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After years of thinking "wsl2 is enough for me", I switched to fedora as an experiment and I have not looked back once.

by datatrashfire 4y ago

soulofmischief 4y ago
Welcome to the fold, friend. Stoked to see another soul has seen through the smokescreen.
- SV_BubbleTime 4y ago
  Yes, I’ve always thought that OS discussions needs more tribalism.
  - soulofmischief 4y ago
    If you can't understand the difference between solidarity and tribalism, that's something you should work on. If you can't understand the political, philosophical and sociological nuances of selecting between Windows and Linux as computing environments, and why this is more than just a simple UI preference, that's something you should work on. Sarcasm is also something you should work on. See you next time.
    - joemi 4y ago
      I'm not the person you responded to, and I would never have replied with sarcasm as they did, but "Stoked to see another soul has seen through the smokescreen" comes across as more tribal than solidarity, IMO, if those are the only two options.
      - soulofmischief 4y ago
        Did you read the article? It's about how Microsoft is gaslighting the user about the future of computing. There is absolutely a smokescreen in place, which the majority of Linux-based distributions do not employ.
shrimp_emoji 4y ago
For me, Manjaro, and later (purely out of masochism) Arch. :) I did "look back" for certain AAA games that either don't work on Linux or DO work but their launcher doesn't (e.g., Blizzard), but AAA game companies have done me the solid of hypercommercializing themselves into unbearable mediocrity. So, even if I want to play one of those games now, I'm not too hurried to wait for a few years so Proton support makes it available (plus you get it cheaper, with bugfixes, all DLCs, and your hardware can run it better).
- Daegalus 4y ago
  just as a heads up, the blizzard launcher works fine. there was a short period it didn't due to some bug, that they fixed on their end for the Linux community. I play wow, ow2 and such just fine from the launcher. so give it a try again if you've been avoiding it.
Andrex 4y ago
I overwrote Windows 10 and installed Fedora last year. I just love Gnome.
- datatrashfire 4y ago
  Gnome has really surprised me (in a good way). I was really just looking to have a better dev experience since I use containers so extensively. But the UI is really pleasant to look at and intuitive. I particularly enjoy not having to disable ads and other nuisances that Microsoft keeps throwing onto the pile.
dehrmann 4y ago
I tried this with Ubuntu a few years ago. Once I had to deal with hidpi issues and screen tearing while scrolling in Firefox, I went back.
- ahelwer 4y ago
  Get an AMD graphics card and use wayland.
- SamuelAdams 4y ago
  Kind of interesting how 4k displays have been common for close to a decade now and it’s still an issue in many Linux environments.
deafpolygon 4y ago
This is me, a few weeks ago. WSL2 feels so hobbled in comparison, now that I'm on the other side again.

After years of thinking "wsl2 is enough for me", I switched to fedora as an experiment and I have not looked back once.

soulofmischief 4y ago

Welcome to the fold, friend. Stoked to see another soul has seen through the smokescreen.

SV_BubbleTime 4y ago
Yes, I’ve always thought that OS discussions needs more tribalism.
- soulofmischief 4y ago
  If you can't understand the difference between solidarity and tribalism, that's something you should work on. If you can't understand the political, philosophical and sociological nuances of selecting between Windows and Linux as computing environments, and why this is more than just a simple UI preference, that's something you should work on. Sarcasm is also something you should work on. See you next time.
  - joemi 4y ago
    I'm not the person you responded to, and I would never have replied with sarcasm as they did, but "Stoked to see another soul has seen through the smokescreen" comes across as more tribal than solidarity, IMO, if those are the only two options.
    - soulofmischief 4y ago
      Did you read the article? It's about how Microsoft is gaslighting the user about the future of computing. There is absolutely a smokescreen in place, which the majority of Linux-based distributions do not employ.

shrimp_emoji 4y ago

For me, Manjaro, and later (purely out of masochism) Arch. :) I did "look back" for certain AAA games that either don't work on Linux or DO work but their launcher doesn't (e.g., Blizzard), but AAA game companies have done me the solid of hypercommercializing themselves into unbearable mediocrity. So, even if I want to play one of those games now, I'm not too hurried to wait for a few years so Proton support makes it available (plus you get it cheaper, with bugfixes, all DLCs, and your hardware can run it better).

Daegalus 4y ago
just as a heads up, the blizzard launcher works fine. there was a short period it didn't due to some bug, that they fixed on their end for the Linux community. I play wow, ow2 and such just fine from the launcher. so give it a try again if you've been avoiding it.

Andrex 4y ago

I overwrote Windows 10 and installed Fedora last year. I just love Gnome.

datatrashfire 4y ago
Gnome has really surprised me (in a good way). I was really just looking to have a better dev experience since I use containers so extensively. But the UI is really pleasant to look at and intuitive. I particularly enjoy not having to disable ads and other nuisances that Microsoft keeps throwing onto the pile.

dehrmann 4y ago

I tried this with Ubuntu a few years ago. Once I had to deal with hidpi issues and screen tearing while scrolling in Firefox, I went back.

ahelwer 4y ago
Get an AMD graphics card and use wayland.
SamuelAdams 4y ago
Kind of interesting how 4k displays have been common for close to a decade now and it’s still an issue in many Linux environments.

deafpolygon 4y ago

This is me, a few weeks ago. WSL2 feels so hobbled in comparison, now that I'm on the other side again.