I should’ve used it sooner rather than last year when they announced AI integration to Windows. Every peripheral I tried is just worked without needing to install drivers, and it works better and faster than on Windows, just like today when I tried to use my brother’s 3D printer expecting disappointment, but no, it just connected and was ready to print right away (I use Ultimaker Cura), whereas on my brother’s Windows computer I have to wait like 20 seconds; sometimes I have to disconnect and reconnect it again for it to see and ready to use. Lastly, for those who are wondering, I use Vanilla Arch (btw), and sorry for bad English.

      • ObsidianZed@lemmy.world
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        10 days ago

        So you just used the AppImage. I seen to recall having issues with it, but that’s been awhile. I’ll have to give it another try. Are you using Wayland?

        • ColdWater@lemmy.caOP
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          10 days ago

          Yes I use the appimage package, I don’t have any issue with it on Wayland, or you can get it on the AUR, you might need to follow this procedure and wait a minute for Cura to detect the USB

    • TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org
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      10 days ago

      I remember the USAF handing me an M16 at 18 years old where all I’ve ever handled before that was even close was the NES zapper.

    • ColdWater@lemmy.caOP
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      10 days ago

      Haha thanks but it’s not actually my first distro, I’m distro hopping on my first week of switching to Linux, my first ever distro is EndeavourOS>Nobara>Fedora>OpenSUSE>Vanilla Arch

      • flubba86@lemmy.world
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        10 days ago

        That’s a lot of different distros in one week. How do you give each one enough time to evaluate it before you choose to move to another?

        • ColdWater@lemmy.caOP
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          10 days ago

          At the time my main goal is to have to all of my games working, while I can make it run on every distro I tried, I found Vanilla Arch is the better one in terms of performance and ease of use (yeah call me weird for saying Arch is easier to use than other distros XD), so I keep using it ever since.

          • Nibodhika@lemmy.world
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            10 days ago

            Vanilla Arch is the better one in terms of performance and ease of use (yeah call me weird for saying Arch is easier to use than other distros XD)

            Not weird at all, I use Arch on my main system exactly because I’m lazy and it’s easier to use. It’s harder to install, but a lot easier to use.

    • Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml
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      10 days ago

      tbh vanilla arch is not that tough now that archinstall exists, and archwiki is an incredible resource

    • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      9 days ago

      Vanilla arch is nothing like the manually installed arch of old. It’s as easy to install and use as any other distro. I started with arch too, and my now permanent distro is arch based

  • rickdg@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    And if something doesn’t work, it’s all your fault somehow. Which is both a blessing and a curse.

    • ColdWater@lemmy.caOP
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      10 days ago

      That’s fine, I can look up the Arch Wiki for solutions, which is also a learning process for me and if it still doesn’t work, I can just duct tape the workaround myself XD

      • wax@feddit.nu
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        10 days ago

        Tip from long-time arch user (btw). Avoid installing or making changes to system installation without going through pacman. I.e., don’t use install scripts or make install invocations requiring sudo. More often than not that will cause headaches long-term. PKGBUILDs are actually reasonably simple to create if you need to install something not in the AUR, and it will keep you from overwriting files and leaving files behind after uninstalling.

        • ColdWater@lemmy.caOP
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          10 days ago

          I make a promise to myself that I never install anything outside of the AUR, luckily everything I ever need already available there

  • Elise@beehaw.org
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    10 days ago

    Only problem I ever had with Linux was having too many different versions of the Nvidia driver installed, so it would take lots of storage. It was easy to fix.

  • LovableSidekick@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 days ago

    Can anybody comment on their experience using Arduino and ESP with Linux? Especially does Linux handle COM ports better than Windows? There’s a seemingly immortal problem of COM ports becoming unusable until you go into Device Manager and uninstall them (again and again) - and if that doesn’t work, reboot Windows. I experience this less often now than say 5 or 6 years ago, and sometimes it’s my fault, but jeez.

    • zzx@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      COM ports as handled by Windows is misery anyways. Linux definitely does it better

    • fluxx1@lemm.eeEnglish
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      10 days ago

      Yes, com ports work way better than in windows. I’ve done a lot of embedded development on linux and it’s way more pleasant than in windows. One thing you do have to keep in mind is that access to com ports (USB and real) requires root access by default, but once you’ve set the udev rule up, it becomes accesible to normal users and/or group of users. After that, it works flawlessly. Android dev also works great and imo better than on win. Proprietary jtags may be an issue, but I’ve never actually had an unsolvable situation.

      • LovableSidekick@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 days ago

        Thank you, that’s massively helpful! Pasting your comment into my ESP32 project notes so when I soon move to Linux I can remember to figure out the udev rule and jtags.

