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This Week in Plasma: Plasma 6.5 is here!
And by all accounts, it’s pretty good! So far Plasma 6.5 has been a rather smooth release, with the only significant regression I’ve seen so far being a compatibility issue with older AMD GPUs that turned the cursor into Swiss cheese. It’s already fixed,…
Improve Linux for the PS2?
As many know, the PS2 have an official Linux release, my question is: area there any mod/homebrew version of this that work better that the official release?
I know that you cannot ask for too much with 32 MB of ram and a 300 MHz CPU, but I'm curious to know if someone have done it before, because as far I'm researching, I didn't find anything related to that
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As many know, the PS2 have an official Linux release, my question is: area there any mod/homebrew version of this that work better that the official release?
I know that you cannot ask for too much with 32 MB of ram and a 300 MHz CPU, but I'm curious to know if someone have done it before, because as far I'm researching, I didn't find anything related to that
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Flatpak is essentially entirely reliant on Cisco to function at the moment, and it could bite you in the ass
Hi.
As you may know, Cisco have banned users from Russia, Belarus, Iran and the occupied Ukrainian territories from accessing their services. What's awkward is that they have a special relationship with the open source implementation of h.264 OpenH264—they distribute the binaries that users would otherwise have to pay for (even to compile!), and quite a lot of projects end up relying on it.
This leads to a very weird situation. Take, for example, the LocalSend app. It relies on the GNOME runtime. The GNOME runtime needs OpenH264. Flatpak tries fetching the binary for it from Cisco, but they respond with 403.
This means that for anybody in those territories (or really GeoIP'd as those territories), you essentially CANNOT use any Flatpak that relies on GNOME without a VPN. There's no mirroring, there are no attempts to mitigate this, Flatpak just is broken.
Sure, you might say that there are some weird ways by which you may block the OpenH264 from being downloaded, but who's to say that dependency management won't get stricter in the future. Sure, currently these sorts of problems are limited to a few places, but they very well could be expanded anywhere the US desires, or Cisco's servers could just die for no reason and break Flatpak with them.
So here I wonder, is there anything that could be done here? Could Flathub at least mirror the binaries? Or is there a policy of simply not caring if something breaks because of a hidden crutch?
PS: This also extends to Fedora which fetches OpenH264 from Cisco's repo in much the same way.
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Hi.
As you may know, Cisco have banned users from Russia, Belarus, Iran and the occupied Ukrainian territories from accessing their services. What's awkward is that they have a special relationship with the open source implementation of h.264 OpenH264—they distribute the binaries that users would otherwise have to pay for (even to compile!), and quite a lot of projects end up relying on it.
This leads to a very weird situation. Take, for example, the LocalSend app. It relies on the GNOME runtime. The GNOME runtime needs OpenH264. Flatpak tries fetching the binary for it from Cisco, but they respond with 403.
This means that for anybody in those territories (or really GeoIP'd as those territories), you essentially CANNOT use any Flatpak that relies on GNOME without a VPN. There's no mirroring, there are no attempts to mitigate this, Flatpak just is broken.
Sure, you might say that there are some weird ways by which you may block the OpenH264 from being downloaded, but who's to say that dependency management won't get stricter in the future. Sure, currently these sorts of problems are limited to a few places, but they very well could be expanded anywhere the US desires, or Cisco's servers could just die for no reason and break Flatpak with them.
So here I wonder, is there anything that could be done here? Could Flathub at least mirror the binaries? Or is there a policy of simply not caring if something breaks because of a hidden crutch?
PS: This also extends to Fedora which fetches OpenH264 from Cisco's repo in much the same way.
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My Current Linux Trajectory, After Almost Two Years
TL;DR: There’s a lot about Linux that still sucks, but it sucks far less than Windows.
I’ve been enjoying Linux (mostly) for almost two years now, and I thought I’d share my trajectory for anyone considering making the switch. No, this was not written or altered by AI.
It Starts with Windows
It all started when I bought a new computer with Windows 11 preinstalled. After using Windows 10 for so long, I was looking forward to taking advantage of all the goodness that Windows 11 has to offer. As it relates to more modern hardware, there’s actually a lot of good technology lurking inside of Windows if you look, and there were so many other improvements that I read about, so I was rather excited. Unfortunately, my excitement ended shortly after the first boot.
