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DankPods just switched to Linux!!! (iv.nboeck.de)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/27756512

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Damn who imagined that gaming would be the topic that made the FOSS OSes relevant. I don't agree on all that steam does but, they really nail it with the Steam deck and Steam Os.

A lot of people have steam deck and it helps realize that GNU/Linux is an amazing OS.

On the other hand Microsoft and Apple are doing their best to try to give more reasons to switch.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Gaming has been the only pathway to mainstream desktop since forever. I've been around for a hot minute and I remember that consistently, the "real Linux users" for years repeated "we don't need gaming this is an adult OS go back to Windows and play with your toys" and then turned around and whined that no one wanted to use desktop Linux. Valve stepped in and casually created the year of the Linux desktop as a side-effect of just wanting an escape hatch for their business model. Now the casuals and elitists alike will have a better experience via the magic of Marketshare, and all it really took is not listening to people that don't know what's good for them.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

What do you mean by an escape hatch. Valve have been messing with hardware and Linux for way longer than the Steam Deck.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

"Escape hatch" specifically refers to the speculation that Valve is positioning themselves in a way that they can't be forced into paying fees for existing on the Windows platform, and that if push comes to shove they can say they only support Linux now. This hasn't happened yet, but it's a strategic stance which will likely prevent it from even beginning to happen. This doesn't have to do with the Steam Deck specifically; it was also part of their intentions with the Steam Machine and etc.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Sometime around Windows 8 Microsoft started making noises about closing the Windows ecosystem and making people buy software through their store. This would have shut things like Steam out, so Valve said "Okay, we're going to make a Linux-based gaming platform, because we think gamers will follow us and not you. Also we're going to create console-like gaming PCs called Steam Machines and make our own controller, because we think we can win against Xbox, too." Microsoft didn't lock down the platform, Steam Machines didn't really go anywhere, but it laid a lot of the groundwork for the Steam Deck.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

it's a very successful rebrand. people Ive talked to hate linux as a concept but will use a deck

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Some of my fav quotes:

"Ads in an operating system that you've paid for from a company that owns ridiculous amounts of money is so offensive."

"data, it's like the new gold to people"

"I got the confidence to really jump into Linux after the Steam Deck."

[regarding the terminal] "You just see text going across the screen, they're working at lightning speeds."

"I'm kissing convenience goodbye, I just want control."

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

“I got the confidence to really jump into Linux after the Steam Deck.”

I offered my son (16) to get him an "office" computer for his room so he can do homework and emails and junk. He said he felt so comfortable with Linux because of the Steam Deck and we could instead just get a nicer monitor and a docking station and he will use the Deck as a gaming machine AND office workstation whenever our main computer (also Linux) is busy

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I think it should be really clear to everyone now that the Steam Deck is exactly the kind of thing that Linux needs: nice hardware with a well-integrated OS that is designed to be user-friendly and has some guardrails to prevent you from breaking it.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

“I’m kissing convenience goodbye, I just want control."

He is in for a surprise when he realizes GNU/Linux is much more convenient than Winblows.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Arguable

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I don't think it's really much different. What makes windows feel more convenient is that everyone generally learns how to use it first. I think if you took a person that is not familiar with either, they would be able to figure out both OS at around the same time.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

it really just depends on what hardware you are on. For example my Dell pribter was plug and play on windows . It took me 6 hours to get it to work on Linux.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I had a printer I could not in my life make work on a Windows PC (2017). Then I tried my Ubuntu laptop, no drivers installed, just worked.

Fuck Windows.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

It’s as complicated as you make it to be, and that’s gonna vary WILDLY per person lmao

[-] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

Everything is complicated if you aren't willing to commit/learn.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 3 weeks ago

If you learn how to do a complicated thing, it's still complicated.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I didnt like very much his video. "You need the terminal to install vlc" wait what ? Ubuntu software library is here...

Also he says he will migrate to davinci resolve once he needs to, but oh boy I've been seeing a lot of videos about resolve on Linux and how painful it is to use (missing codecs, no pipewire support, hates Wayland ...)

[-] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

So wait, are we really saying it's newsworthy every time one person switches to Linux?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

When that person is a public figure I think it is news worthy. Because it won't be one person but a handful. As I am betting alot of people who follow them will want to try it out as well.

This is advertising 101.

Downside is if the public figure has a bad experience it will discourage many people from not even trying.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

What exact GUI controls does linux lack that windows doesn't?

[-] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

To be honest, a lot of system configuration is better done on the CLI or editing configuration files manually (see the majority of the audio stack). I like that approach way more than Windows but even the System Registry in Windows is more "GUI-like" than editing ALSA files or pam.d files manually (usually on the cli as they mostly require sudo). This scares people.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

You want the most common things available in a Settings app(s) as they generally are on Gnome, KDE, Windows and Mac. If we cram too much stuff in there regular people struggle. Finding a good balance is a dilemma for most platforms. You want the less obvious stuff to be available in additional specialist "tweak" apps for more experienced users as they often are on all these platforms but sometimes less so on Linux. Then the really esoteric stuff you have to edit registry settings, conf files and plists as you do on all of them. Linux tends to provide more power and flexibility but requires reading documentation due to the diversity of config methods and locations.

A Mac user very sensibly contacted me worried about pasting a command to edit a plist into the terminal from a website they found trying to fix an issue. Nobody should be pasting commands they don't understand into terminals. A quick search and I found the GUI toggle to do the same thing. It isn't exclusively a Linux issue. Windows and Mac have complex operating systems underneath and equivalently powerful command line tools.

GUI config isn't practical for hardcore linux users. It isn't scriptable, we can't store it in version control, it is harder to document, it is harder to use remotely. We have to appreciate that we have a growing number of users where it is worth taking a bit more time and sharing an alternative if one exists. However nobody wants to configure services in a GUI as we want to version, document and distribute this stuff and managing services in a GUI is unprofessional because you lose these things.

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