Any other Linux users here? And has anyone fully migrated?

[popckorn]

It's not a matter of snobbishness, ubuntu is imo and alot of users opinions, terrible, mainly due to snaps,

Oh absolutely!

In the statistics I shared, Linux Mint (POP!_OS, et. al.) is counted under Ubuntu, because it is Ubuntu based.

I like Ubuntu without SNAPS, so I am happy Using Linux Mint Cinnamon, knowing it is a tweaked Ubuntu under the hood.

Same with Linux Mate, or Linux Mint Mate, it was an answer to Ubuntu moving away from Gnome 2.
Ubuntu is a GREAT starting place. Some people will be satisfied with it, or a friendly derivate.
Some people will dig deeper and use Arch by the way.

 

[_oBSOLEte_]

PewDiePie did change from Windows to Arch Linux, so there's his whole fan base now looking at Arch. But then SomeOrdinaryGamers also just dropped Arch to go Linux Mint so might balance it out.

I'm afraid Steam users are far worse than those Youtuber's fanbase tho. They're the kind of sheeple who gladly accepted paying for "non-transferable licences" for their videogames. At this point, they'll just be happy to pay for hot air.

Gabe is like the anti-king Midas, all he touches turns to crap for his users. Arch relying on their money is bad news. Oh and I use Arch BTW.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

I'm afraid Steam users are far worse than those Youtuber's fanbase tho. They're the kind of sheeple who gladly accepted paying for "non-transferable licences" for their videogames. At this point, they'll just be happy to pay for hot air.

Gabe is like the anti-king Midas, all he touches turns to crap for his users. Arch relying on their money is bad news. Oh and I use Arch BTW.

Unironically saying "Sheeple"? Also Steam literally saved PC gaming and there is barely anyone who made a service as good as them (outside of GoG).

Also Gabe Newel literally said that piracy came from a service problem and he managed to make Valve even more important in gaming.

Technically non transferable licenses existed on console games with online being tied to an account and DLCs being tied to a console.

 

[diapered]

Ubuntu has been hyper focused on trying to make SNAPs work and become the main way to use programs on their platform. Sure everyone outside of Ubuntu uses Flatpaks instead and even Mint and Pop OS that are Ubuntu based use Flatpaks over SNAP, but damn are they really trying and have to give them that for not quitting yet and are actually making some decent updates for SNAPs and their features/management.

ok, think I see now. Also, when I used ubuntu/mint and moved to manjaro that was before snaps/flatpaks were a thing, so I had problems with ubuntu/mint even before that. Huh, maybe I should have tried ubuntu instead of mint recently then, I like how they are going all in, and appreciate that dedication to innovation.

I dunno, not sold on flatpaks and such, I used them on manjaro, but after switching to garuda I have programs that work better than the flatpak I needed to install on manjaro for same purpose. Maybe the old ways are still the best? And all I do is use the software gui, it's not like I'm manually building shit from scratch, I am too dumb for that

 

[Leon]

Oh absolutely!

In the statistics I shared, Linux Mint (POP!_OS, et. al.) is counted under Ubuntu, because it is Ubuntu based.

I like Ubuntu without SNAPS, so I am happy Using Linux Mint Cinnamon, knowing it is a tweaked Ubuntu under the hood.

Same with Linux Mate, or Linux Mint Mate, it was an answer to Ubuntu moving away from Gnome 2.
Ubuntu is a GREAT starting place. Some people will be satisfied with it, or a friendly derivate.
Some people will dig deeper and use Arch by the way.

I always forget ubuntu has derivatives, i always consider mint and ubuntu a derivative of debian, so when i'm referring to ubuntu, i'm talking about the ubuntu linux desktop operating system, aka the operating system itself not the derivative ubuntu core spins like mint.
No one in their right mind is going to say linux mint is a bad starting or stopping point for a linux user, there's a reason why it's the one usually suggested among linux users for newbies, as it's probably the closest outside of maybe zorin os to windows's GUI and functionality while having the benefits of linux, pop os! would also be great but they really need to finish cosmic and update it before it becomes obsolete.

 

[SpikeSlania]

I dunno, not sold on flatpaks and such, I used them on manjaro, but after switching to garuda I have programs that work better than the flatpak I needed to install on manjaro for same purpose. Maybe the old ways are still the best? And all I do is use the software gui, it's not like I'm manually building shit from scratch, I am too dumb for that

It varies. I feel like I'm saying that a lot when it comes to Linux :P On Arch you are relying on other users and community members to package programs. Like the only official version of Steam on Linux is Debian, every other package is a community driven package so there will be times when say the Arch package is broken while every other version is working. With Flatpak though you can have the official program developers packaging it and releasing it through Flathub. They find it a lot easier to just have to support one package and it works on all distros. So a lot of times when people have issues with the program and they ask the developers to help they just respond with use the official flatpak version since that's the only one they support. With SNAPs and Fedora Flatpak it's all their own community packaging the programs and not the official package so your mileage will vary. And yes, there's at least 2 different Flatpak repos that I know of, Fedora Flatpak and Flathub with most people luckily using Flathub and not Fedora Flatpak. Sometimes it is better to find out what package the developer of the program you're using officially supports.