The Windows 11 onboarding process was lengthy and annoying. It required countless updates and reboots, that seemingly nullified the performance of a modern system, and the whole process took hours. Hours! Who at Microsoft thinks this introduction to Windows is a good experience!? After finally logging in to this new wonder, I was ready to install my applications.
But, Windows 11 didn’t want me to install my applications, at least not right away. There were popups; so many popups. A popup to introduce me to something, another popup for me to subscribe to something, another popup to upgrade to a “pro” version of something else. It was nonstop popups. WTF? Did I just visit a shady web site with malicious ads that redirect you all over the place to try to get you to install something? It definitely felt like it, but it was just me logged into my new Windows 11 installation.
After dealing with all this popup stupidity, I began to install my applications. While this was largely uneventful, save for yet another random popup asking to install some Microsoft game thing, my brand new system felt more sluggish than I expected. In poking around a bit, it appears the usual Windows Defender, .NET Optimization, and related pundits were gleefully using up CPU and I/O resources in an effort to keep me safe and, get this, help things run faster. Oh the irony.
After a couple days of Windows 11-ing, and more popups, I was not as impressed as I thought I would be with my new machine. Heck, this has a bunch of cores, oodles of RAM, the latest NVMe hotness, and this thing is still not awesome. I figured things would get better over a few more days as Windows “settles down” maintaining itself, but it never got better.
After a few more weeks of dealing with more annoying popups, updates that constantly and annoyingly change things, lackluster performance, and other annoyances, I thought maybe I should give Linux a shot. Windows 11 has been unimpressive, worse than Windows 10, some of my colleagues have been talking more about Linux and, since I just got this machine, I figured now is a good time to try something new, so I did.
On to Linux
I started researching Linux distributions and, ultimately, decided the granddaddy, Debian, was for me. “Rock solid stability,” plentiful packages, and the foundation for a very many successful Linux distributions. I’ll start with the venerable OS that started it all.
I proceeded to install Debian, but it wasn’t working with my video card (in hindsight, those in the know know installing Debian on a modern system is likely to be a miss). After some research, and figuring out how to get modern firmware onto my Debian installation, I conquered the installation and installed my programs with no troubles, or popups. (To those new to Linux, most of your programs are in an “app store” of sorts, but most popular Windows programs expect you to download and install them individually from their respective web sites.)
The first few days of Linux were rough, but fun; kind of like exploring an open world RPG. My productivity was off as I tweaked this or learned how to change that, but, with each change, my productivity improved (and it would almost get to my Windows 10 productivity level.)
However, not all was
TL;DR: There’s a lot about Linux that still sucks, but it sucks far less than Windows.
I’ve been enjoying Linux (mostly) for almost two years now, and I thought I’d share my trajectory for anyone considering making the switch. No, this was not written or altered by AI.
It Starts with Windows
It all started when I bought a new computer with Windows 11 preinstalled. After using Windows 10 for so long, I was looking forward to taking advantage of all the goodness that Windows 11 has to offer. As it relates to more modern hardware, there’s actually a lot of good technology lurking inside of Windows if you look, and there were so many other improvements that I read about, so I was rather excited. Unfortunately, my excitement ended shortly after the first boot.
The Windows 11 onboarding process was lengthy and annoying. It required countless updates and reboots, that seemingly nullified the performance of a modern system, and the whole process took hours. Hours! Who at Microsoft thinks this introduction to Windows is a good experience!? After finally logging in to this new wonder, I was ready to install my applications.
But, Windows 11 didn’t want me to install my applications, at least not right away. There were popups; so many popups. A popup to introduce me to something, another popup for me to subscribe to something, another popup to upgrade to a “pro” version of something else. It was nonstop popups. WTF? Did I just visit a shady web site with malicious ads that redirect you all over the place to try to get you to install something? It definitely felt like it, but it was just me logged into my new Windows 11 installation.
