- dethleffs ( @dethleffs@feddit.nl ) English48•1 year ago
2023 year of Linux desktop!!1
- pokexpert30 ( @pokexpert30@lemmy.pussthecat.org ) English2•1 year ago
Idc if we are not on reddit anymore, this joke doesn’t get old
Like the year of the linux desktop
- oranges ( @oranges@lemmy.ml ) English40•1 year ago
I technically started with Steam Deck and finally took the plunge of partitioning my daily driver to install Linux Mint back a few weeks ago.
No regrets…
I’m a developer (web app predominantly ) and find I can use it for about 80% - 85% of my daily workflow. Things I miss and can’t substitute are mainly around image editing / vector editing where GIMP and InkScape are just not there for the way I work.
Loving my time with it and would highly recommend anyone on the fence take the dive and give Mint a go. It’s incredibly familiar the moment you boot it :)
- tempest ( @tempest@lemmy.ca ) English19•1 year ago
I’ve been on Linux for a while and at this point must people use their computers as glorified thin clients for Chrome.
This has made Linux way more viable as a day to day OS. Valve is working very hard to make games viable and is seeing some success.
The major blind spots remain industry specific software outside of software dev. Things like Adobe suite and Microsoft office for example. They often have a Linux equivalent but it rarely fits well into industry standard work flows.
- Numpty ( @Numpty@lemmy.ca ) English5•1 year ago
Microsoft office
I’m rather impressed with the MS Office compatibility and comparability of FreeOffice - https://www.freeoffice.com/ The free version trails the paid by one release… seems like a fair compromise. It’s not pure FOSS, so purists might not like it, but it really gets the job done, especially with rountripping documents. There are always corner cases where things go boink, but hell… things even go off the deep end between versions of MSO.
- henfredemars ( @henfredemars@infosec.pub ) English4•1 year ago
Many of today’s applications are now just web apps. The proportion of actual native applications that users run has been shrinking for a while, and so the differenced in native application support become less important.
- zkikiz ( @zkikiz@lemmy.ml ) English2•1 year ago
That’s exactly what he said, and then he also said except for industry-specific software like video editing, graphic design, etc, where big companies don’t offer a Linux version and the alternatives aren’t quite up to par. It’s true there’s Offcie 365 online but it’s still subpar compared to the real deal, like if you’re a PowerPoint or Excel power user or really need Access or another specialized program.
I’m all for Linux, these big companies have just eaten a lot of the market and refuse to play nice.
- henfredemars ( @henfredemars@infosec.pub ) English2•1 year ago
I distinguish between web applications and thin clients. When I was in the business, a thin client meant you ran everything through one instance of Chrome, but today’s web applications don’t work that way. They each bring their own Chrome with them. It’s much less memory efficient but allows them more control over what version is running their app. Also, many web app based applications still have special extensions to expose features Chrome normally wouldn’t.
It’s possible the terminology has changed over 10 years.
- zkikiz ( @zkikiz@lemmy.ml ) English1•1 year ago
I’m a Linux developer who’s made Electron apps, I have complete and total understanding of everything you’re saying. You don’t seem to be understanding the thing we’re saying, which is that if you really really need a specific Microsoft or Adobe product, your best option is still Windows or Mac since Wine isn’t very good. This is a fault of those corporations, not technology.
- henfredemars ( @henfredemars@infosec.pub ) English1•1 year ago
I really need to stop drinking.
- zkikiz ( @zkikiz@lemmy.ml ) English1•1 year ago
We’re here to support you in your journey to sobriety, brother!
- garrett ( @garrett@beehaw.org ) English12•1 year ago
Welcome to Linux! I’ve been using it since 1996 and doing design using FOSS tools for years. (At first, I needed to a separate computer for Adobe products for years, but switched full time to Linux a long time ago.)
A couple of quick suggestions of other apps to try:
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Krita, for image editing & painting https://krita.org/
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Penpot, for UI layouts (including website design), prototyping, and flow; a great replacement for Figma and Miro. https://penpot.app/
There’s a big list of FOSS design & photography software @ https://pixls.us/software/
And a huge list of alternatives @ https://codeberg.org/RayJW/awesome-foss#user-content-creativity (linked to creativity, but there’s tons more on that page)
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- BarqsHasBite ( @someguy3@lemmy.ca ) English1•1 year ago
What do you use for office?
- Grant_M ( @Grant_M@lemmy.ca ) English8•1 year ago
And we’re all on Lemmy!
- GraceGH ( @GraceGH@beehaw.org ) English5•1 year ago
When Linux gaming reaches 100 percent parity with windows, I’ll probably switch. Until then I can’t really justify it for my home PC. Give it 5 years or so, I’ve heard good things about… proton, i think it was called?
- Rob Bos ( @rbos@lemmy.ca ) English12•1 year ago
That is quite the criteria. Windows doesn’t have 100% parity with Windows. ;)
- amprebel ( @amprebel@lemmy.one ) English7•1 year ago
I switched recently to Linux and haven’t had issues with the vast majority of my games. Though, I don’t play many competitive multi-player games. Those seem to be where the issues remain.
- shitescalates ( @shitescalates@midwest.social ) English6•1 year ago
As amazing as proton is, Linux will never have 100% parity with Windows because developers and studios can block it. Honestly most games that don’t run right now are intentionally blocked or restricted. If you are interested on what its like though I would strongly encourage throwing Linux on a spare drive or partition and installing steam.
- Amir ( @amir_s89@lemmy.ml ) English5•1 year ago
This is satisfying great news!
- bootyberrypancakes ( @bootyberrypancakes@lemmywinks.xyz ) English5•1 year ago
I wonder what the big drop in Windows and big rise in Unknown for awhile was
- zkikiz ( @zkikiz@lemmy.ml ) English4•1 year ago
That can sometimes be ad/tracker blockers, where maybe they know they got a hit but not from where
- Spez ( @Spez@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English3•1 year ago
does this count things such as steamOS & ChromeOS?
Counts ChromeOS as a different OS.
- StarkillerX42 ( @StarkillerX42@lemmy.ml ) English2•1 year ago
Yeah there’s 3% reported, but what do you think that 3% unknown is? Am I supposed to believe it’s all Windows users spoofing their user agent?
- settinmoon ( @settinmoon@lemmy.ml ) English4•1 year ago
I spoof my user agent on Linux and appears as a Windows user to websites. So I’m actually contributing to the Windows stat.
- 🏳️🌈🎃🇧🇷Luana🇧🇷🎃🏳️🌈 :verified: ( @luana@tech.lgbt ) 2•1 year ago
@StarkillerX42 @settinmoon why tf lol
- bamboo ( @bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 2•1 year ago
some men just want to watch the world burn
- Contend6248 ( @Contend6248@feddit.de ) 1•1 year ago
i guess privacy
- President_Pyrus ( @President_Pyrus@feddit.dk ) English1•1 year ago
It’d be cool to spoof a browser to appear as OS/2 running IE6 or so.
- settinmoon ( @settinmoon@lemmy.ml ) English1•1 year ago
That would be cool but also will defeat the purpose of not standing out
No most likely Linux users too. BDS and others