I did, it’s a buggy undercooked mess that doesn’t work half the time. The app that’s officially supported is missing half the features. Trying to get people to switch to it is like pulling teeth as the onboarding process in overly complicated for the average user.
Meanwhile Signal works right out of the box with very little fuss.
I prefer getting my news from cryptic symbolism in my dreams
Good plan, I already had investment in VR before I went to Linux so I’m not really wanting to scrap all of it, you know?
The only reason I still have to have Windows on a spare drive is VR. I have a Vive Cosmos and as far as I can tell there is just flat out no support for Linux.
In my case it’s because I can’t get hardware that supports it without paying a fortune for importing. The other option is ancient hardware that most likely has a cooked battery that I’d have to hunt for in a used market.
Then there’s the lack of VoLTE support on a lot of models which is becoming a non-starter as carriers are taking down the 3G towers.
That’s before I’ve even gotten to try the software which I’m not hearing great things about.
It’s not popular because it’s an enthusiast niche at best. Linux mobile needs more time in the oven before it’s ready, by my measurement another couple of decades.
Been this way for a while now. I turn that shit off every time I do a new install.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy it works for you. Linux has something for everyone and that’s fantastic.
Once Gnome dispences grilled cheese sandwiches it’ll be my true happy place
I’ve been using Nobara for a long time now, before that I was on Debian, before that Kubuntu. I’ve tried both Wayland and X11 on Nobara until they fully switched to Wayland, they both had issues.
I tried several variations on getting a dock to work, but even organizing the top bar or editing any of the panels at all was causing glitches and crashes. After a certain point I said fuck it and tried Gnome, my problems went away and it only took a few extensions to get it where I wanted. Been more stable since the switch so I haven’t been inclined to go back myself.
I’ll try it out in a VM when I have a bit, looks like something I could recommend to Windows 10 refugees
I tried version 6 last, the customization kept crashing the desktop, it didn’t like me messing with the panels at all. I just wanted a top bar and a dock.
I’ve recently installed the latest version for my fiance who is transitioning from Windows. Immediately there was a small problem with the app menu leaving graphical artifacts on the panel when the menu got closed (it was fixed by increasing the animation speed a bunch somehow?).
After a certain point I gave up and moved on, I can’t agree that it’s as polished as Gnome from my personal experience with the two. But as always, user experience may vary. My experience with KDE seems to be a minority which is good for everyone else lol
We all got choices, that’s what I like about Linux. KDE seems to run great for most people, for me it always seems to bug out and act super janky (the panel editor in particular would bug out and crash constantly, I could never get the damn thing to where I liked it). If it was more stable for me I’d probably use it, I love customizing my system. I’ve tried making it work a few times, never seems to click.
GNOME’s extensions may break on updates from time to time but my day to day experience with it is much nicer. While more rigid it’s a lot more polished and doesn’t crash out on me just using the interface. I like the layout of it. I’m glad KDE works for so many of you guys, but I’ll stick with GNOME until a better option comes around.
That said, if anyone has a better suggestion for a desktop environment I’m all ears.
Bringing my own snark back in line here for some actual discussion, throwing out a different perspective as food for thought.
The line he’s using has been pretty memed so that’s why I said blatant. A quick scroll through history showed some shots taken towards conservatives and maga and not really anything supporting far right.
Being hostile to people who don’t see the point of adding sarcasm tags isn’t so much helpful as making it an unpleasant place to be in, and adding “I gave you a chance” when you’re also some shmuck on the internet like the rest of us comes across incredibly condescending. Especially when it’s not exactly a “rule” on the internet to tag your content with a sarcasm tag. Even if the intent is good, it’s just digging the hole deeper. It’s not just the other guy who sees it, it’s everyone else.
Some people respond well to being asked, few if any respond well to being told to do things by randoms, especially if followed by hostility. If your goal is for someone to change what they’re doing you have to consider how they will interpret you asking. Some people will double down but how that’s responded to also contributes to how other people will react when asked in future.
Lemmy is small but also does itself no favours by being incredibly hostile to new users (in particular people who come from Reddit, which drives me nuts as Lemmy seems to function as a Reddit alternative by all outside appearances). That’s anecdotal but I see it all the time here. In the same vein I also see a lot of calls for violence.
We’re vulnerable to being taken over by reactionaries but going overboard on random people for memes is just going to drive normal people out and keep the reactionaries in. It just seems to be an issue that’s compounding and I don’t really have a good solution, we’re living in fucked up times
Genuinely interested, but any time I look into it it requires hardware that’s expensive to import or many years out of date.
The oldest phone I still have lying around is my Pixel 7 that was my initial jump into GrapheneOS, I haven’t found any distros that are compatible with a Pixel newer than a 4a. If anyone knows of a compatible distro I’d make the jump.
It was pretty blatant sarcasm.
Maybe next time we can ask him to spell it out in crayon for the main character in the room.
I’m well aware of the statistics. Doesn’t mean I want to go directly to places where highly unstable people congregate. “Cars kill more people so the meth dens are safer” isn’t a great sales pitch. My point is that quality of transit is dependant on where you live and isn’t always the magical solution it’s painted as, as much as I wish it was.
I always wonder how much nicer transit is in other cities. One of the last times I took the train here there was still blood smeared across the wall from a stabbing that had happened a couple weeks earlier (it was one of many that year). Every time I drive by the train stations there’s people smoking meth in the open, or someone screaming at people.
As much as I’d like to take transit, there’s not a whole lot I can do to make it safer. I vote for the parties that might make things better but get outvoted every time here. So how exactly does one “take personal responsibility” in an area where public transit is a safety hazard?
The drivers in this area are all selfish fucks that actively endanger everyone around them… bonus points 60% of them drive a great big emotional support truck. So it really is a choice between the idiots on the road or the methheads on the street, pick your favourite flavour of hazard.
Sorry for the delayed, haven’t checked Lemmy in a bit. This is a topic I very much want other perspectives on.
It’s not distro specific, more so when I’m looking for help with specific issues that are often not distro specific. I don’t really post to ask, I look for solutions first and then ask after exhausting all other options.
Doesn’t really matter where I end up; some distro’s forum, Reddit, Stack Overflow, Lemmy, etc. I always end up finding dickheads telling the OP to learn how to use search or berating them for not understanding the issue enough to provide the exact information they want (yes, they can’t help without the right info but they don’t have to be dicks about it). Or they’re just super condescending when giving an answer. I tune them out and scroll past for the actual answers, but they’re there in a good chunk of posts I find.
I can see how it would be incredibly discouraging for someone making the leap for the first time. Tech communities often forget how little the average user knows about computers.
100% this. The Linux community seems very hostile to people trying to learn. The amount of times I’ve looked something up just to find a thread answered with “learn how to use search” or people just being outright mean to someone who is just figuring the basics out…
The year of the Linux desktop is never until the community gets its toxic shithead problem under control.
They’re the assistant manager, it’s literally their job to help manage the team. Don’t do stupid shit in front of management and you won’t get in shit, it’s not rocket science.
It’s more fun than that, even if you get one there’s no guarantee they’ll be any good!
Gotta love doctors who ignore you and give you painkillers to make you go away, and can’t read the bold text on forms you pay them to fill out.