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Linux doesn’t suck. What sucks is using anything new after using something else for years. As a long time Linux user I am used to its idiosyncrasies and having to use Windows or Mac is painful.
Not really, it “just works” after you install some sort of proprietary crap software that is a couple of hundred MB from the hardware vendor, that opens up a few security holes and is never patched and is constantly in your system tray.
I would phrase it as “this vendor refuses you support me as a customer”. It’s not Linux that doesn’t play well with X device, is X device manufacturer making the conscious decision of not caring.
Similarly to how Apple watch doesn’t work with Android phones.
My problems that I haven’t managed to fix/are unfixable on Linux Mint.
-unfixable - no fractional UI resizing that works. If I use the experimental UI sizing it starts tearing and also locks 60hz. I could resize stuff manually but then some other stuff would still be wrong size.
-fixable but not with my skill - audio randomly starts playing static and then is gone until next restart. Messed around with googling and AI-ing for a few hours but still broken. No idea if it has something to do with Dolby Atmos.
I would be really glad if tomorrow these problems would randomly be gone. I actually love how snappy and clean everything is.
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Linux doesn’t suck. What sucks is using anything new after using something else for years. As a long time Linux user I am used to its idiosyncrasies and having to use Windows or Mac is painful.
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Not really, it “just works” after you install some sort of proprietary crap software that is a couple of hundred MB from the hardware vendor, that opens up a few security holes and is never patched and is constantly in your system tray.
I would phrase it as “this vendor refuses you support me as a customer”. It’s not Linux that doesn’t play well with X device, is X device manufacturer making the conscious decision of not caring.
Similarly to how Apple watch doesn’t work with Android phones.
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openrgb.org
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OpenRGB has a Discord server. Have you tried that? What kb model do you have?
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My problems that I haven’t managed to fix/are unfixable on Linux Mint.
-unfixable - no fractional UI resizing that works. If I use the experimental UI sizing it starts tearing and also locks 60hz. I could resize stuff manually but then some other stuff would still be wrong size.
-fixable but not with my skill - audio randomly starts playing static and then is gone until next restart. Messed around with googling and AI-ing for a few hours but still broken. No idea if it has something to do with Dolby Atmos.
I would be really glad if tomorrow these problems would randomly be gone. I actually love how snappy and clean everything is.
Same here, a few years ago I made the switch and never regretted it (from Mac, not Windows though) ;)
It’s not perfect, but neither was macOS (or Windows) so I’m OK with that.
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