After dealing with all this popup stupidity, I began to install my applications. While this was largely uneventful, save for yet another random popup asking to install some Microsoft game thing, my brand new system felt more sluggish than I expected. In poking around a bit, it appears the usual Windows Defender, .NET Optimization, and related pundits were gleefully using up CPU and I/O resources in an effort to keep me safe and, get this, help things run faster. Oh the irony.
After a couple days of Windows 11-ing, and more popups, I was not as impressed as I thought I would be with my new machine. Heck, this has a bunch of cores, oodles of RAM, the latest NVMe hotness, and this thing is still not awesome. I figured things would get better over a few more days as Windows “settles down” maintaining itself, but it never got better.
After a few more weeks of dealing with more annoying popups, updates that constantly and annoyingly change things, lackluster performance, and other annoyances, I thought maybe I should give Linux a shot. Windows 11 has been unimpressive, worse than Windows 10, some of my colleagues have been talking more about Linux and, since I just got this machine, I figured now is a good time to try something new, so I did.
On to Linux
I started researching Linux distributions and, ultimately, decided the granddaddy, Debian, was for me. “Rock solid stability,” plentiful packages, and the foundation for a very many successful Linux distributions. I’ll start with the venerable OS that started it all.
I proceeded to install Debian, but it wasn’t working with my video card (in hindsight, those in the know know installing Debian on a modern system is likely to be a miss). After some research, and figuring out how to get modern firmware onto my Debian installation, I conquered the installation and installed my programs with no troubles, or popups. (To those new to Linux, most of your programs are in an “app store” of sorts, but most popular Windows programs expect you to download and install them individually from their respective web sites.)
The first few days of Linux were rough, but fun; kind of like exploring an open world RPG. My productivity was off as I tweaked this or learned how to change that, but, with each change, my productivity improved (and it would almost get to my Windows 10 productivity level.)
However, not all was
well in my world of Linux. While, unlike Windows 11, performance was great, things didn’t work right here, there, and everywhere. I had issues with sound sometimes and in some places, varied Wi-Fi issues, sleep quirks, blurry font rendering, and others. In my spare time I investigated the issues one-by-one and solved them, mostly. The first issue was resolved by migrating to the more modern pipewire, the second issue required another firmware update that Debian was behind on, the third required a just-released BIOS update, and so on. While I was happy in my new Linux world, it required a lot of tinkering.
After a few weeks I began to notice a pattern with Debian; almost every time I ran into an issue, it was related to a bug or feature that was addressed upstream, but Debian’s packages would never receive the fix or update because this is by design by Debian. Not wanting to let Debian slow me down, I figured out how to get fixed versions of the packages on my system, but, slowly, and somewhat unbeknownst to me, I was building a “FrankenDebian,” and veteran Debian users know not to do this.
So, in trying to stick with my Debian pick, since I already started to learn it rather well, I decided to start fresh with Debian Testing; everything you know about Debian, but with newer stuff! Sounds like a win for me! I began the process and things went well, for the most part.
Debian Testing made my experience better; I had newer packages with less bugs and more functionality. However, over time, I started to have many little nagging issues here and there again, and I started to have them all the time. As I started to go down the rabbit hole to knock these out over time, I ultimately realized Debian Testing is, shockingly, for testing and not meant for production use (and, yes, veterans know this). Without going into more detail, I eventually ran Sid for a time, but, ultimately, it still had too many outdated packages and, as a Debian veteran, I eventually decided I was Done With Debian (tm).
I eventually switched to a rolling release distribution, things have been much, much smoother, and I am far happier. I won’t bother saying which, as that’s not my focus here (even though I singled out Debian), but you can readily figure out what I’m running anyway. With my broad Linux knowledge from troubleshooting Debian, I’m in a fairly steady place; I have far fewer bugs, less nagging issues that crop up, about zero popups, and I’m more productive today than I was with my well-fleshed-out Windows 10 system. Yes, I still run into issues here and there, but I also ran into the occasional similar issues with Windows 10. The difference here is, with Linux, there’s more support and, heck, if I roll up my sleeves I might even be able to submit a patch that solves the problem, or, at minimum, file a quality bug report that you can follow along on and often see a fix (you can’t do this in Windowsland).
