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The problem with Linux on the Desktop is that it's still a horrible, time-wasting experience. I have to unplug/replug my mouse every time I boot into Ubuntu be

The problem with Linux on the Desktop is that it's still a horrible, time-wasting experience. I have to unplug/replug my mouse every time I boot into Ubuntu because it's not recognised otherwise. Another wired mouse I have is not recognised at all (was working just fine during install). As somebody who works 8+ hours a day, I don't have time for this shit.

noir_lord 6y ago
> The problem with Linux on the Desktop is that it's still a horrible, time-wasting experience. In your experience - that's not uniformly true - I'm a counter example - I installed Fedora on this machine when I built it a few years ago (and have upgraded to each release) and have had zero hardware issues and that's running an RTX2080 with the binary driver (historically a pain point on Linux). As someone who also uses a recent generation work issued mac the different for me is stark.
- adamors 6y ago
  I'm well aware my experience is not uniformly true. My point is, that an inconsistent experience is not something I have time to debug anymore. I ran Arch 10+ years ago when I had more time than sense, but those days are long gone. I'd rather spend my non-work time AFK.
danieldk 6y ago
I have a Ryzen 3700X desktop and have literally zero hardware issues with NixOS and Fedora. The Intel NUC8i5 I had before that also worked flawlessly. I also purchased a ThinkPad T14 AMD. It works fine with Linux and all the hardware works out of the box (including the fingerprint reader, WiFi and webcam). Additional benefit: upgraded it from 16GB to 32GB for under 100 Euro. I used Macs from 2007 until 2020. But in my daily work, I have experienced far more issues with macOS than with Linux in recent years (I was a very happy Mac user from 2007 to ~2015).
arvinsim 6y ago
I installed Pop!_OS on my gaming PC. Didn't have to do any fiddling at all. I was so impressed by it that it has replaced my Mac laptop as a development machine at home.
guggle 6y ago
I'd argue that the experience is significantly worse on laptops than desktops where it has been more or less fine.
tirrex 6y ago
I hated linux desktops, it was unusable for me. I gave a try again 3 years ago, since then, no issues, it’s been super smooth for me. I used 5-6 laptops along three years, I’m still surprised it’s that good. I use stock ubuntu. Maybe I’m just lucky that I picked laptops/hardware which work smoothly on linux/ubuntu

noir_lord 6y ago

> The problem with Linux on the Desktop is that it's still a horrible, time-wasting experience. In your experience - that's not uniformly true - I'm a counter example - I installed Fedora on this machine when I built it a few years ago (and have upgraded to each release) and have had zero hardware issues and that's running an RTX2080 with the binary driver (historically a pain point on Linux). As someone who also uses a recent generation work issued mac the different for me is stark.

adamors 6y ago
I'm well aware my experience is not uniformly true. My point is, that an inconsistent experience is not something I have time to debug anymore. I ran Arch 10+ years ago when I had more time than sense, but those days are long gone. I'd rather spend my non-work time AFK.

danieldk 6y ago

I have a Ryzen 3700X desktop and have literally zero hardware issues with NixOS and Fedora. The Intel NUC8i5 I had before that also worked flawlessly. I also purchased a ThinkPad T14 AMD. It works fine with Linux and all the hardware works out of the box (including the fingerprint reader, WiFi and webcam). Additional benefit: upgraded it from 16GB to 32GB for under 100 Euro. I used Macs from 2007 until 2020. But in my daily work, I have experienced far more issues with macOS than with Linux in recent years (I was a very happy Mac user from 2007 to ~2015).

arvinsim 6y ago

I installed Pop!_OS on my gaming PC. Didn't have to do any fiddling at all. I was so impressed by it that it has replaced my Mac laptop as a development machine at home.

guggle 6y ago

I'd argue that the experience is significantly worse on laptops than desktops where it has been more or less fine.

tirrex 6y ago

I hated linux desktops, it was unusable for me. I gave a try again 3 years ago, since then, no issues, it’s been super smooth for me. I used 5-6 laptops along three years, I’m still surprised it’s that good. I use stock ubuntu. Maybe I’m just lucky that I picked laptops/hardware which work smoothly on linux/ubuntu