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Funny thing I was just thinking I have to replace Pop_OS! with something else because it's completely broken, or at least it is for me. I wish it worked as smoo

Funny thing I was just thinking I have to replace Pop_OS! with something else because it's completely broken, or at least it is for me. I wish it worked as smooth as it did when they first released it. I was hyped up about Cosmic DE when they announced it but not anymore. Not because anything they've done but because I'm being kind of pessimistic about the linux desktop.

duped 3y ago
Could you expand on what's "completely broken?"
- Darmody 3y ago
  Answered that same question here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37971707 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37971707
bbertelsen 3y ago
It's been a solid daily driver for me at work and home for the last 4 years. I would also be interested in knowing what you feel is completely broken. The window tiling system they came up with is really quite good.
- Darmody 3y ago
  Some time ago I had to switch distros because for some reason it wouldn't wake up from locking. It happened randomly. Even after several reinstalls the problem persisted. It was related to the nvidia drivers and I wasn't the only one with that issue. Anyway, now that's not a problem anymore but many other things are not working as expected. - Shortcuts to switch workspace don't work if you have horizontal workspaces - The Pop Shop waaay slower than it was to the point sometimes it becomes irresponsive when searching for something - When I lock the screen it doesn't turn black as it's expected, it stays half awake. At night I have to unplug the external monitors to avoid having them on all night. These things make me want to throw the computer out of the window. I'll have to look for an alternative once I finish the things I'm working on.
  - duped 3y ago
    > When I lock the screen it doesn't turn black as it's expected, it stays half awake. At night I have to unplug the external monitors to avoid having them on all night. Click "suspend", not "lock" and/or set to suspend after a certain amount of inactivity. > Shortcuts to switch workspace don't work if you have horizontal workspaces Pop doesn't really support horizontal workspaces last I checked, you needed an extension and this naturally played hell with the rest of the DE. Maybe Cosmic will fix it? IIRC this is still a Gnome thing. > - The Pop Shop waaay slower than it was to the point sometimes it becomes irresponsive when searching for something Never had need for the pop shop, but I wouldn't call the ad hoc app store based on flathub being slow that big of a deal.
    - Darmody 3y ago
      > Click "suspend", not "lock" and/or set to suspend after a certain amount of inactivity. That's stupid. Why would I use suspend if I want to lock the screen? Anyway, suspend is broken in linux so if I suspend there a high chance that I'll have to reboot to bring it back. > Pop doesn't really support horizontal workspaces last I checked, you needed an extension and this naturally played hell with the rest of the DE. Maybe Cosmic will fix it? IIRC this is still a Gnome thing. It's GNOME so horizontal workspaces are there. I'm using them but shortcuts are broken. > Never had need for the pop shop, but I wouldn't call the ad hoc app store based on flathub being slow that big of a deal. It's an important piece of software so it is a big deal.
  - antifa 3y ago
    I use MATE (Ubuntu MATE and Garuda MATE) and I don't have these problems.
- anonymous_sorry 3y ago
  I installed Pop on one of my machines recently. I can't get on with the tiling. Things I could do with a single key chord in the last tiling WM I tried I have to enter a special layout mode to do. This is enough to interrupt my flow. The key bindings didn't seem to be as configurable as I'd like either.
BaculumMeumEst 3y ago
the linux desktop is an unsalveagable shitshow. the only way i can stand to use it is with stable and straightforward x11 tiling window managers. DEs are just too goddamn buggy and so full of jank.
gymbeaux 3y ago
I use Windows for desktop and SSH into Linux/use WSL. I don’t care for Windows or M$ but it’s easy to overclock my monitor, scaling just works, and the UI isn’t buggy. I find GNOME and KDE to be much buggier than Windows 11. Cosmic is being written in Rust which is cool, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be buggy.

duped 3y ago

Could you expand on what's "completely broken?"

Darmody 3y ago
Answered that same question here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37971707 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37971707

bbertelsen 3y ago

It's been a solid daily driver for me at work and home for the last 4 years. I would also be interested in knowing what you feel is completely broken. The window tiling system they came up with is really quite good.

Darmody 3y ago
Some time ago I had to switch distros because for some reason it wouldn't wake up from locking. It happened randomly. Even after several reinstalls the problem persisted. It was related to the nvidia drivers and I wasn't the only one with that issue. Anyway, now that's not a problem anymore but many other things are not working as expected. - Shortcuts to switch workspace don't work if you have horizontal workspaces - The Pop Shop waaay slower than it was to the point sometimes it becomes irresponsive when searching for something - When I lock the screen it doesn't turn black as it's expected, it stays half awake. At night I have to unplug the external monitors to avoid having them on all night. These things make me want to throw the computer out of the window. I'll have to look for an alternative once I finish the things I'm working on.
- duped 3y ago
  > When I lock the screen it doesn't turn black as it's expected, it stays half awake. At night I have to unplug the external monitors to avoid having them on all night. Click "suspend", not "lock" and/or set to suspend after a certain amount of inactivity. > Shortcuts to switch workspace don't work if you have horizontal workspaces Pop doesn't really support horizontal workspaces last I checked, you needed an extension and this naturally played hell with the rest of the DE. Maybe Cosmic will fix it? IIRC this is still a Gnome thing. > - The Pop Shop waaay slower than it was to the point sometimes it becomes irresponsive when searching for something Never had need for the pop shop, but I wouldn't call the ad hoc app store based on flathub being slow that big of a deal.
  - Darmody 3y ago
    > Click "suspend", not "lock" and/or set to suspend after a certain amount of inactivity. That's stupid. Why would I use suspend if I want to lock the screen? Anyway, suspend is broken in linux so if I suspend there a high chance that I'll have to reboot to bring it back. > Pop doesn't really support horizontal workspaces last I checked, you needed an extension and this naturally played hell with the rest of the DE. Maybe Cosmic will fix it? IIRC this is still a Gnome thing. It's GNOME so horizontal workspaces are there. I'm using them but shortcuts are broken. > Never had need for the pop shop, but I wouldn't call the ad hoc app store based on flathub being slow that big of a deal. It's an important piece of software so it is a big deal.
- antifa 3y ago
  I use MATE (Ubuntu MATE and Garuda MATE) and I don't have these problems.
anonymous_sorry 3y ago
I installed Pop on one of my machines recently. I can't get on with the tiling. Things I could do with a single key chord in the last tiling WM I tried I have to enter a special layout mode to do. This is enough to interrupt my flow. The key bindings didn't seem to be as configurable as I'd like either.

BaculumMeumEst 3y ago

the linux desktop is an unsalveagable shitshow. the only way i can stand to use it is with stable and straightforward x11 tiling window managers. DEs are just too goddamn buggy and so full of jank.

gymbeaux 3y ago

I use Windows for desktop and SSH into Linux/use WSL. I don’t care for Windows or M$ but it’s easy to overclock my monitor, scaling just works, and the UI isn’t buggy. I find GNOME and KDE to be much buggier than Windows 11. Cosmic is being written in Rust which is cool, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be buggy.