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You almost said it (c) People who use their computer for all kinds of hardcode coding except multimedia. And actually (a) and (c) could be merged. I had one

You almost said it (c) People who use their computer for all kinds of hardcode coding except multimedia. And actually (a) and (c) could be merged. I had one issue with Arch Linux - partial init, boot to console - check issues [1]. There was an issue with Flash player, solved first by HTML <video> than by bundled Chromium Flash. Pulseaudio - yes, solved by removal, ALSA still works. Can't run windows software - solved for me by web. I have a ton of programming languages installed. When I experiment with xmonad and it breaks it is not Linux, it is me. If I am going to experiment with CUDA etc I know it would be uncharted territories. [1] https://www.archlinux.org/news/ https://www.archlinux.org/news/

Yizahi 6y ago
I recently ran Linux VM without external monitor (cause lockdown, wfh and all that). Laptop is 1080p at 14". Turns out Xubuntu can't configure HiDPI display properly at all. I searched ten minutes, found some crazy guides advising changing a lot of stuff in the xrandr which I'm completely unfamiliar with. In the end end I simply cranked font size in the terminal, did what I had to do and closed it. Thankfully it was just a VM and not host OS. In another episodes I saw Linux completely and irrecoverably (at my level of skills) break xwindows after dist-upgrade (on a simple business line HP laptop with a single Intel GPU), stuck in dependency hell trying to run 3rd party software because libc6 had incorrect version and apt couldn't resolve that (again, way above my skill level). I'll use Linux on servers and clients where it is great, but my work host system will remain Windows for the foreseeable future, thank you very much. PS: and to address OP article - both my home Win10 and work Win10 never force reboot for updates for some reason, at least in the space of up to 2-3 weeks of continuous uptime. Yes, the sometimes nag me for updates (just like Linux) and I simply install them in some downtime periods (just like Linux).
- sergeykish 6y ago
  1. I should have included HiDPI alongside NVIDIA, uncharted territory, use search [1]. 2. dist-upgrade breaks a lot, 3rd party software does not play nice with distributions My rule book — stick to software that plays nice with distributions, use rolling release. I can rebuild my entire system from source with ease. Hence I can patch my system and I do it. It is a great power and it is unimaginable on Windows. [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HiDPI#Xfce https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HiDPI#Xfce

Yizahi 6y ago

I recently ran Linux VM without external monitor (cause lockdown, wfh and all that). Laptop is 1080p at 14". Turns out Xubuntu can't configure HiDPI display properly at all. I searched ten minutes, found some crazy guides advising changing a lot of stuff in the xrandr which I'm completely unfamiliar with. In the end end I simply cranked font size in the terminal, did what I had to do and closed it. Thankfully it was just a VM and not host OS. In another episodes I saw Linux completely and irrecoverably (at my level of skills) break xwindows after dist-upgrade (on a simple business line HP laptop with a single Intel GPU), stuck in dependency hell trying to run 3rd party software because libc6 had incorrect version and apt couldn't resolve that (again, way above my skill level). I'll use Linux on servers and clients where it is great, but my work host system will remain Windows for the foreseeable future, thank you very much. PS: and to address OP article - both my home Win10 and work Win10 never force reboot for updates for some reason, at least in the space of up to 2-3 weeks of continuous uptime. Yes, the sometimes nag me for updates (just like Linux) and I simply install them in some downtime periods (just like Linux).

sergeykish 6y ago
1. I should have included HiDPI alongside NVIDIA, uncharted territory, use search [1]. 2. dist-upgrade breaks a lot, 3rd party software does not play nice with distributions My rule book — stick to software that plays nice with distributions, use rolling release. I can rebuild my entire system from source with ease. Hence I can patch my system and I do it. It is a great power and it is unimaginable on Windows. [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HiDPI#Xfce https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HiDPI#Xfce