No, and that’s the beauty of Linux.
Desktop gaming PC: Fedora KDE (might try Bazzite if I stop dual booting Windows, but I already got Nvidia set up and that’s the hard part)
Old laptop: Zorin OS
Old as dirt laptop: antiX
Wife’s Surface: Pop!_OS 22.04. Maybe change it eventually to something lighter.
I will likely go with Ubuntu Server or Debian when I set up my home server. Ubuntu seems like it has better Docker support.
Terrible time for any case to being going to the SC
You have to enable network, notifications, and unrestricted battery for both Play Services & Play Store (even if you don’t use it), and Play Services Framework if that installed alongside the other two (usually on older phones).
Did you install Play Services before the first time you launched the browser? If not or you’re not sure, uninstall and reinstall the browser.
Did you enable push notifications on your browser and/or try a different browser? I ran into a similar problem when I started using PWAs because I disabled notifications a long time ago because why would I want my browser to notify me but I forgot that PWAs ARE the browser. You’ll also want to check if it is an actual PWA or just saved as a bookmark on the home screen. Try deleting it and then saving it again and noting if it asks to install or not. If not there may be a more specific URL to use as a PWA. You may have to have Play Services on for notifications, use an alternative, or give the browser unrestricted battery.
Also, we sometimes have to do what we have to do. I redownloaded Snapchat solely for my sister because she is busy with her many kids and is used to sending pics/videos of them to multiple people at once and can’t be bothered to move to Signal. And that’s not a problem with Graphene, you’re just having trouble completely detaching from big tech. You’re not alone in that. Don’t get discouraged though, it’s a journey, not a destination.
Gotcha. I can’t say I have ran into hardware incompatibility issues in the half dozen or so distros I’ve tried kn multiple machines, but I would probably recommend Tuxedo to a non tech person and it’s great that they exist. They’re even a pretty good value.
I can’t agree with this. Mint, for example, is a great general use distro. It doesn’t support HDR, VRR, or even 4k 60 FPS because it’s not in Wayland. These are very basic gaming features that Windows has had for 7+ years.
Also, gaming focused doesn’t mean it has to boot into Steam Big Picture Mode and be used only for gaming. Bazzite is Fedora based, so it has RPM and flatpaks, and uses KDE, the most customizable DE. It even has a helpful onboarding Ui, and is packaged with the drivers you need for gaming. What could it possibly be missing that average users would want?
You very much need to pick a distro that has the features you want need, and the rest will follow unless it’s just a bad distro.
Deathloop doesn’t run well on Windows either.
It’s not an apt comparison because Windows doesn’t use apt for packages 😉
I’m relatively new to Linux. What do you mean by system integrators?
And look where it has left us: bereft of creativity.
When ECC no longer costs a mortgage, I will look into upgrading.
Admitting their mistakes makes me want to read their articles more. If only Microsoft could bring themselves to do the same.
Your technical knowledge as described is unironically far beyond the average user so I’d say you’re probably good. Depends on what you want to do though. You can occasionally have problems if you need to do something specific or are married to software that doesn’t exist on Linux. Word processing is down pat. You won’t have the app version of Microsoft Office, but there are open source alternatives like LibreOffice that are compatible with Office file types. For formatting, you may have to download some Microsoft owned fonts since they’re technically proprietary and not bundled with Linux/your office suite. In browser, Microsoft 365 and Google Docs works no differently than normal.
As someone else mentioned, you can test almost any distro on a live USB. There is also this site where you can remote in and test the general look and feel for free. You won’t have an internet connection though:
Which is why you buy a Windows machine, then put Linux on it. You said there’s no reason to buy a Windows machine. Even if you abandon Windows forever, there’s still a reason to buy it. There are use cases that Apple silicon is not good for, like gaming. And having competition is good.
Kind of a weird example to say that people won’t online shop too. That’s far more common for all types of people than walking into a store is these days.
They block VPN connections, that’s why it appears down. Ironic for a privacy site.
Average people still game. And Linux is improving rapidly. Apple isn’t.
This would take dozens of hours though. If there were absolutely no option I would consider it but it is also absolutely useless for discovery: I have to already know it’s there and add it myself. Every time someone sends me their address, I have to add it to OSM before I can navigate to it. That is a non-starter for regular, reliable use. If I just had to add something every once in a while that would be one thing, but it’s entirely unusable.
Someday… someday.
Nothing other than “they’re working on it” and rumors that it’ll be done by the end of the year. That’s always been their approach. They never make significant changes unlessnit will have next to no hiccups.
You’re welcome. Nice, what was the method you found?