I had a net top thing from asus that had worse specs than that running fine a few years ago on AntiX. It was just used as a thin client mostly but did the job.
I had a net top thing from asus that had worse specs than that running fine a few years ago on AntiX. It was just used as a thin client mostly but did the job.
Unless it was one of those netbook desktop things, holy hell those were bad. I managed to get AntiX running pretty well on one, and tuxracer lagged a LOT. Was pretty useful as a cheap thin client though.
I got some weird reverse vertigo looking up from the inside when I was there, it was insanely high. Incredible place though.
I mean it depends on the hardware - you can get unlucky with that, sure. I’ve usually installed timeshift so it can be easily restored if necessary, but I’ve never had to restore any of the systems I setup besides my own - since Ubuntu 12.04 - around 12 years ago.
LTS is what I go with so no bleeding edge updates, and I’ve not setup anyone else’s system that has a dedicated GPU so many of the common issues don’t apply in my case.
However, I remember from 8.04 - 12.04 having a complete fking nightmare with WiFi adaptors. I get a twitchy eye just thinking about ndiswrapper…
Linux is bad at audio therefore it’s bad at everything? Interesting. Fair point about audio though, if you’re doing anything to do with that then stay clear of Linux. Raspberry pi audio is bad even by Linux standards, lol
I’ve set up Linux for various family members over the years, most recently for my Wife (lubuntu lts on an old laptop) and it’s always been smooth, unlike windows where I’m having to fix their problems every other week.
Key takeaway here is I had to set it up for them, none of them had a chance in hell at doing so themselves. For simple tasks, once setup correctly - it’s great. For an end user experience without initial help, the slightest thing will throw them during setup.
I’ve honestly had better luck with retro games on Linux than windows. Half the time lutris can auto install the game with minimal input, and patch the games etc - and even with abandonware titles I just pointed proton at them after installation and no issues.
If you’re on older integrated graphics however, I will admit it can be a lot more problematic.
I’ve been running a 3070 for a few years on Pop OS, zero issues.
Pop!_OS is a good option too imo. I game a lot on it with no issues, even something like cyberpunk 2077.
Tried it in Bali and it wasn’t that expensive at all for a cup. It tasted weird though, could tell it had the taste of something that had been digested. 4/10 if I’m being generous, the teas there were great though.
I use it because I’m more comfortable with working with it under the hood than Windows (day job experience). It’s also less of a PITA when it comes to bloat, updates (not just OS, general software too) and telemetry.
I did use Windows on my desktop until about a year ago to be fair, as I didn’t feel gaming was quite good enough - but after trying again it’s brilliant now. No reason to ever go back.
Usually if you’re involved in something that is genuinely urgent, it doesn’t even need to be said. I remember being in a situation where a server wasn’t starting back up after some changes while we were in the data centre, and if it didn’t come online by the time we left the office, one of the largest pay as you go networks in the UK would have gone down lol. If a PM had approached us with something ‘urgent’ during this they’d have to run away from projectile rack mounts…
Why would they care about your opinion enough to not go on holiday where they want? If you want to fly without the chance of noisy kids then fly first class, or better still, private jet.
No? Can’t afford? Suck it up then lol, people are going to live their lives regardless of a bit of noise that you can easily cancel out with headphones.
I’m finding the sync experience far nicer than Jerboa so far, not surprised. Jerboa fails to load comments half the time and I get errors constantly that stop content refreshes.
I’ve used vim for so many years now that it blows my mind when people act like it’s difficult to use.
The same thing with installing Arch and even Gentoo … if you’ve got good experience with something like redhat/centos and can read documentation it’s a breeze.
CS2: Try using -sdlaudiodriver pipewire in launch options