"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
What an horror ! What are you gonna do ? Use your working system ? That's sad...
I like /e/OS, but the app lounge bothers me a lot. There is no uninstall button and it is not possible to add Fdroid repos... So I have Fdroid installed in addition to it.
I do not see an added value as if I had the aurora store installed + Fdroid.
IMO, the best addition of e/OS compared to lineage is clearly the tracker /ad blocker app.
I still won't try it :) . Last Epoch, while in beta still keep me busy...
I've seen a video where the guy installed steam on Ubuntu 24.04. Of course it was the snap. The guy usually tests distro to see of it's easy to game on it. If the drivers are easy to install, etc...
He usually launches steam, then tests Valheim, Overwatch, Tomb Raider and cyberpunk.
Overwatch didn't launch, cyberpunk neither. Valheim reported that a service didn't launch. Tomb raider was OK.
Then he uninstalled the steam snap and installed the .deb one. Everything worked.
Enforcing packages is already something that people don't appreciate on Linux, enforcing packages that don't work is surprisingly hated.
Ubuntu is supposed to be a distro for beginners, how am I supposed to recommand a distro when I have no confidence the applications will work ?
That's why Fairphone choose a QCM6490 for the fairphone 5. It's far from being the best, but it has longer term support than mainstream oriented SOC.
Since the SOC will probably be enough for most of users, it's not a bad option I guess.
Maybe they are not Linux users, maybe they are Microsoft employees trying to keep you on Windows by making Linux users look obnoxious.
It depends of your definition of "hassle".
I have 2 screens, I like to have the same panel on each screen, so when I use one in fullscreen, I can use the other one. So far, the only Desktop Environment that can give me that without too much difficulties, is KDE (even if I had to do it manually).
If you have the same use, maybe Kubuntu is a great choice. Tuxedo OS would be the same as Kubuntu, but you don't have to change the priority of the package manager, because the snaps are already disabled. ( they got another load of malicious softwares in the snapstore recently, and some snap might not be as good as .deb or flatpak).
If not, Linux Mint is an out of the box distribution. If your hardware is the most recent one, they have a "edge iso".
It depends on the DE you use. I only know about 3 of them :
KDE can put as many panel as you want with all the system tray you want. You'll have to pine the applications on each panel individually.
On Gnome, you'll have to install extensions as dash to panel to have a panel that can be cloned.
On Cinnamon, you'll be able to create a panel on the second screen, pine applications on it, but not all of system tray can be duplicate. There is a ticket opened for that : https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon/issues/9889
there are a few options to make gog/epic games works with heroic, if it doesn't work out of the box :
I've seen that a protondb user posted about cyberpunk 2077 working on heroic launcher. I hope you'll manage to have it too.
This is exactly what I did on my OP7 (only 4 years old). A new battery, a new USB port and a new back (thank you OnePlus for the back in glass).
I installed another ROM... And the only drawback on that "brand new" phone is that the camera is slow and not as good than the stock one ( even with Gcam or others derivative).
QKsms premium features are free if downloaded from f-droid.
I use "simple dialer" and "simple contacts". "Simple" applications usually work well, and their pro versions are available for free on f-droid.
With proton, it works flawlessly :) . I've been playing it for 2 years now.
There was a Linux version, but it didn't work as good as the windows+ proton version. I don't know if it's still maintained or if it got improved since the 0.9 version.
Yes. Check yourself :). https://www.protondb.com/
Not all will run out of the box. Some require tweaks, some won't run as good as on windows. But many games will run day one nowadays .
It has a confidentiality notation system based on exodus privacy. It makes it more visible than on the aurora store. It has the possibility to install app from fdroid, well, at least from the main repo as it is not possible to add more.
There is a high chance that they forked the aurora store, as, most (if not all) of their app are based on open source app. (but if so... why did they remove the option to uninstall app...).