 

[_oBSOLEte_]

Unironically saying "Sheeple"? Also Steam literally saved PC gaming and there is barely anyone who made a service as good as them (outside of GoG).

Also Gabe Newel literally said that piracy came from a service problem and he managed to make Valve even more important in gaming.

Technically non transferable licenses existed on console games with online being tied to an account and DLCs being tied to a console.

Steam is such a good videogame service that you now spend your day here on the CDRomance forum, like me. XD

It's good. You're healing from years of bullshit marketing. Still in stage 1 but you'll get there, slowly.

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Long gone is the time when Gabe said piracy was just a service problem. And we've seen Steam turn to shit year after year, being more and more hostile to their customers. Now the guy is too busy trying to look like Elon Musk with hot takes about brain machine interfaces. Fat Gabe completely lost touch with reality. He thinks people will accept putting Steam's version of Neuralink in their skulls, while in 2025 their shitty launcher is still not even capable of scaling properly for anything else than 1080p.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Steam is such a good videogame service that you now spend your day here on the CDRomance forum, like me. XD.

Going on the forum there has nothing to do with the games I'm playing outside of.

It's good. You're healing from years of bullshit marketing. Still in stage 1 but you'll get there, slowly.

What kind of marketing? When Electronic Arts created Origins it was horrendous, when Ubisoft made Uplay it was also tedious and EGS at launch was legitimately lacklustre.

Long gone is the time when Gabe said piracy was just a service problem. And we've seen Steam turn to shit year after year, being more and more hostile to their customers. Now the guy is too busy trying to look like Elon Musk with hot takes about brain machine interfaces. Fat Gabe completely lost touch with reality. He thinks people will accept putting Steam's version of Neuralink in their skulls, while in 2025 their shitty launcher is still not even capable of scaling properly for anything else than 1080p.

Please stop with the ad hominem. Valve still brought more to PC gaming than any other companies.

And honestly the launcher being made with 1080p in mind is not the biggest issue (and to be honest 4K owners aren't that numerous).

Machine interfaces already started with disabled people.

 

[diapered]

I feel like I'm saying that a lot when it comes to Linux :P

Don't worry about that. I like learning more in these threads ^_^

there's at least 2 different Flatpak repos that I know of, Fedora Flatpak and Flathub with most people luckily using Flathub and not Fedora Flatpak

See I didn't know that. That is cool they have their own flatpack repository. I was thinking of trying fedora after trying garuda, but I didn't expect to fall in love >_>

so there will be times when say the Arch package is broken while every other version is working

Yea, @_oBSOLEte_ also had a good point about updates, so the day will probably come when something breaks, but garuda does have otb snapshot management, so fingers crossed that when that day comes, I can just reboot from a snapshot and the problematic package will be fixed in a day or two >_>

 

[_oBSOLEte_]

Going on the forum there has nothing to do with the games I'm playing outside of.

Keep on reciting your marketing blob from Valve... We all know why we're here.

Valve is nowadays just a money printing machine for teen addicted to gambling with their CSGO skins. It's not ad hominem, it's pure facts. And it's not even directed at you, but you got so much brand loyalty that you took it personally. And it's ridiculous. It's sunk cost fallacy in its purest form, just consider your Steam library and the money spent on it and accept it's all hot air. Own your loss.

And their social media platform is just free servers for troll armies to recruit for their culture war. It's as nazi-filled as Twitter.

They didnt save PC gaming. They destroyed it. You'd be hard pressed to find a PC exclusive that was truly successful on their platform. They also tried to kill the indy scene that had to migrate on itch.io because Steam Greenlight was so full of shit.

And when they decided to distribute Yuzu for their crappy Steam deck, Nintendo got angry and destroyed Yuzu, because it was easier than taking Valve on directly. And fat Gabe didnt lift a finger.

Go on, now sign up for your Valve Neuralink if you think they're so great. Maybe first read Gabe's interview about it and how stupidly out of touch with reality it all sound.

Arch having now to rely on their money is the worse thing that could have happened.

 

[SpikeSlania]

See I didn't know that. That is cool they have their own flatpack repository. I was thinking of trying fedora after trying garuda, but I didn't expect to fall in love >_>

Luckily I'm automatically double checking when I go to install a program that I'm grabbing the RPM version most of the time, so even when there is no RPM I double check that I'm getting the Flathub flatpak instead of the Fedora flatpak. Which is completely different from what Fedora sets up to prioritize for download which they do Fedora Flatpak > RPM > Flathub Flatpak so they have been having drama with some developers who are tired of people having problems with Fedora Flatpak when they think they have the official Flathub Flatpak from the developer. OBS Studio is the big one fighting with Fedora.

