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I just want an OS where; out of the box, I can play any game made in the last 20 years, change my mouse scroll speed, or set my background to a solid color.

warkdarrior 3y ago
You can do all of those in Linux. For example, here's how to set the background to a solid color. Open a terminal and type the following four commands: gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-options 'none' gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background primary-color '#004000' gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background secondary-color '#306030' gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background color-shading-type 'vertical' Source: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1272120/ubuntu-20-04-change-background-to-solid-colour https://askubuntu.com/questions/1272120/ubuntu-20-04-change-...
- dabluecaboose 3y ago
  Hilarious how the first Linux user's response to a Windows user's unease is immediately "open the terminal" As long as that's how it goes, it will never be the Year of the Linux Desktop.
  - snvzz 3y ago
    Typing (or pasting) a command into a terminal will always be more reproduceable than anything GUI.
    - dabluecaboose 3y ago
      Sure, and I'm personally fine with it. I'm one of those kooks at work who requested a Linux workstation, much to the chagrin of the IT department. But as long as there is a conversation between Windows and Linux that includes using the terminal, you've lost the "normie" segment of the population, which is going to preclude most people from even considering it. This fact is invariably met with much wailing and gnashing of teeth by Linux bros who think that there's no problem at all with it.
      - snvzz 3y ago
        And we're fine with it. They can suffer Windows or MacOS, it means nothing to me.
        CoastalCoder 3y ago
        I'm not entirely fine with it, because I suspect Valve will only continue investing in Linux gaming if there's a potential market for it.
        snvzz 3y ago
        I doubt this "potential market" is going to shrink, relative to when Valve started investing in Open Source operating systems.
    - Spivak 3y ago
      I did this on Windows too. Why even bother giving someone "click here then here the look for this menu on the right" when I can just send them a PowerShell script.
    - ragazzina 3y ago
      The issue is discoverability.
      - snvzz 3y ago
        The terminal does not tend to be hard to discover on Linux. It is right there ready to use.
  - unstatusthequo 3y ago
    Exactly. Where everything I need to do requires a cryptic command to pull off. What args do I need? Where? Oh shit a capital letter. Try again. I don't want to have to Google everything I need to do. Maybe voice enabled GPT-4 will help.
- MrLeap 3y ago
  this is hilarious.
- Espressosaurus 3y ago
  I'm not sure if this is satire or not.
  - Spivak 3y ago
    You can do it in the dconf editor UI but showing the commands is way easier.
tmtvl 3y ago
I don't think any OS comes with all games made the last 20 years out of the box. Nor one which supports any game made the last 20 years. But yeah, mouse scroll speed is an excellent example of the harm GNOME does to GNU/Linux adoption.

warkdarrior 3y ago

You can do all of those in Linux. For example, here's how to set the background to a solid color. Open a terminal and type the following four commands: gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-options 'none' gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background primary-color '#004000' gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background secondary-color '#306030' gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background color-shading-type 'vertical' Source: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1272120/ubuntu-20-04-change-background-to-solid-colour https://askubuntu.com/questions/1272120/ubuntu-20-04-change-...

dabluecaboose 3y ago
Hilarious how the first Linux user's response to a Windows user's unease is immediately "open the terminal" As long as that's how it goes, it will never be the Year of the Linux Desktop.
- snvzz 3y ago
  Typing (or pasting) a command into a terminal will always be more reproduceable than anything GUI.
  - dabluecaboose 3y ago
    Sure, and I'm personally fine with it. I'm one of those kooks at work who requested a Linux workstation, much to the chagrin of the IT department. But as long as there is a conversation between Windows and Linux that includes using the terminal, you've lost the "normie" segment of the population, which is going to preclude most people from even considering it. This fact is invariably met with much wailing and gnashing of teeth by Linux bros who think that there's no problem at all with it.
    - snvzz 3y ago
      And we're fine with it. They can suffer Windows or MacOS, it means nothing to me.
      - CoastalCoder 3y ago
        I'm not entirely fine with it, because I suspect Valve will only continue investing in Linux gaming if there's a potential market for it.
        snvzz 3y ago
        I doubt this "potential market" is going to shrink, relative to when Valve started investing in Open Source operating systems.
  - Spivak 3y ago
    I did this on Windows too. Why even bother giving someone "click here then here the look for this menu on the right" when I can just send them a PowerShell script.
  - ragazzina 3y ago
    The issue is discoverability.
    - snvzz 3y ago
      The terminal does not tend to be hard to discover on Linux. It is right there ready to use.
- unstatusthequo 3y ago
  Exactly. Where everything I need to do requires a cryptic command to pull off. What args do I need? Where? Oh shit a capital letter. Try again. I don't want to have to Google everything I need to do. Maybe voice enabled GPT-4 will help.
MrLeap 3y ago
this is hilarious.
Espressosaurus 3y ago
I'm not sure if this is satire or not.
- Spivak 3y ago
  You can do it in the dconf editor UI but showing the commands is way easier.

tmtvl 3y ago

I don't think any OS comes with all games made the last 20 years out of the box. Nor one which supports any game made the last 20 years. But yeah, mouse scroll speed is an excellent example of the harm GNOME does to GNU/Linux adoption.