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>1. Some interfaces are just awful, Ubuntu default one took me ages to figure how to type addresses on the file explorer thingy it has (seemly you have to type
by mixedCase 6y ago
>1. Some interfaces are just awful, Ubuntu default one took me ages to figure how to type addresses on the file explorer thingy it has (seemly you have to type Control+G or something).
That's GNOME. Which regular Ubuntu ships by default. If you like Win 7, use Plasma (formerly known as KDE).
>2. If you use nVidia, you are screwed, nVidia drivers just suck.
That's just Ubuntu again. On Arch or Manjaro you just install the "nvidia" package, reboot and you're done.
>3. Often even native linux games do weird unexpected things, like refusing to close
You should have a task manager to list your processes and kill them. But it's true that the failure handling mode for some games that do weird shit isn't as nice as on Windows. I recommend htop, because when the graphical system hangs, you can switch to another tty (Ctrl+Alt+an F key like F2) and use htop.
>4. Installing wine and whatnot is a pain
Don't. Use Lutris which handles installations of many games automatically for you, or if it doesn't have an install script (MtG: Arena does: https://lutris.net/games/magic-the-gathering-arena/ https://lutris.net/games/magic-the-gathering-arena/), helps you anyway in managing Wine for you.
- Zhyl 6y agoIn response to his specific points - this. In response to his response as a response to my response, I'd add that if he wants to see progress on these issues, Linux isn't ever going to burst into the room, take him by the hand and whisk him away. At some point he's going to need to take the leap and start using Linux in anger in order to escape W7 or W10. His wife running Ubuntu is encouraging though. I'm much happier if someone has at least tried Linux rather than just assuming it's terrible. But as I say, everyone needs to take a step forward of we want to move the front line.