Their app "maps" is just magic earth with an other name and icon.
edit : phrasing
I did that a few months ago, from a 3060ti to a 6700xt. Best decision since I decided to erase my windows partition.
GNOME with dash to panel. It allow you to clone it I guess. dash to dock allow you to copy the dock, so only the applications, not the systray.
KDE allows you to create panels on every screen, with the systray. You'll have to replicate them manually (pin the applications or whatever you put on your first panel).
Others DE I tried had flaws for that :
Cinnamon cannot have all the systray on the second panel.
Budgie doesn't allow you to have a panel on the second screen (but you can clone the panel on the same screen).
I guess there is an option to activate to read DRM content (it exists on librewolf, not sure if it is there on Firefox too). it is activated ?
Linux has been the biggest rabbit hole I've been in. There are too many distribution for me to choose one without testing as much as I can. It made me change what I wanted/needed. I went from "I don't want to use CLI at all" to "man, GUI is too slow for that".
I tried many Debian children and grand children distributions, Fedora based ones (Nobara, atomics bases,...), Opensuse, NixOS, Solus, arch based distributions...
Now, I'm on cachyOS, that seems to be the good balance I need (for now), between GUI/already configured and "I can do it the way I want".
One year after starting using Linux, I've switched from a 3060ti to a 6700xt, just because it made hopping easier.
If you exclude me not being able to settle down on a distro, Linux is a funny experience to me. My needs are not that big, as I just play some games, have a light need of an office suite. I can do anything I used to to in windows, but without Microsoft and his friends looking above my shoulder.
It is on izzyOnDroid repo :).
Which version and phone are you on ? I'm on "t" version on a Oneplus 7 et I have none of these issues.
I first installed the "s" version and got annoying bugs, then switched to the "t" one and everything was OK. I now all the version aren't available on every devices, I hope you can switch on a more stable one.
I'm looking for a stable rolling too. But since yesterday, I've quit tumbleweed for fedora.
I left tumbleweed because I wasn't able to find/install/update non flatpak application. The bug is only for KDE (gnome last ISO works fine, but not the KDE ISO). It was not much of a problem since everything else worked for me, but I find it weird to not fix that kind of bug, even on a ISO.
I guess void Linux would be the answer, but it requires a bit of work to set it up. Maybe, when I'll have time to learn a bit more about it.
Slow roll would be another option I guess : 1 month slower than Tumbleweed, but it is still flagged as experimental by suse.
Solus has been revived last year. I tested their first iso from 2023. I found it laggy and didn't liked the package manager, but 1 year can make big changes on Linux.
Try the heroic game launcher. It usually works well. It let you log into gog, epic and prime account and games easily.
If the game doesn't run well, try your luck on protondb to see if there is a way to fix it : https://www.protondb.com/app/22380
I've install the gog version of fallout 1 with the heroic game launcher, it worked out of the box. Maybe you'll have some luck with new Vegas.
I would stick to basic recommendations and go from easiest to more and more advanced distribution, to avoid scaring beginners :
graphical installation + easy to setup (nvidia + codec )+stable : basically Ubuntu based distribution (but not Ubuntu, some snaps, i.e. steams, are more bugged than the flatpak and the .deb . I wouldn't recommand a distribution that force bugged app for beginners ) + others
graphical installation : user will have to install nvidia drivers, codec or other useful things manually. The distribution can have several update a week with more risk to break, but is still considered solid and has a preconfigured way to roll back (snapshot) or more lightweigth and stable depending of the choice : fedora, opensuse tumbleweed, Debian+ others...
do it yourself distributions : for advanced users or motivated people that want to learn it the hard way. Distributions are up to date and have either a risk to break or user has to manually configure about everything (or both ) : arch, void Linux, gentoo, ...
"Gaming" distributions could be placed between the 2 first categories as they are a kind of out of the box distribution but more up to date than the stable distributions.
