My interests changed which allowed a Linux distro to become a viable choice.
I unfortunately lost the friend group over time that played games online in my 30’s for all the typical mundane life reasons. Even then I was playing co-op almost always with them. I’m a lover, not a fighter. But the odd game here and there that had anti cheat in co-op prevented me from switching.
Online became hostile to art hobbyists not trying to make a living doing it chasing the algorithms. So, my YouTube channel died falling out of search results or algorithm entirely. The road block of limited creative software on Linux is gone for me since I’m not using any of that software anymore. I’ve gone entirely analog to express my creativity instead. Although I’m also aware this situation has been improving pretty quick so it’ll probably be irrelevant soon if it’s not already for some.
Almost everything else you and I could list just works fine, so I need not list it all.
I’m a bit annoyed about HDR support being slow as balls to develop by any DE so far, not that Windows implemented it well yet either. I also have unresolved issues with KDE dropping signal on televisions or video receivers…and Nvidia is still just plainly a shit experience. I had to use GNOME in the living room. Which works well anyways for a couch user. To use Linux without wanting to stab myself I just gave up and bought Radeon cards over time after wasting too many hours fighting bugs caused by Nvidia.
I’m of the opinion that to fully embrace Linux that must also mean being willing to spend money replacing (auxillary too) hardware that only works on Windows instead of trying to make it work on Linux to limited success or none at all.
I stopped dual booting in 2023 for a more specific date. I have two computers. Desktop and…HTPC maybe not accurate. It’s used as a desktop too, but with a focus on bigscreen UI elements or modes. I use it for everything, not just Stremio. Both had Nvidia cards, took awhile to justify replacing both and I didn’t want to be wasteful upgrading early. I managed to side-grade without losing any money thanks eBay Nvidia used card thirst this year. Nice.
My interests changed which allowed a Linux distro to become a viable choice.
I unfortunately lost the friend group over time that played games online in my 30’s for all the typical mundane life reasons. Even then I was playing co-op almost always with them. I’m a lover, not a fighter. But the odd game here and there that had anti cheat in co-op prevented me from switching.
Online became hostile to art hobbyists not trying to make a living doing it chasing the algorithms. So, my YouTube channel died falling out of search results or algorithm entirely. The road block of limited creative software on Linux is gone for me since I’m not using any of that software anymore. I’ve gone entirely analog to express my creativity instead. Although I’m also aware this situation has been improving pretty quick so it’ll probably be irrelevant soon if it’s not already for some.
Almost everything else you and I could list just works fine, so I need not list it all.
I’m a bit annoyed about HDR support being slow as balls to develop by any DE so far, not that Windows implemented it well yet either. I also have unresolved issues with KDE dropping signal on televisions or video receivers…and Nvidia is still just plainly a shit experience. I had to use GNOME in the living room. Which works well anyways for a couch user. To use Linux without wanting to stab myself I just gave up and bought Radeon cards over time after wasting too many hours fighting bugs caused by Nvidia.
I’m of the opinion that to fully embrace Linux that must also mean being willing to spend money replacing (auxillary too) hardware that only works on Windows instead of trying to make it work on Linux to limited success or none at all.
I stopped dual booting in 2023 for a more specific date. I have two computers. Desktop and…HTPC maybe not accurate. It’s used as a desktop too, but with a focus on bigscreen UI elements or modes. I use it for everything, not just Stremio. Both had Nvidia cards, took awhile to justify replacing both and I didn’t want to be wasteful upgrading early. I managed to side-grade without losing any money thanks eBay Nvidia used card thirst this year. Nice.