But misrepresenting the desktop experience isn't going to get people to switch. I really enjoy the endless battle with tearing, which s

> I use Linux everyday. But misrepresenting the desktop experience isn't going to get people to switch. I really enjoy the endless battle with tearing, which sometimes is fixed, other times not. I also enjoy the battle of multi-monitor setup with different DPIs and scaling issues, mixing 1440p and 4k monitors. As for browser hardware acceleration, hell, even on Windows, Firefox (on my end, and for many others) have stopped being able to play Youtube 4K videos without stutter. As for games, those who want to game from their Linux install without using Proton can always run a Windows VM with GPU passthrough, that should add fun for days (in terms of configuration).

29athrowaway 7y ago
I use Linux every day and your narrative doesn't add up. I haven't done any configuration other than installing the GPU driver, that comes conveniently packaged in my distro. I don't have a Windows VM. I don't have a last generation video card or anything of the sort. This is my perspective: 1) HiDPI issues are indeed annoying, but in 2020 much of it is gone. 2) I don't have the video problem you are describing. 4K 60 fps YouTube videos play just fine on Firefox. 3) Some games are not compatible with Wine or Proton, sure. But the compatibility is getting better. See the list here: https://www.protondb.com/ https://www.protondb.com/ For the people not familiar with Proton: everything you have to do is just open Steam, and open the game you want to play... that's all. Steam will run the game for you using Proton. I haven't tried Doom eternal, but the previous Doom from 2016 runs out of the box with 60 fps, and I didn't have to touch any out-of-game configuration. Just installed it via Steam. For Blizzard games like StarCraft II and Diablo run very well via WINE.
- yrro 7y ago
  Come back to me when the UFO moves smoothly on this page: https://www.testufo.com/mprt#size=8 https://www.testufo.com/mprt#size=8
  - AshamedCaptain 7y ago
    Even with an old Intel IGP it moves smoothly at 4k, framerate locked at 60fps of course. And this has nothing to do with "YouTube videos" which is a completely different animal.
    - yrro 7y ago
      Well here with 'Intel Corporation HD Graphics 620 (rev 02)' it's awful in Firefox and still has the odd hitch every few seconds with Chromium. Youtube videos are likewise not smooth.
      - paulcarroty 7y ago
        Firefox now supports video HW acceleration in Wayland. Also patch is available for Chromium, Brave merged it. Of course Linux still has "desktop" issues, but definitely not Youtube-related.
      - 29athrowaway 7y ago
        Do you have VSync enabled? Otherwise try about:config -> layout.frame_rate = 60
- notyourday 7y ago
  I have a fairly kick-ass Linux setup. Several 4k monitors. Two additional Linux VMs using virgl for host-based acceleration over virtio GPU to GTX 1060. It works rather well - I can play youtube videos with sound from a guest Linux vm. I want to run current Lightroom/Photoshop (preferably also Premiere but I will take the first two). It should run in a window, whether the window is the entire Windows 10 desktop or just Lightroom/Photoshop is immaterial. I am not interested in adding a second video card and connecting it to a dedicated monitor for a Windows guest. How do I do that? I'm not interested in hearing "Use GIMP"/etc

29athrowaway 7y ago

I use Linux every day and your narrative doesn't add up. I haven't done any configuration other than installing the GPU driver, that comes conveniently packaged in my distro. I don't have a Windows VM. I don't have a last generation video card or anything of the sort. This is my perspective: 1) HiDPI issues are indeed annoying, but in 2020 much of it is gone. 2) I don't have the video problem you are describing. 4K 60 fps YouTube videos play just fine on Firefox. 3) Some games are not compatible with Wine or Proton, sure. But the compatibility is getting better. See the list here: https://www.protondb.com/ https://www.protondb.com/ For the people not familiar with Proton: everything you have to do is just open Steam, and open the game you want to play... that's all. Steam will run the game for you using Proton. I haven't tried Doom eternal, but the previous Doom from 2016 runs out of the box with 60 fps, and I didn't have to touch any out-of-game configuration. Just installed it via Steam. For Blizzard games like StarCraft II and Diablo run very well via WINE.

yrro 7y ago
Come back to me when the UFO moves smoothly on this page: https://www.testufo.com/mprt#size=8 https://www.testufo.com/mprt#size=8
- AshamedCaptain 7y ago
  Even with an old Intel IGP it moves smoothly at 4k, framerate locked at 60fps of course. And this has nothing to do with "YouTube videos" which is a completely different animal.
  - yrro 7y ago
    Well here with 'Intel Corporation HD Graphics 620 (rev 02)' it's awful in Firefox and still has the odd hitch every few seconds with Chromium. Youtube videos are likewise not smooth.
    - paulcarroty 7y ago
      Firefox now supports video HW acceleration in Wayland. Also patch is available for Chromium, Brave merged it. Of course Linux still has "desktop" issues, but definitely not Youtube-related.
    - 29athrowaway 7y ago
      Do you have VSync enabled? Otherwise try about:config -> layout.frame_rate = 60
notyourday 7y ago
I have a fairly kick-ass Linux setup. Several 4k monitors. Two additional Linux VMs using virgl for host-based acceleration over virtio GPU to GTX 1060. It works rather well - I can play youtube videos with sound from a guest Linux vm. I want to run current Lightroom/Photoshop (preferably also Premiere but I will take the first two). It should run in a window, whether the window is the entire Windows 10 desktop or just Lightroom/Photoshop is immaterial. I am not interested in adding a second video card and connecting it to a dedicated monitor for a Windows guest. How do I do that? I'm not interested in hearing "Use GIMP"/etc