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  • mlg@lemmy.worldtoLinux Gaming@lemmy.worldSorry I can't do it.
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    8 days ago

    Arch Linux

    Unless you’re on a good downstream like SteamOS, I’d suggest switching to something stable cutting edge (Fedora or Nobara if you want to put in zero effort).

    Arch by itself will give you way the hell too many possible problems. You could waste hours on DKMS alone.

    Mint will also work, but it has the downside of having slower updates to software packages.


  • mlg@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.mlFlathub has passed 2 billion downloads
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    10 days ago

    I’m gonna be honest I’ve never had a flatpak version of something ever work properly.

    There was even one popular media player that only came in flatpak form or otherwise build from source.

    So obviously, for no reason at all, it barely functioned compared to other applications I had already tried.

    Congrats to you people put there somehow running things like Steam with no problems lmao.











  • Linux Mint if you’re unsure

    Fedora if you’re brave and want the full Toolbox

    Please not Ubuntu. It has enough of its own issues that it originally turned me away from Linux.

    Oh and KDE for the desktop environment if you want great out of box windows like UI if you go with Fedora. Mint comes with cinnamon which is also pretty good. xfce if you want to run linux on a potato.



  • I meant in the sense of the UI lol.

    Gnome and kde are both way ahead in that they offer a proper app library and integration with devices.

    Xfce is just a bunch of apps stuck together that happen to be good enough on their own, but aren’t really interconnected.

    I mentioned compiz because iirc it was one of the first compositors to outshine all the fancy window effects and behavior of Mac and Windows and still be configurable for both. Things like app switchers, snap windows, workspaces, etc. It just feels more intuitive to use than stock gnome.

    I currently use an unholy combination of xfce with compiz, but once xfce upgrades to Wayland, I’ll probably get Wayfire to replace compiz.


  • mlg@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.mlOpinion: GNOME vs. macOS user experience
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    2 months ago

    I feel like this video exposes the restrictions of both desktop environments compared to already completed solutions like KDE, XFCE, and Compiz which can all be configured to be 1:1 with Mac or 1:1 with Windows.

    I can personally say going from windows to stock GNOME on both Ubuntu and Fedora was definitely not a nice experience at all.