Going back to Windows would be a definitive downgrade for me; I still make an RDP connection to a Windows VM that I maintain on another system, but the less I have to interact with Windows, the better.
I hope this post will help others considering the switch to give it a try. You’ll have some pain, but you might find it helpful. No pain, no gain, right?
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After a few weeks I began to notice a pattern with Debian; almost every time I ran into an issue, it was related to a bug or feature that was addressed upstream, but Debian’s packages would never receive the fix or update because this is by design by Debian. Not wanting to let Debian slow me down, I figured out how to get fixed versions of the packages on my system, but, slowly, and somewhat unbeknownst to me, I was building a “FrankenDebian,” and veteran Debian users know not to do this.
So, in trying to stick with my Debian pick, since I already started to learn it rather well, I decided to start fresh with Debian Testing; everything you know about Debian, but with newer stuff! Sounds like a win for me! I began the process and things went well, for the most part.
Debian Testing made my experience better; I had newer packages with less bugs and more functionality. However, over time, I started to have many little nagging issues here and there again, and I started to have them all the time. As I started to go down the rabbit hole to knock these out over time, I ultimately realized Debian Testing is, shockingly, for testing and not meant for production use (and, yes, veterans know this). Without going into more detail, I eventually ran Sid for a time, but, ultimately, it still had too many outdated packages and, as a Debian veteran, I eventually decided I was Done With Debian (tm).
I eventually switched to a rolling release distribution, things have been much, much smoother, and I am far happier. I won’t bother saying which, as that’s not my focus here (even though I singled out Debian), but you can readily figure out what I’m running anyway. With my broad Linux knowledge from troubleshooting Debian, I’m in a fairly steady place; I have far fewer bugs, less nagging issues that crop up, about zero popups, and I’m more productive today than I was with my well-fleshed-out Windows 10 system. Yes, I still run into issues here and there, but I also ran into the occasional similar issues with Windows 10. The difference here is, with Linux, there’s more support and, heck, if I roll up my sleeves I might even be able to submit a patch that solves the problem, or, at minimum, file a quality bug report that you can follow along on and often see a fix (you can’t do this in Windowsland).
Going back to Windows would be a definitive downgrade for me; I still make an RDP connection to a Windows VM that I maintain on another system, but the less I have to interact with Windows, the better.
I hope this post will help others considering the switch to give it a try. You’ll have some pain, but you might find it helpful. No pain, no gain, right?
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Fully open source peer-to-peer 4chan alternative built on IPFS
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The discourse around Gnome could do with a bit of maturing
There are many DE's out there and whatever your preference is you can pretty much pick and choose whichever you want. Gnome, like it or not, is one of those ways to do things; just like how KDE does things their way or Cinnamon theirs. If you want a traditional desktop go for xfce, KDE (you can turn that one into anything you want really), Cinammon or just style Gnome into it. If you want gnome 2 there's MATE which is still being somewhat alive. If you want nome for Gnome you go Gnome.
Do we see people calling the xfce devs fascists, paid opposition by microsoft to ruin Linux, redhat corpo puppets or that their userbase is "crayon-munching toddlers with room temperature IQ"? There are better ways to frame things and create discussion. Point out the things that do not work and that you do not like, but it does not need to involve name-calling or rudity which seems to be what all discussions around Gnome devolve into.
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There are many DE's out there and whatever your preference is you can pretty much pick and choose whichever you want. Gnome, like it or not, is one of those ways to do things; just like how KDE does things their way or Cinnamon theirs. If you want a traditional desktop go for xfce, KDE (you can turn that one into anything you want really), Cinammon or just style Gnome into it. If you want gnome 2 there's MATE which is still being somewhat alive. If you want nome for Gnome you go Gnome.
Do we see people calling the xfce devs fascists, paid opposition by microsoft to ruin Linux, redhat corpo puppets or that their userbase is "crayon-munching toddlers with room temperature IQ"? There are better ways to frame things and create discussion. Point out the things that do not work and that you do not like, but it does not need to involve name-calling or rudity which seems to be what all discussions around Gnome devolve into.
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What's going on with openssh.com?
