[RANT] Fuck Linux (and NVIDIA for that matter)

Okay, not the best noscript but:

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I really want to love Linux. I really do but I can't do that if fucking gnome seems more sluggish than Windows does. I also do love Pantheon, but it's hell in a bicycle to install it in other distros (Fedora for example) without breaking some kind of feature (like my hotkeys to volume and brightness which won't work if I use pantheon in Fedora 30). And thanks but I don't really like using elementary OS since every Ubuntu based distro in my hands starts to degrade in performance after a week or so.

But my problem isn't the DE's usability, features or look and feel. No. It's a much bigger one:

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**NfuckingVIDEA fucking proprietary fucking drivers and also fucking nouveau and fucking battery management and fucking DKMS and fucking all.**

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You do shit on your computer by **interacting** with your mouse/keyboard and **seeing** those interactions on the screen.

Now, I can see those interactions with every type of drivers, but do you also know what I can see? ScReEn TeArInG, and to this day after 1 year of battling with X configs and RANDR, i could not still figure out a practical solution. And yes, I know these Optimus laptops are the purge of your enjoyment on these UNIX waters, but lets be real: they exist since I can remember laptops (there's PCs with dual graphics from NVIDEA dating 10 years). How come in those 10 years the nouveau drivers can't work seamlessly? Or even proprietary drivers, how come they can't work like it does on Windows?

Yes, I can blacklist nouveau and disable power to the dGPU and work with only the iGPU, but ain't I losing functionality/speed? I mean, I should not dumb down my laptop to enjoy the bells and whistles of Linux and its derivatives.

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Last but not least: I'm browsing some photos using the gnome thingy to see photos. After 15min of scrolling RAM usage was off the shelves, eating all the 8GB with mobile-taken photos. My pc couldn't even open htop to kill the bloody thing. How the fuck? Why?

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Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

https://redd.it/cv40ga
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KDE Usability & Productivity: Week 85
https://pointieststick.com/2019/08/24/kde-usability-productivity-week-85/

https://redd.it/cv3xt9
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KDE Usability & Productivity: Week 85
https://pointieststick.com/2019/08/24/kde-usability-productivity-week-85/

https://redd.it/cv3sxu
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Today, 28 years ago Linus Torvalds announced Linux on comp.os.minix.
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/comp.os.minix/dlNtH7RRrGA/SwRavCzVE7gJ

https://redd.it/cv52ie
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My online community gave me a load of shit for this but I think it's beautiful!

I'm using two jumphosts (the first over true ssl, the second to the Virtual Machine Host which hosts the VMs) The VMs are like you may can see on the hostnames my onllineservices I use on a everyday basis. The Hypervisor is a Proxmox which was converted from a standard Debian image provided my my VPS Provider. I actually have lots of RAM and CPU usage left and latley began to do a Udemy course about Ansible to automate my environment.

But quick shell access with dynamic jumphosts and hostlists are always a good plan, especially if you're doing it in xpanes which can fokus single panes, move and maximize them to issue individual commands in case something goes wrong.

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I Love my setup so far, but my journey is far from beeing over, actually the more I get into the advantages of Linux the more I get motivated

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https://reddit.com/link/cv4olu/video/p1qqu8y67ji31/player

cheers

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Linux Desktop vr
https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/moving-the-linux-desktop-to-another-reality.html

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Keith Packard on Twitter
https://twitter.com/keith_x11/status/1165379658411495424

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MX Linux Not giving me the USB option while trying to install on it

I have make bootable USB of MX Linux with the help of RUFUS software. Now when I am trying to install on USB it does not show me partition to install it while I am booting live setup . The choose the disk installation only show me the hard partition [https://imgur.com/pyQwQtp](https://imgur.com/pyQwQtp) .While the USB partition is present on the G Parted Partition [https://imgur.com/4LK24tn](https://imgur.com/4LK24tn) . How can I install MX Linux on USB Any suggestions?

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Why do Linux distributions generally use GCC instead of Clang?
https://www.reddit.com/r/computerscience/comments/cv87qf/why_do_linux_distributions_generally_use_gcc/

https://redd.it/cv87wd
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VIM / VI usage for beginners

Hi guys use VIM have this guide to get started in VIM and found a cool game I can play to refine my skills.

[https://www.myrandomtips.com/linux/vim-cheat-sheet/](https://www.myrandomtips.com/linux/vim-cheat-sheet/)

https://redd.it/cv90o6
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Best Thinkpad to pickup on eBay?



https://redd.it/cv972k
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The so called "fragmentation isssue" in the GNU/Linux community is actually protecting us! Most probably some backdoors or malware will only affect a certain group of people that use a certain mix of software (DE, compositor, init system etc.) and not the others.



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why to use exec command?

I was going through exec command. The function of exec command is to replace the current shell process with command supplied as arguments.

But I was wondering why would anyone want to do that?

https://redd.it/cvbb0b
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Realtek RTL8822BE under Linux

Just wanted to share that if anyone is having problems with this wifi device, Linux 5.2 includes the new rtw88 module that, in my experience, make it work perfectly.

My speedtest results went from 0.3/2.0 Mbit/s download/upload, to 80/70 Mbit/s.

Hope this helps someone Googling for this problem :)

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Monitoring of a localhost

I'm looking for a nice solution for local monitoring of a developer machine. What are your experience and preferences?

https://redd.it/cva01x
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FreeBSD Meets Linux At The Open Source Summit
https://www.tfir.io/2019/08/24/freebsd-meets-linux-at-the-open-source-summit/

https://redd.it/cvdq6r
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This would have been useful 20 years ago. Better late than never though. --> The Guide To Effectively Fighting FUD
https://medium.com/@danbarber_12163/the-guide-to-effectively-fighting-fud-417d2340678a

https://redd.it/cve3vn
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Mainline Linux on Google Pixel 3 XL project looking for new developers
https://www.reddit.com/r/postmarketOS/comments/cve2jw/mainline_linux_on_google_pixel_3_xl_project/

https://redd.it/cve4a7
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Linux Basics For IOT Projects - IOT Veteran
https://iotveteran.com/linux-for-iot-projects/

https://redd.it/cvf5te
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Thoughts on EndeavourOS, a replacement for Antergos
https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20190826#endeavour

https://redd.it/cvghw7
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Help with External Portable Hard Drive for Linux/Windows

I plan on using a WD 4TB Portable External HD. This would just hold files such as movies, documents, etc.

1. Should I use a particular file system? I plan on using NTFS for compatibility between Linux/Windows. What allocation unit size, etc?
2. Does it matter how I format it? Could I just right click it in Windows and use those options? Or should I use Gparted? What's the difference?

https://redd.it/cvhblk
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