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I love Linux systems. My daily driver, an MSI GS-66, runs Ubuntu as the primary OS. But despite the fact that it's 2022, I still have to spend at least a few ho

by kiwih 4y ago

I love Linux systems. My daily driver, an MSI GS-66, runs Ubuntu as the primary OS. But despite the fact that it's 2022, I still have to spend at least a few hours every month fixing things. The latest issue is that after updating the kernel and graphics drivers, I can't suspend the PC anymore. It dumps a bunch of crap to dmesg, then returns to the login screen. This is a known issue on the forums, and it's still broken. I also have to deal with broken wifi semi-regularly, most recently last year, when an update took out the wifi drivers until I could roll it back (at home, since I don't have ethernet at work). I love Linux, but it's a love-hate relationship. I still don't think it's ready for mass adoption until it can be as reliable as windows or MacOS for consumer PCs.

phi-y 4y ago
You should consider more linux friendly hardware next time if you still want to run linux. I have mostly owned thinkpads and desktops set up with ubuntu/mint, and my issues have been few and far between. The GS-66 is a gaming laptop with an NVidia card. The nouveau driver does pretty good, but I find trying to upgrade to the latest version or installing Nvidia's official driver causes more problems than it solves. For the wifi, the Intel Killer AX from only a quick google search looks like it has known issues. There are a lot of hardware companies that are actively hostile to linux users. MSI is definitely one. Lenovo's Thinkpad and Dell's XPS lines have a big audience to test and fix issues. MSI can make extra money off of window's users after sale, but HW companies only profit off linux users from selling the hardware.
- pjmlp 4y ago
  I did, it is an Asus netbook, with Linux pre-installed, it is the only device that has issues connecting to my router, GL support is GL 3.3 while Asus Windows drivers support DirectX 11 and GL 4.1, occasionally instead of shuting down goes into a sleep state only recoverable by taking out the battery.
jcelerier 4y ago
Strange, I have a GS65 which is pretty close and with archlinux it works smoothly with the Nvidia driver. All the bugs I had on Linux also manifested in some ways on windows so I think it just has shitty firmware.
binkHN 4y ago
> I love Linux systems. My daily driver ... runs Ubuntu... But despite the fact that it's 2022, I still have to spend at least a few hours every month fixing things. Perhaps in some crazy way, because this has his own set of pros and cons, I'm seriously considering evaluating ChromeOS as my daily driver. Fixing things should be a thing of the past here, and I'll still have a full Linux virtual machine running inside of it to work outside of ChromeOS's limitations.

by kiwih 4y ago

phi-y 4y ago

You should consider more linux friendly hardware next time if you still want to run linux. I have mostly owned thinkpads and desktops set up with ubuntu/mint, and my issues have been few and far between. The GS-66 is a gaming laptop with an NVidia card. The nouveau driver does pretty good, but I find trying to upgrade to the latest version or installing Nvidia's official driver causes more problems than it solves. For the wifi, the Intel Killer AX from only a quick google search looks like it has known issues. There are a lot of hardware companies that are actively hostile to linux users. MSI is definitely one. Lenovo's Thinkpad and Dell's XPS lines have a big audience to test and fix issues. MSI can make extra money off of window's users after sale, but HW companies only profit off linux users from selling the hardware.

pjmlp 4y ago
I did, it is an Asus netbook, with Linux pre-installed, it is the only device that has issues connecting to my router, GL support is GL 3.3 while Asus Windows drivers support DirectX 11 and GL 4.1, occasionally instead of shuting down goes into a sleep state only recoverable by taking out the battery.

jcelerier 4y ago

Strange, I have a GS65 which is pretty close and with archlinux it works smoothly with the Nvidia driver. All the bugs I had on Linux also manifested in some ways on windows so I think it just has shitty firmware.

binkHN 4y ago

> I love Linux systems. My daily driver ... runs Ubuntu... But despite the fact that it's 2022, I still have to spend at least a few hours every month fixing things. Perhaps in some crazy way, because this has his own set of pros and cons, I'm seriously considering evaluating ChromeOS as my daily driver. Fixing things should be a thing of the past here, and I'll still have a full Linux virtual machine running inside of it to work outside of ChromeOS's limitations.