Thank you for doing this work. I tried Ubuntu dual booted in 2011 and loved it but gave it up when windows re-wrote the boot. I finally got a linux machine when I got a second PC. I think laptops and phones are the best bolster to linux - you can troubleshoot on a second screen instead of getting soft-locked while doing a base install to a mission critical computer.
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spudwart@spudwart.com 11 months ago
The usual “switch to Linux” spiel.
It’s easier than ever before, blah blah blah.
[Debian based distro] is a good option.
Beware of temporary pitfalls such as Adobe and arrogant game devs decided not to tick the EAC/Battleye for Proton compatibility box, etc.
Tbh, it’s really getting tiring to tell people to try Linux to only get hit with a tsunami of out of date straw man arguments featuring issues that haven’t be relevant in almost a decade.
Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Move to UEFI had a unintended benefit to us Linux users since boot is handled by the BIOS based on records on UEFI partition.
KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
I doubt I’ll switch any time soon, I use Linux for work and have a dislike for how small issues turn into hours of troubleshooting, but anyway, not the point. I think something that deters a lot of people are the really vocal people who shove it down others throats and treat people who don’t want to switch like idiots.
We all have our reasons, I’ll keep using Win10 until it becomes too much of a security risk and then reevaluate my options. For now I enjoy having shit that just works, for example, I use Cura, it hasn’t had a working Linux release in years, there’s a lot of deterrents for the layperson or those who have to troubleshoot and struggle to get shit working for a job and couldn’t be arsed to do it in their personal time.
bbuez@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Made the switch, yet its still easier for me to remote onto a windows machine to still use autodesk than learn any free alternatives ( freeCAD :l ), and a WiFi driver took me 2 days to find. However my workplace for some unbenownst reason has 11 Pro (instead of enterprise) on some of our machines, which Ill notice popups for office360 and kinda cringe at, hoping the customer never does
Do have to push prusaSlicer, I used Cura for so long but just experimenting found more satisfaction for the slic3r solver, especially for bridges and overhangs
KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
I’ve been walking a friend through starting to print stuff and he uses Arch, so is in turn using Prusa. I find there’s a bunch of settings that are either obfuscated behind one master setting or stuff that’s just plain missing. I’m not going to deny that the slicer itself may be better but I need more options.
bbuez@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Im actually curious what those would be, I’ve been mostly “vanilla” printing, tweaking speed and the likes, only recently tried ironing. And I would hate to be missing out on a cool feature and not even know it lol
greenskye@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Also people seem to completely ignore the amount of re-learning I’d need to do to switch. I’m not really a power user of Windows, but part of the reason it runs pretty smoothly for me is that I have a decade plus of knowledge of common failure points. You sort of get an intuition about things after awhile that I don’t have on a different OS. Little issues the might result in a couple of days of troubleshooting are just solved immediately because I have hunches on what the issue is.
Meanwhile I’m struggling on my steamdeck to deal with minor problems because I’m very unfamiliar with the setup. It’s not insurmountable, but it’s a barrier to entry that I’m not willing to undertake just yet.
KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
Hallucinations aside, if you use it with skepticism, ChatGPT can be great at walking you through stuff and helping you understand why things work the way they do. I’m using it like a teacher to get better at Python and it’s great.
Kiosade@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Does ChatGPT still require giving your phone number to sign up? Because I noped out when it asked me for that shit.
Acters@lemmy.world 11 months ago
All valid.
I personally believe that if work mandates electronic material for your job or project, then they should provide the equipment. However, if this is not possible, then getting equipment that is specialized for your work is a more prudent solution that you can free your daily driver from.
After all, we shouldn’t be married to our work. It should be an investment in our skills and abilities.
KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
This you may hate me for but I use windows on both my work laptop and my personal PC, makes it easier to RDP onto my laptop and use all my screens when I’m at home. WSL is handy and for everything else I go the cattle route and just spin up an EC2 Instance. That is something I appreciate about Linux, when you write a working script, that shit just works and rarely breaks, so making ephemeral environments is trivial and super handy.
Grass@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Wait cura is that out of date on Linux? I’ve been using superslicer since cura was kinda confusing to me but I’m surprised it’s lagging behind with the Linux builds
CeeBee@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I have no idea what they’re talking about. The Windows and Linux versions have been released in step and work perfectly fine on Linux.
KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
I think they may have just released a working Linux version in the last few weeks but I haven’t really looked into it,was just something I heard.