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papetrov99 t1_j9ya488 wrote

Reply to comment by Bratkartov in Windows 10 users are being offered a Windows 11 upgrade despite not meeting the requirements by GOR098

Can you recommend one that doesn't have these issues? I mean gaming is off on all but most have trouble with basic functions like screen splitting. I've tried mint and ubuntu, both look like something out of 2014.

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SanDiegoDude t1_j9ylu88 wrote

Honestly, the latest version of Ubuntu is pretty solid, had an old windows laptop SSD fail and tossed the latest version of Ubu on there to do some network server duties... but was pleasantly surprised how modern and just how much better the UI is. I'm not new to Linux either, I've got it running on a few things around the house, but mostly just CLI... Still not a "flawless" experience, since I ran into some issues with swap memory that was causing mysterious crashes when loading AI models until I spent a few hours researching and figured it out, but I could confidently hand this laptop to "non nerd" and they could use it for all their daily light computer tasks just fine. This is the first version of Linux where I really feel comfortable saying that (at least for mainstream distros, I know there's been a few "EZLinux" attempts over the years)

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LoafyLemon t1_j9yyddu wrote

I'd recommend giving Pop!_OS a try, System76 wrote their own modules to solve lots of Ubuntu and gnome issues.

In my experience it works great.

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papetrov99 t1_ja6vpa5 wrote

I ended up going with this. Trying it out on my older laptop, thinkpad t460. To be fair already 1.: Couldn't play mkv file with the default video player, had to get VLC and 2.: When you minimize/maximize tabs it does a weird flicker in the top left corner which is a known bug related to some gnome animation.

This is kind of just funny to me, but really these imperfections are very obvious when you install any kind of linux, some don't have basic video codecs installed. I can get around and fix all of the issues, it's just not a good user experience.

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Bratkartov t1_j9zi02q wrote

Its a matter of taste, personally im Happy with Ubuntu studio 20.04 and XFCE Desktop. You probably only have seen Gnome based Desktop Environments, so maybe you should try another DE like KDE or XFCE or anything else.

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Bratkartov t1_ja0w4mx wrote

Also , I have no idea why you think you can't game on Linux ? There is Steam & Proton / WINE / Heroic Game Launcher etc. which allows you to play a huge pile of Windows games on Linux.

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papetrov99 t1_ja2banx wrote

Why are you coping. Yes you can play a lot of games, and a lot of times you cant or you have to mess around for hours to get one working. It's far from plug and play, its a bunch of open source projects.

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scalyblue t1_ja65hfr wrote

to be fair, linux mint is designed around being run on low-spec machines.

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