They do, don’t they? People would complain about certain things of Windows or MacOS not working. And if it fits the situation, recommendation might me voiced.
I highly recommend that you recommend some recommended operating systems.
Ever since switching I’ve needed to hold myself back from mentioning it in every conversation. I thought it was a meme, but it’s real!
Tell that to apple fans
I thought with them it was more about the entire device than just the OS. People might say they love their mac but nobody is telling friends & family to just install macOS on that old PC that’s losing Microsoft support.
Ah, true. I forgot this for a moment
Okay people: Win 10 is infinitely better than Win 11, so like if you’re one of the few eccentric people that for some reason is required to use Win🅱️ows
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Okay so previously I tried PopOS and it kinda works but when I tried playing games (tetr.io to be exact) my framerate is half of my monitor’s refresh rate and I had no idea how to fix it and at the time I’m using absolutely proprietary software required for my university and dual booting is a nightmare to deal with for some reason with Windows; and then at one point I also tried Bazzite, and no matter what I did, tetr.io would always operate on my iGPU and not on my discrete GPU (thanks NoVIDIA!!1!), so after that I dunno I’ll just probably stick to Win 10 until I got a proper PC, and that’s a whole story to have and I don’t want another yapping session about that
then… there you go.
For the problems you encountered: the refresh rate can be set in the monitor settings. If you can’t go any higher, then there might be a problem with your graphics drivers. It is also important to add that Pop!OS is based on Ubuntu, which can take ages to implement modern changes. For Gaming I would generally recommend a rolling release distro, maybe it be OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, Fedora, etc… Otherwise you might not get the cutting edge tech that you need.
As for Tetr.io: it seems to be a problem with Vulcan, namely that improperly configured drivers will use the iGPU by default. How do you install/run that game?
Would take a closer look sometime, thanks for notes :d
A friend of mine had a party at her place on the most recent new years eve, there were several people who I hadn’t met before there and we quickly realised we were all Linux users and, of course, absolute fucking nerds (I mean that with pride and appreciation).
She is very much not a nerd in that way and most others there weren’t too. It took about 15 minutes before she threw her hands up in the air and said “guys, this isn’t fun for anyone else, if you really need to only talk about operating systems and shit like that you’ll have to leave. Everyone else wants to hang with you guys too but no one can if you keep this in-group thing going.”
And, yeah, we all understood her view. Of course we put up a playful fight though, first acting all disappointed and then saying “ok, ok, we’ll leave then. Have fun being all boring and stuff without us cool kids” etc. which it took her a while to realise wasn’t serious, heh.
For the rest of the night we had to stop ourselves several times from getting back into it, both among ourselves and with other people. All of it was great though, and made some new Linux geek friends!That’s crazy to imagine a party where you can be kicked out for having a conversation on anything ‘too niche’ especially where the bar is that low.
Irl The Big Bang Theory
As I read through this I thought you were going to say y’all left and went to a bar together.
It’d be a better embellishment of the story.
Windows 10 and Linux are pretty good
actually … never mind
This is the way
I recommend BeOS
Yes! Maintain the rage!
I recommend to most people that you just BeYourself, so long as that means you won’t Be an OSshole.
Ah, a Plan 9 man.
I thought Linux was a way of life. Not an OS?
Linux is actually a kernel.
If you wanted people to say the other part you shouldn’t have given the other part a dumb name.
It’s not a dumb name, it’s a recursive acronym. That’s awesome.
THE KERNEL OF TRUTH 🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧
Uhh, it’s GNU/Linux actually
TBF, almost everyone I work with uses Linux. There’s virtually no conversation about it. It’s just what it is, like even the weather is more deserving of discussion.
Weather or not you should switch to this distro
I work a job at an airport assisting the elderly and disabled with wheelchair assistance.
I cannot tell you, literally cannot tell you how many people sit in my wheelchair, and IMMEDIATELY start talking about the weather.
Uggghhhhhh!
I would be pleasantly surprised if the conversation instead was like this:
“So, hows your day going?”
“I murdered my wife and kids last night. Then I ate their corpses…”
“Really? That’s fantastic. Hey, what operating system are you using?”
Sloperating systems
To be fair, the only time operating systems come up in conversation is when someone’s computer is broken and suddenly everyone becomes an IT expert. 😅
Linux people are polite enough to not react when I tell them I use Ubuntu.
Windows people think I am a geeky nerd that knows how to code when I tell them I use Ubuntu.
Monkeys, together strong
Most if not all linux users i know irl use ubuntu and dont know much of other distros.
I’m persuading some of turning to the right side of history and join Debian
The real red pill is that distros are only different people in two aspects: convenience and degree of control. Only thing that matters is we’re on the side of freedom
If you’ve been enjoying Ubuntu so far I randomly want to recommend Debian to you. ☺️
The only people that I know that use Debian are over 50 years old
Well, now you don’t.
Moving to Debian from Ubuntu was like moving from Windows to Linux again for me. It basically removes all the bloat and adware and just left the things I actually like, which I assume Ubuntu inherited from Debian anyway.
But to be fair I just use my Debian machine for writing projects, research, and flash cards.
I recently had a similar experience. I used Linux Mint for the longest time, which is ubuntu based. And I tried LMDE for a little bit recently.
But then I decided to try straight Debian 13 w/ KDE Plasma. I absolutely love it, and I’m old enough that seeing
starting Debian GNU/Linuxjust feels cozy and correct. Plus like you said the speed and stability are somehow even better, but that I had issues before.
Im comfortable with Ubuntu, and have no curiosity to try another distro. But if I ever have the inclination to try something else, I know Lemmy will have kind people to guide me.
Can’t argue with that, glad you’re enjoying it 👍
Not even dirty 30 yet baybee!
Hey! I’m not 50 yet!
Though not far off TBF.
I’m here to start a flame war and say Debian is old and gross and Fedora is clearly the way forward. And fuck it while were here, dont use the regular Fedora workstation, use the KDE spin, GNOME bad!
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I want to downvote and upvote you at the same time.
And even though I see you clearly trolling I am here to still try to convince you why Debian objectively clearly has the superior package management 😁.
I had a very niche problem on Fedora once that I was personally unable to solve, therefore the entire project is trash and everyone should use CachyOS which I haven’t managed to break yet!
I didn’t realize spoiler links were possible and took the bait 🫠
That is okay you are forgiven 🤣
Debian is a fine choice.
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Just glad you’re on our side mate.
This is one of the typical reactions when people hear about Ubuntu