Tried to access their guidance mentioned in the new-ish post-quantum warning, noticed their domain seems to point to a parked STRATO page, TLS is no longer working, registrar information changed, whois information last updated 2025-10-24.
Did they accidentally their entire domain?
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Tried to access their guidance mentioned in the new-ish post-quantum warning, noticed their domain seems to point to a parked STRATO page, TLS is no longer working, registrar information changed, whois information last updated 2025-10-24.
Did they accidentally their entire domain?
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Any value for the casual Linux Mint user? (Security)
While scrolling through the Linux Mint software manager (killing time!) I encountered "ed Attack Proxy (ZAP) by Checkmarx". The catalog listing made it sound like a general purpose security review app. BUT there were no reviews for it in the software manager itself. When I looked it up on Brave search, the summary made it sound more like something developers and sys-admins would want to use.
I want my Linux box to be for casual computer fun. Would there be any value in something like this app? Especially so since I also use a Mac mini m4, and android tablets and Pixel phones. (I'm a Windows refugee)
I suspect not, since I trust Brave search over no reviews at all, but I'd like to hear the overall consensus of the community.
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While scrolling through the Linux Mint software manager (killing time!) I encountered "ed Attack Proxy (ZAP) by Checkmarx". The catalog listing made it sound like a general purpose security review app. BUT there were no reviews for it in the software manager itself. When I looked it up on Brave search, the summary made it sound more like something developers and sys-admins would want to use.
I want my Linux box to be for casual computer fun. Would there be any value in something like this app? Especially so since I also use a Mac mini m4, and android tablets and Pixel phones. (I'm a Windows refugee)
I suspect not, since I trust Brave search over no reviews at all, but I'd like to hear the overall consensus of the community.
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Logitech Hub Sidetone somehow working from windows inside linux with G432 Headphones
Posting this so if anyone has this problem they can find this.
Spent the whole day troubleshooting the reason why i would hear myself through the headphones when entering sound settings on linux mint, and would stop when i close sound settings. So i went to my windows which i dual boot and turned off Sidetone in the logi hub (feature to hear yourself) and it also dissapeared on linux, i am truly baffled and amazed.
I genuinely dont know how this works, maybe they have some hardware memory mode, but why would the sidetone activate only when opening settings?
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Posting this so if anyone has this problem they can find this.
Spent the whole day troubleshooting the reason why i would hear myself through the headphones when entering sound settings on linux mint, and would stop when i close sound settings. So i went to my windows which i dual boot and turned off Sidetone in the logi hub (feature to hear yourself) and it also dissapeared on linux, i am truly baffled and amazed.
I genuinely dont know how this works, maybe they have some hardware memory mode, but why would the sidetone activate only when opening settings?
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Which Distro will still be relevant 10y from now?
Looking back at what happened in the last 10 years, which distros do you think will still be relevant 10 years from now?
I personally think that we will have Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, and Arch. Maybe a few others, but those are hard to tell. I hope NixOS will still be there, given that it is the one I use today.
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Looking back at what happened in the last 10 years, which distros do you think will still be relevant 10 years from now?
I personally think that we will have Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, and Arch. Maybe a few others, but those are hard to tell. I hope NixOS will still be there, given that it is the one I use today.
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KDE Linux deep dive: package management is amazing, which is why we don’t include it
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KDE Linux deep dive: package management is amazing, which is why we don’t include it
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Should I switch to Linux because I don't have money for a new CPU to run Windows 11 and there are no more safety updates for Windows 10?
Basically the question above.
If yes, how do I start? I am also kind of scared because of the bit of coding.
Are there several different Linux operating systems? I really have NO knowledge of any of this.
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Basically the question above.
If yes, how do I start? I am also kind of scared because of the bit of coding.
Are there several different Linux operating systems? I really have NO knowledge of any of this.
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My battery life went from 1 hour on windows to almost 5 on linux
This is basically a comical difference, how is this even possible?
I have a very old battery with 50% of its original capacity, is it possible that windows wasn't letting it fully charge because it is old but linux does?
My pc is not warm at all but I am kind of afraid it will blow up now
This is not a support question, I am here just to praise the linux gods
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This is basically a comical difference, how is this even possible?
