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> Windows and Mac Os, for all their faults, are unquestionably ready to use in 2026. LOL I installed a new windows 11 yesterday on a fairly powerful machine,

> Windows and Mac Os, for all their faults, are unquestionably ready to use in 2026. LOL I installed a new windows 11 yesterday on a fairly powerful machine, everything lags so much on a brand new install it's unreal. Explorer takes ~2-3 seconds to be useable. Any app that opens in the blink of an eye under Linux on the same machine takes seconds to start. Start menu lags. It's just surrealistic. People who say these things work just have never used something that is actually fast.

theragra 9mo ago
I am not sure how people get all these issues. I installed fresh windows recently, and I don't see noticable any slowdowns. Linux is faster in some places, maybe. But still with many issues like some applications not being drawn properly or just some applications not available (nice GUI for monitor control over ddc)
- throwaway270925 9mo ago
  There is: https://github.com/rockowitz/ddcui https://github.com/rockowitz/ddcui
  - theragra 9mo ago
    1. Has issues with drawing fo me 2. Could be nicer. All it does shows edit fields and that's it Since then, I found kde actually supports direct control of monitor brightness from its UI. That's what I call nice!
- rgreekguy 9mo ago
  Same for Xorg. And Wayland, really. No idea how people get so many issues. Just change distro, or DE, in the end of the day, it doesn't take long. Small changes make small differences.
  - theragra 9mo ago
    Another DE or distro will have other issues. Since my comment I found also that my current distro has a bug that removed support for DisplayLink in USB hubs (monitors connected over to hub without using USB alt-mode). It was easy to fix, but issues like this prevent common folk of using Linux.
- jcelerier 9mo ago
  > I am not sure how people get all these issues. I installed fresh windows recently, and I don't see noticable any slowdowns. I want to see a screen + sound / video recording.

theragra 9mo ago

I am not sure how people get all these issues. I installed fresh windows recently, and I don't see noticable any slowdowns. Linux is faster in some places, maybe. But still with many issues like some applications not being drawn properly or just some applications not available (nice GUI for monitor control over ddc)

throwaway270925 9mo ago
There is: https://github.com/rockowitz/ddcui https://github.com/rockowitz/ddcui
- theragra 9mo ago
  1. Has issues with drawing fo me 2. Could be nicer. All it does shows edit fields and that's it Since then, I found kde actually supports direct control of monitor brightness from its UI. That's what I call nice!
rgreekguy 9mo ago
Same for Xorg. And Wayland, really. No idea how people get so many issues. Just change distro, or DE, in the end of the day, it doesn't take long. Small changes make small differences.
- theragra 9mo ago
  Another DE or distro will have other issues. Since my comment I found also that my current distro has a bug that removed support for DisplayLink in USB hubs (monitors connected over to hub without using USB alt-mode). It was easy to fix, but issues like this prevent common folk of using Linux.
jcelerier 9mo ago
> I am not sure how people get all these issues. I installed fresh windows recently, and I don't see noticable any slowdowns. I want to see a screen + sound / video recording.