• zewm@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Unfortunately all my recent experiences with Linux have been abysmal.

    My computer just refuses to cooperate with any Linux distro and DE. I have tried them all.

    The one program I used the most (Discord) runs like absolute trash.

    Wayland is still extremely buggy and unusable. It crashes constantly.

    I really wish I could switch full time but Linux just is t there yet, and in some ways feels it has regressed in recent years.

    I’m a Linux enthusiast and have used it in some capacity since 1996 with my first foray using Slackware.

    I desperately want to use Linux as a daily driver but for my entire work flow, it fails at every metric. I’m disgusted that I have to continue using Windows.

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      7 months ago

      Strange.

      Discord runs like a dream on Mint at least. Been using it for two months and not hit any real issues yet.

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        7 months ago

        Runs better for me on manjaro than windows. Especially if a server I have open starts spamming gifs.

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        7 months ago

        When I try to type it just spazes out and flashes the text as I’m typing. Also all the gifs have a grainy pixelated look to them.

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          7 months ago

          GIFs have a grainy pixelated look to them? Well no crap, the format comes from the year 1989 and is limited to 256 colors.

          That’s totally normal believe it or not.

          Edit: GIF is actually older than Linux

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              7 months ago

              That means they blurred them for your viewing pleasure. They’re still 256 color animations where the format was invented in 1989.

              Edit: The process GIF uses to store semi-video quality is called error diffusion. Look it up. 256 color palette is rather limited.

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                7 months ago

                I’m not going to keep going back and forth about it. The fidelity of gifs on windows and Linux clients of discord differ greatly.

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      7 months ago

      I have tried them all.

      I’d be extremely surprised. I’m pretty sure you get a free redhat license if you even find all of them.

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        7 months ago

        Every popular distro. Arch, gentoo, Debian/derivitives, fedora and derivatives, open suse, Solus project, etc etc.

        They all failed to provide a working environment on my system.

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      7 months ago

      What did you test? And do you have nvidia graphics? I use fedora mainly but if you have nvidia it can be a pain.

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        7 months ago

        I have thrown everything at my PC. I tried using fedora silver blue, regular fedora, arch, gentoo, Debian and derivatives, open suse, etc etc.

        I have a usb stick with ventoy and all the most popular distros on it.

        Every distro just ran terribly. Idk what the deal is.

        Regarding Nvidia, yes it’s a 3090fe

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          7 months ago

          And you installed nvidia proprietary drivers? Most like it’s due to those but there is t much you can do.