Comment on What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts?
helpmyusernamewontfi@lemmy.today 22 hours agoNever had that issue on my thinkpad, sorry to hear!
Comment on What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts?
helpmyusernamewontfi@lemmy.today 22 hours agoNever had that issue on my thinkpad, sorry to hear!
SorteKanin@feddit.dk 22 hours ago
I’m having it on my Framework laptop - I really was hopeful that it would just work with that :(
fxdave@lemmy.ml 15 hours ago
Linux itself is not the problem here. Which DE is it? Does it use X.org or wayland? If you disable the login manager, do the screens work in TTY right after the boot? If you use X.org, Sometimes X.org drivers needs to be configured, Some OSes come with X.org configs like Arch. So in Arch you usually just have to install the packages you need. If you use Wayland, try X.org.
Did you try windows and Linux on the same machine? Hardware limitation can cause such issues. But if it works with Windows but not with Linux then it’s not that.
Windows may use worse quality output, e.g. different refresh rate, different color profile to fit into the hardware bottleneck. You can also experiment with these.
USB controller kernel driver could also interfere in theory, you can try different kernel versions.
Multiple GPU setups have also many options that you can play with.
I hope it helps.
SorteKanin@feddit.dk 10 hours ago
And this is exactly the problem. I suppose there might be a way to fix it, but if Windows can just make it work for me, why can’t Linux do the same? All this “Oh you just need to do X and Y” should be unnecessary bullshit.
Also, it’s not that it doesn’t work at all on Linux, but it works sporadically. For instance, when the system goes to sleep and needs to wake up, the screens sometimes turn on, sometimes they don’t and I need to pull the plug and reconnect. This is never necessary on Windows.
swelter_spark@reddthat.com 2 hours ago
People call Tiktok brainrot, but I feel like Windows has had the same effect on people.
fxdave@lemmy.ml 9 hours ago
Most of the time a popular distro just works, your special case did not. You should find the root cause, and report it. I’m sure windows is not bug free.