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Linux is great for servers, but this kind of thing really makes it hard to think about using as a desktop.
by ehutch79 6y ago
Linux is great for servers, but this kind of thing really makes it hard to think about using as a desktop.
- BossingAround 6y agoDepends what you use your computer for. Are you a heavy gamer? Yea, then Linux will not work well for you (and neither will macOS). Do you use your computer for consumption, like youtube videos, Netflix, Google stuff, emails, etc., you're perfectly fine with Linux on the desktop.
- joey_loey89 6y agoI use linux for gaming (on manjaro i3). Works great with steam proton. I have an nvidia 1660 super. Its capable of playing any game ive tried at 60+ fps on a 1080p monitor.
- jeroenhd 6y agoAs a desktop OS, Linux runs fine. Pop_OS and friends are great and come preconfigured to run things as well or better than Windows. On a laptop with an Nvidia GPU, don't. Stuff will randomly break in strange and confusing ways. Quadro GPUs suddenly perform less than integrated Intel ones because of driver issues. External graphics work only on weekdays every fourth month of the year. That said, I recently transferred my Linux to a laptop with a setup similar to the author's and it's running with only minor issues I can live with. I can't get both sound and the mic to work simultaneously and connecting to an external display is a mess, but I never use the internal speakers and mic at the same time anyway and I can't remember the last time I've connected a screen to my laptop. All in all, my setup works Well Enough For Me I Guess (TM) but I'm not going to recommend it to anyone.