Low ram/CPU consumption could be a side option at every step (easy, mid, hard)
I didn't tried immutable distributions in a while, so I don't know how to place them. My experience one year ago (kinoite, silver blue, blend os), was that it was more complicated than a regular distribution to do what I needed, but it was 1 year ago, so I wouldn't know where to place it.
I'm quite a beginner in Linux, I love to test distributions to see how far I can go without using the terminal, and without breaking the distribution. So my vision can be quite narrow comparing to more experienced users.
They advert for a support between 8 and 10 years (at least 5 major version of Android, and security patches after that). I don't know their politic about the availability of the repair parts, but if it's for the same amount of time, I'll be happy.
I changed the battery and the usb port of my OP7 last year... the oneplus site didn't sell them anymore, I had to go on aliexpress to have both ... That's quite frustrating for a device that is 5 years old...
I don't use a Nvidia card, nor play Starfield, but I've seen some videos explaining that Nvidia drivers 535 don't work well with Starfield. People had to downgrad to 530 or 525 to have it work. I don't know if nvidia released new drivers since, but if you have issues trying Starfield, you can keep an eye on that.
Mint is far better, I usually recommand it. But Ubuntu is still more popular.
I didn't use Manjaro in many years, so I can't judge it. The biggest problem I see with Manjaro is that it has access to AUR.
Manjaro has its own repos, and they take more time to release packages than Arch, which can be a good thing stability wise. But if you have applications from AUR installed then you might have conflicts with the dependencies needed and the dependencies used by the system.
As I said, I didn't use Manjaro in a while, so I don't know if it still a problem. If it is, then it's a shame that the biggest advantage of Arch, the AUR, become that much a risk for the system.
I believe that in addition, Nvidia support for wayland was late compare to AMD.
That's great !
R and T should have a different android base, so, It would be safer to wipe everything while upgrading.
KDE : it's the only DE where I can have 2 identical panels (app pined+ full system tray) on each of my 2 screens without installing extensions.
KDE can do what I want without having to look for extensions. Breeze theme is good enough for me, I don't need to look for something else. So far it's the best out of the box experience I had.
I prefer Gnome look, but I distr'hop too often to have the courage to setup the desktop every time.
That's the same list we see years after years... They didn't even bother to add Nobara, which is probably, one of the few "gamer distro" that include that many useful patches for gaming...
There are ISO of debian with calamares installer available on debian website. The real difficulty is to find them.
I had the same issue than you with my internet browser and VLC (or other media players). I thought it was due to missing codecs. But even after reinstalling all of them, I got lags on video.
Now, i use flatpak for my internet browser and for VLC, everything works just fine.
It's complicated to prove you that my friend told me this, it was an oral conversion with no recording, but I can swear we talked a bit about it.
It was more about the applications compiled by garuda than the system itself. He told me they were communicating with Google and other stuff a lot.
I didn't try it by myself, (and I don't have the time to install a distribution just to check that). It might be for update, it might be nothing. That's why I asked if he was using Garuda and that it was something he might want to check... Or not.
I hope you didn't need to bleach your eyes after reading my post. I have corrected the error and even added a missing word in the last sentence.
This was exactly my though !! That and at the beginning of the war, when russian soldiers didn't know they went to war, I saw Brannigan saying :
"Surprise is the key of victory !! Surprise !! drop the soldiers on the battlefield
It will create a default profile in your home (games/heroic/Prefixes) where everything will be installed, and if you have steam installed, it will detect the proton version of steam, and use it.
If some dependencies of the game are not installed, you'll be able to run winetricks and install it in the profile of the game or to use steam runtime.
Using Windows-only games on Linux is getting better at an impressive rate those last years. There is more and more games working out of the box with steam or heroic. But yeah, sometimes, you just have to give up (or use Windows ).
Are you using garuda ?
A friend of mine tried it and found garuda's tool really useful, but while setting his firewall, he realised that garuda send lots of data. It made him uninstall it immediatly.
If it's a concern for you, you might want to check that.
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