But even with Fedora Flatpak being an issue, I still really like Fedora with GNOME. I like being on a distro that might not be as cutting edge as Arch, but is like only a week behind in terms of packages/drivers that actually makes use of a GUI for an application store. That has been my biggest issue with Arch distros not making use of Discover/GNOME Applications beyond being a front for Flathub. I enjoy having screenshots and more detailed information on applications beyond a text name and version number.

Yea, _oBSOLEte_ also had a good point about updates, so the day will probably come when something breaks, but garuda does have otb snapshot management, so fingers crossed that when that day comes, I can just reboot from a snapshot and the problematic package will be fixed in a day or two >_>

Trying to remember what Arch package is completely broken and they gave up on trying to fix it since the flatpak exists, want to guess it's also OBS Studio since I think I heard about it during the video Brodie did on OBS fighting with Fedora.

 

[_oBSOLEte_]

For OBS there's a fully functional AUR package obs-studio-tytan652 I use daily. Along with the git AUR package for nightly.

 

[diapered]

want to guess it's also OBS Studio

nah, you must be thinking of something else. I'm using the main arch repository (extra) build and it works fine.

 

[_oBSOLEte_]

nah, you must be thinking of something else. I'm using the main arch repository (extra) build and it works fine.
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It works fine for you. Trying to record 4K60fps HEVC with accelerated Vega56 I had to use the AURs.

I still have to switch from Wayland to X11 to properly capture apps tho.

 

[diapered]

I did have to google something for the settings because it wouldn't record otb, but it wasn't something that needed to be fixed at cl or anything... So that is one program that makes me think garuda is for more intermediate users: there is less hand holding in that regard setting up for your hardware. On manjaro, obs worked otb, at least for me. But yea, manjaro is specifically holding back packages and tailoring each package to make sure it works with their distro and how it interacts with hardware.

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It works fine for you. Trying to record 4K60fps HEVC with accelerated Vega56 I had to use the AURs.

I still have to switch from Wayland to X11 to properly capture apps tho.

I don't know what that means; I just use obs for shitty meme recordings >_< Anyway, just wanted to say that it was probably not the package @SpikeSlania was thinking of because the build in arch repositories is definitely not abandoned...

 

[_oBSOLEte_]

I don't know what that means; I just use obs for shitty meme recordings >_< Anyway, just wanted to say that it was probably not the package @SpikeSlania was thinking of because the build in arch repositories is definitely not abandoned...
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It means that at the time I checked I had to use the CPU instead of the GPU (VAAPI) for encoding videos with the Arch build, and so had to restrain capture to 1080p/h.264. While on Win10 with the same hardware it is something I could do ootb.

There's also a websocket app named OBS Blade on the phone to control the scenes and the recording remotely, that is not available. And the web browser stuff to allow Twitch integration. All is detailed here.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

They also tried to kill the indy scene that had to migrate on itch.io because Steam Greenlight was so full of shit.

Greenlight was closed since then and let's be honest: itchio has a ton of shovelware-tier games.

I'd trust indie games that are on GoG, Humble or Steam over itchio any day.

 

[_oBSOLEte_]

Greenlight was closed since then and let's be honest: itchio has a ton of shovelware-tier games.

I'd trust indie games that are on GoG, Humble or Steam over itchio any day.

Moving goalpost much?

Steam direct is as shitty as Greenlight was. And now they also screwed their early access refund system because they tried to sold one week early "premium AAAs" that were simply undercooked gamepass fodder.

Why would you "trust" Steam more than itch.io? Because they barely allow you to test the game for two hours and then remove your right to refund? Should we list the abysmal number of scam titles (and I say SCAM titles, not mere shovelware), that got released on Steam because they dont give a fuck about proper curation nor quality control for their users?

If I set my goal to buy an indie title I'll try to use the platform where they get most of my money...

Steam is a nazi-filled social platform and the biggest illegal casino in the world having turned a whole generation of teen addicted to gambling. And you trust them with your money... XD

 

[Potapota]

I love linux. I hope it never goes away.

 

[Deleted member 3339]

Linux Mint user here

 

[popckorn]

Linux Mint user here

Cinnamon or Mate?

 

[Deleted member 3339]

Cinnamon or Mate?

Cinnamon

 

[popckorn]

I am enamored with it.

It is way better than Windows 7 while maintaining some of its core Desktop philosophy, while improving each year, without wandering into nowhere like Windows 8, simply improving upon well established features without reinventing the wheel.

Also pretty customizable. After delving into Garuda Arch I came back to mint and simply imported some flavors from it, while keeping my good-old it-works OS with its simple upstream updates with ZERO bugs nor tweaking needed.

 

[Deleted member 3339]

I've done plenty of distro hopping but this the only one that just works for me, especially with my Nvidia card.

 

[Leon]

Is this fine for the forum?

I was honestly wondering the same thing.
Nice skin of winamp at least.