        • lemming741@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          10 days ago

          I’ve had wemos d1 boards from AliExpress show up as a brltty and the braille teletype driver grabs the device. Just something to look out for on some distros

        • StorageB@lemmy.oneEnglish
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          9 days ago

          Running this command was the literally the only thing required for me to get access to the com ports. After that, everything worked perfectly.

          sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER

          (note that $USER is part of the command - do not replace that with your actual username)

    • RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      You might have issues with permissions for serial ports on some distros, but there are loads of easy to follow guides for that. Linux definitely handles them better than windows though. I never had issues where they just stop working like on Windows.

  • Psythik@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Lucky. I couldn’t get HDR working properly, and most of my GPU features were missing because Nvidia refuses to support Linux (and AMD GPUs can’t keep up). So I had to go back to Windows.

    Been trying to switch to Linux since 2004. I’ll try again in 5 years.

    • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 days ago

      Try Nobara or Bazzite. Plasma supports HDR fairly well, and those distros includes a pile of tweaks for Nvidia devices. It might get you sorted.

      • azvasKvklenko@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        9 days ago

        Tweaks and preconfigured distros aren’t solution here. The driver is still lacking certain features and that can only be fixed by NVIDIA

    • Victor@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      Nvidia has an open driver now I believe? I install nvidia-open.

      Curious to know what you mean by:

      AMD GPUs can’t keep up

      And,

      I had to go back to Windows

      you had to, because of HDR? I have an Nvidia RTX 2080 Super, and I don’t know of any features that are missing. Games can do DLSS and ray tracing and whatever else they need. For me, support seems to be absolutely beast on Linux. 🤷‍♂️

      • Psythik@lemmy.world
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        9 days ago

        Does that driver support SDR to HDR conversation, AI upacaling, and most importantly: the 3D Settings page? I can live without the first two features, but I can’t believe that there is no 3D Settings page in Linux. It has so many graphics settings that aren’t available in most games.

        And yes, AMD GPUs can’t keep up. Especially if you like Ray Tracing. I’m not an AMD hater; I have a 7700X

        • Victor@lemmy.world
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          9 days ago

          Does that driver support SDR to HDR conversation, AI upacaling,

          Assuming you mean conversion and upscaling. DLSS is AI upscaling, right? I don’t think X11 has much support for HDR. But I’m not well versed in display servers at all to make that claim firmly.

          and most importantly: the 3D Settings page? I can live without the first two features, but I can’t believe that there is no 3D Settings page in Linux. It has so many graphics settings that aren’t available in most games.

          Ah, you mean that custom program where you set a bunch of settings externally and specifically for each game? I think the program nvidia-settings has that? Try it out!

          And yes, AMD GPUs can’t keep up. Especially if you like Ray Tracing. I’m not an AMD hater; I have a 7700X

          Ah that’s a shame. Newer AMD cards are surely better than my old 2080 Super though eh. 🙃

          • Psythik@lemmy.world
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            9 days ago

            DLSS is AI upscaling, right?

            No, not DLSS. RTX Video Enhancement. Makes YouTube look so much better.

            I think the program nvidia-settings has that? Try it out!

            It does not. I’m talking about this page. Almost every game in existence is missing several settings that are on this page, especially GPU Power Management Mode, Negative LOD Bias, Max Framerate in the Background, and Max VR Prerendered Frames.

  • Matt@lemmy.ml
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    9 days ago

    Most of my library just works under Linux.

    1000046693

    Plus it is a pleasure to code under Linux.

  • vahirua@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    These kind of posts make me a little happy. I don’t know exactly why but it does.

    Having used Linux on for 25 years or so and now hearing about people who switch from Windows and really enjoying the experience warms my heart a little

    • ColdWater@lemmy.caOP
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      10 days ago

      Me too, I’ve only used it for a year but every time I see a Linux appreciation post, it makes me happy and makes my day better

  • WeebLife@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    I recently made the switch to linux as well and I have it on my laptop and gaming PC. I do keep a portable install of windows on an external drive for more niche cases, such as music production which I had terrible luck with on Linux. When I booted up my laptop with the windows drive, I noticed that my keyboard backlight wasn’t working. And it took me a second to realize that Windows doesn’t come with basic drivers… In Linux mint, my keyboard backlight worked right away. I also wish I made the jump to Linux much earlier.

  • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
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    10 days ago

    I use Vanilla Arch (btw), and sorry for bad English.

    Sure buddy… Is the “bad English” in this thread with us right now?

    • spongebue@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      I laughed when I saw this. Like, it was a guy excited that his computer is working better, including with his printer. Maybe a teensy bit of punctuation I’d do differently, but whatever. It’s the Internet. Then suddenly “oh yeah sorry English isn’t my first language and I’m sure you can all see that”