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This time it's really going to happen, I just know it! (lemmy.world)
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[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Remember folks, it doesn't have to be the year, it only has to be your year.

Mine was about 19 years ago. I'm no genius, and I haven't regretted it once. Linux has come a long way since then, while windows is deep in the enshittification trenches now, and has been for years. Your YOTLD can start today if you want it to. Tired of being actively abused by your OS? We've been here all along.

And if you are happy where you are, that's fine too.

[-] Narauko@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

I am mid switch, but it's not been smooth or easy. I chose Manjaro and maybe I chose poorly. I am a lifelong techie, and have used Ubuntu and Mint in short stints in the past, but the transition is rough.

I didn't attempt the switch before because I primarily played Destiny 2 and Bungie hates Linux. The enshittification of Destiny drove me away, and in theory the games I am playing now should work. I have had mixed results however.

I play Darktide and Vermintide 2 and heavily use their modding scenes to make them fully playable. Vortex mod manager is a huge bonus for this, and I still haven't been able to set this up.

My Elgato equipment has community support, but has a bunch of steps to get working that I haven't spent the time to fully research or attempt.

I still haven't set up an automatic mount point for my shared NTFS drive to load on boot, both because I don't have a good grasp on the fstab and because Windows does a chkdisk every time I mount it in Linux. Dual access storage still seems iffy as of 2025.

I am going to keep trying, because I hate Microsoft right now more than I dislike the learning curve and limitations. Not sure if that is enough to make this the year of the Linux desktop though.

[-] Carrot@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago

One thing about Linux: don't let people bully you over which distro you use. This isn't a competition, use what feels most natural to you. If Manjaro is too steep of a curve, start somewhere else. Not everyone needs to be running arch. If you want to use arch but want it easier, I had an easier time with endeavor os than with manjaro, but ymmv. If I were you, I'd use the easiest distro out there: mint. If you are a big gamer, PopOS has a lot of gaming support right out of the box, but these days if you are primarily on Steam then you shouldn't hit too many issues in any distro.

I am also mid transition, but haven't booted windows in over a year. I tried dual-access storage, and I think your best bet is to keep the two systems separate. There are ways to make it work, but they are not beginner friendly imo.

As for mods, it is really hit or miss. And kernel level anticheat is a blocker in Linux, so any games that require it will not be playable. But what I do is have a single-drive windows machine that has the software that doesn't have Linux support installed, and boot into it when I need it. But I've actually found linux-friendly replacements for all the stuff I personally use, and will probably never touch the windows system again.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Can we stop with this? It was an over hyped slogan and we can give it a rest. People are slowly switching to Linux and that's good enough

[-] yonder@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago

The slogan is a complete meme at this point. A meme that indicates it's the year of the linux desktop!

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Yeah, it just comes off sarcastic to me, which apparently means people think Linux is not popular enough to talk about or something. I don't know, it just rubs me the wrong way.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

You can like something and still make fun of it, you know?

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

You can, but Linux needs good press, and many would see this "joke" as another reason to avoid the whole ecosystem.

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 0 points 1 month ago

If someone sees it that way, that's not something any of us can do anything about.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

That's not true. Attitudes can slowly change over time. Reminding people "it's not there yet" doesn't serve that.

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It is sarcastic.

Wanna know the first time I heard "This is the Year of the Linux Desktop!"? 1999.

Yes, nineteen ninety-nine. Twenty-five years ago.

Linux as a desktop is still a laugh. It still doesn't come close to Windows of twenty-five years ago.

But it's killer as a server, or a purpose-built system. My NAS/VM server kicks ass under Linux, way better than running windows. Even VMware recently switched their desktop virtualization to using Linux. This is where Linux shines.

You could make a Windows killer desktop, except which distro? Which shell? Which set of base tools/utilities? Define "killer desktop" in the Linux community.

Windows is the general purpose OS, with a common shell. That's what MS did, settle on one UI (mostly), so it's a common experience everywhere.

[-] rickdg@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

If only the Linux desktop stopped getting offended when it’s not treated like a server and has to shut down. “Wait, you had audio settings that I was supposed to remember? Cool story bro…”

[-] baggins@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago

What distro 😳

[-] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 0 points 1 month ago

If you would like to address an audio issue, I'll gladly hijack the thread.

Linux mint, occasionally my audio starts crackling. Only fix is to open terminal and run pulseaudio -k.

Happens maybe twice a day with my system.

[-] swab148@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago

Tried pipewire?

[-] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 1 points 1 month ago

I just followed this guide here. I'll give it a shot!

https://github.com/orgs/linuxmint/discussions/462

[-] surph_ninja@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

It won’t happen until the Windows UI becomes more troublesome than the Linux UI. We still have a ways to go.

I’ve yet to see a Linux version that can prevent the boot partition from clogging up with old kernel files. Grandma ain’t cleaning that shit up.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Almost every Linux system auto clears old kernels.

Let's get you to bed grandma

[-] surph_ninja@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

They are supposed to, for sure.

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