I've seen some varying opinions around #EndOf10 and #Linux and the inevitable #YearOfLinuxOnTheDesktop meme, and I want to chime in that this is a regular part of the OS lifecycle. Linux users might appear in a slow dribble otherwise, but we grow more rapidly when MS fumbles. I started Linux to get away from #WindowsME, and there were similar moods around #WindowsVista and #Windows8. The event is neither a joke nor a start of Linux supremacy, just a good opportunity.
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Me, naively: "I think I'll spend some time troubleshooting this minor Linux sound problem. Surely Linux sound support has improved over the last few years."
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Me, several hours later, wearing torn and filthy rags and screaming on a street corner: "AND THE LIVING SHALL ENVY THE DEAF!"
Onlooker: "'Deaf?' Don't you mean 'dead'?"
Me: "DID I FUCKING STUTTER?"
I don't even run Windows at home anymore now that I moved gaming over to my Mac, but even I hope Microsoft rethinks their release of Recall. I did have plans to replace my old gaming PC this year with a newer PC, but not anymore.
I do appreciate the security researchers who have poked holes in the design and already created things like TotalRecall. This lets us all see why it's going to be a bad idea before it really gets released.
I also really like that I've seen some other people asking apps they rely on for Linux support. If you don't need Windows anymore, there's no need to run it.
Yes, I know Recall is only available on a limited set of computers running the right hardware, and it can be turned off in settings. But how many people will remember to do that?
So far both #Microsoft #Windows and #Google #Android have both #installed an " #AI " (there's no such thing since none of this is #intelligence) on my #hardware without asking #permission or letting me #uninstall it.
I guess it's finally the #YearOfLinuxOntheDesktop at last.
For me it is, because MS has really demonstrated that while they can be better (look at the recovery after Vista), they can also be much worse (Vista, 8, 8.1).
And Google can travel to a place that is about 8 light-minutes away. I hear it's very hot out all every season there.
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I ended up back on Arch. Only took about two hours to get it installed with Plasma and Steam set up. This morning I copied some stuff off my backup and apps seem to be picking up the data correctly.
Gonna be many tweaks in the coming weeks, but it's great so far.
I did have to fight a bit to get pipewire working for audio - Whoever broke up the pipewire components used the "is this dependency absolutely required?" metric, instead of the "Is the program useful without this dependency" metric. So a bit of manual installing components and enabling services there. (I prefer pipewire for audio because it allows my advanced jack stuff to mesh seamlessly with default desktop pulse stuff. Important for screencasting)
My biggest positive surprise is how well HiDPI works compared to Ubuntu. I've found a few new edge cases already, but dotnet and java apps seem to behave in Arch+KDE land.
And remember, you can't spell "Year Of Linux On..." without YOLO
@davidgerard Then I have news from one of your possible futures. Some number of updates after where you now, it may spontaneously stop working. If you do find yourself booting into text mode, try switching to another virtual console (Ctrl-Alt-F2 or F3 or whatever), logging in, and then
Now I need someone from my possible future to tell me what to do next. Maybe the ramdisk image used to start booting doesn't include amdgpu? Maybe full-disk encryption is related?
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modprobe amdgpu. In my case, sddm immediately takes over the display and I see the graphical login screen.
Now I need someone from my possible future to tell me what to do next. Maybe the ramdisk image used to start booting doesn't include amdgpu? Maybe full-disk encryption is related?
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This really has been the #YearOfLinuxOnTheDesktop for me, I’m using Ubuntu as a daily driver machine (at work) for the first time and I’m really enjoying it.
All my prior work with Linux was for specific purposes (mostly developer/server related). Never fiddled with email clients, shell extensions, and the like. It’s been a lot of fun!