Linux is not ready

2 years ago by _carmin to c/linuxmemes

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HeckGazer 39 points 2 years ago

It certainly sounds like wayland is just about ripe. Any DE recommendations for a lifelong XFCE enjoyer like myself?

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Hubi 64 points 2 years ago

KDE. It's working very well with Wayland. I've been using both on my daily driver for a year now and it's come a long way since then. It was still a bit rough in the beginning but now I can't see myself going back. It's pretty polished.

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Yppm 7 points 2 years ago

I'm not a Linux noob, but I've been out of the scene for a few years.

Recently tried debian with KDE and Wayland on a modern PC with a 3060. Just a default install.

My mouse could barely track across the screen, it was very choppy and stuttered like crazy.

This was in the last 6 months. I got it fixed by switching to a different compositor, but I shouldn't have had to do that. Even then I found YouTube to be super laggy.

It's just not ready.

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anon5621 11 points 2 years ago

well it's again more about nvidia driver for wayland u need manually do some tweaks such as https://github.com/...

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wizardbeard 3 points 2 years ago

I'm glad there are ways to get it working, and thank you for sharing it, but this doesn't qualify as "it just works, why are you idiots not switching from Windows when Linux just works".

This is directly why a lot of people don't take the arguments that Linux is ready for the average user seriously.

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Hubi 6 points 2 years ago

I had the exact same experience with Debian. The thing is, Debian is so many versions behind, it's really no surprise that you thought it wasn't ready yet. Try a less "stable" distro, you'll be surprised.

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swag_money 3 points 2 years ago

i am a Linux noob. i installed debian KDE wayland with an Nvidia card just like you.

i experienced similar issues. i couldn't set my refresh rate above 60Hz, my screen was really dim and stuttering, and video playback was lagging. worst of all my Minecraft framerate was abysmal! (<20fps default settings)

i read the dang wiki and got everything running smoothly in an afternoon

it's ready as fuck

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Yppm 1 point 2 years ago

Yes I'm also capable of reading the wiki but it did nothing to help me.

My point stands that it's not "ready" for the average person. This is a Linux community of course people here know how to troubleshoot and get shit working.

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snowe 1 point 2 years ago

i read the dang wiki and got everything running smoothly in an afternoon

that means it's not ready...

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