I have a very old battery with 50% of its original capacity, is it possible that windows wasn't letting it fully charge because it is old but linux does?
My pc is not warm at all but I am kind of afraid it will blow up now
This is not a support question, I am here just to praise the linux gods
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Docker Alternative: Podman on Linux
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Stuck between my privacy or my hobbies
I made the switch over to Linux about a year ago on my laptop to Mint. About 6 months ago, I switched distros on my laptop (arch btw), and then I went from windows to CachyOS on my main PC about a week ago. All I can say is that I love it. I play a bunch of video games, and even though I've had to give a bit of gaming up (Apex, R6, GTAO) the switch is still 100% worth it. Apart from one thing.
I'm a music producer who uses FL Studio. When doing my research for the switch, I found that FL actually wasn't too difficult to get running on Linux, so I decided to make the switch. But installing plugins and vsts is a whole new thing.
I haven't been able to figure out how to get a few vsts working, let alone the 20ish I need to make my music. I just can't see linux working for my music production with how much of a headache it's been and I still haven't been able to get all the plugins I need working.
But I fucking hate microsoft. With a passion. I hate where they're taking windows, I hate the fact that they send all my data to who knows where, I hate that all of their software is closed source, everything about that company reeks.
But I literally don't know what to do now. Music is the one thing that keeps me sane. It's my main hobby in life, all of my goals revolve around it, I can't just give it up.
I've tried using VMs but they're so incredibly slow in my experience. Maybe I need to try something that's kernel level, but it does just seem like alot of work and inconvenience for something that I'm not even sure would work, plus I only have 1 GPU.
The idea of dual booting has floated around in my head, but wouldn't that just give microsoft all of my files and data anyway? What is even the point of being privacy focused on Linux if Microsoft read all of that data? Plus I don't want to have to reboot my PC when I go from general use to production and vice versa. I am quite an impulsive person and I switch between tasks often, restarting everytime I do that just seems annoying.
Maybe I've misunderstood something, maybe there's more to it, maybe the kernel level virtual machine would work well with my 1 GPU, maybe dual booting is worth it, I'm not sure. If anyone wants to give me advice then please feel free. I just really don't want to have my machine's main OS be from Microsoft anymore, I'm so sick of that company.
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I made the switch over to Linux about a year ago on my laptop to Mint. About 6 months ago, I switched distros on my laptop (arch btw), and then I went from windows to CachyOS on my main PC about a week ago. All I can say is that I love it. I play a bunch of video games, and even though I've had to give a bit of gaming up (Apex, R6, GTAO) the switch is still 100% worth it. Apart from one thing.
I'm a music producer who uses FL Studio. When doing my research for the switch, I found that FL actually wasn't too difficult to get running on Linux, so I decided to make the switch. But installing plugins and vsts is a whole new thing.
I haven't been able to figure out how to get a few vsts working, let alone the 20ish I need to make my music. I just can't see linux working for my music production with how much of a headache it's been and I still haven't been able to get all the plugins I need working.
But I fucking hate microsoft. With a passion. I hate where they're taking windows, I hate the fact that they send all my data to who knows where, I hate that all of their software is closed source, everything about that company reeks.
But I literally don't know what to do now. Music is the one thing that keeps me sane. It's my main hobby in life, all of my goals revolve around it, I can't just give it up.
I've tried using VMs but they're so incredibly slow in my experience. Maybe I need to try something that's kernel level, but it does just seem like alot of work and inconvenience for something that I'm not even sure would work, plus I only have 1 GPU.
The idea of dual booting has floated around in my head, but wouldn't that just give microsoft all of my files and data anyway? What is even the point of being privacy focused on Linux if Microsoft read all of that data? Plus I don't want to have to reboot my PC when I go from general use to production and vice versa. I am quite an impulsive person and I switch between tasks often, restarting everytime I do that just seems annoying.
Maybe I've misunderstood something, maybe there's more to it, maybe the kernel level virtual machine would work well with my 1 GPU, maybe dual booting is worth it, I'm not sure. If anyone wants to give me advice then please feel free. I just really don't want to have my machine's main OS be from Microsoft anymore, I'm so sick of that company.
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