StarLabs is pretty good if you ask me, great support, but as a very small company doing their own designs it does take quite a long time for it to ship. I ordered in June last year but didn't ship till December. Supply chain issues were rampant last year though.
Well I guess I can't say for sure but it's what they claim on their website. Ever since version 3 or something.
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Actually CentOS, (along with a specific nVidia driver required, and it doesn't support x/h.264 or 265 on Linux unless you buy the $200 version) but I'm not changing distros for one piece of software, when I can run it on Windows with literally zero fuss.
That's odd, hopefully you can get that sorted out.Have upgraded my PC but have an issue with the BIOS so dual booting into Windows/Linux would be a nightmare. I was having issues before since upgrading to a 4080 where I was getting a black screen when booting into Ubuntu. My new motherboard (with a 7950X3D) doesn't even show the boot up screens and I can't get into BIOS unless I plug in a HDMI cable. So I know it's not even worth the time or energy to try dual booting because I won't be able to access the GRUB menu to select OS. Right now the only solution is to either use HDMI all the time or swap between Displayport/HDMI every time I want to change OS. On HDMI I can't get 144hz which is the native refresh rate of my monitor. It's stuck at 60hz no matter what I do. Even if I could get 144hz then gsync wouldn't work so that's not happening. I need Displayport and that doesn't work with my BIOS/boot up.
I've been wanting to come back to Linux so it looks like my only option now is running a VM. I've tried Hyper-V (built into windows) and VirtualBox but it's awful. It's as if my graphics are running on my CPU instead of my GPU. There are lots of stuttering and display issues. VMware seems to be the only one that will make use of my GPU so it feels as close as possible to using a proper installation of Linux from my SSD and forgetting that Windows is running in the background.
I have upgraded to a 7950X3D which is a 16 core CPU. My previous CPU was a 9900K with 8 cores. So I guess I could run Windows on CCD 0 (8 cores) and a Linux VM on CCD1 (8 cores). I might need to use Process Lasso for it to work properly but that's cool.
I have also doubled my RAM from 32 to 64GB. I could allocate 16-32GB RAM to Linux and that'd leave me 32-48GB RAM for gaming if I wanted to game and leave a VM running. Most games don't use more than 8 cores or 32GB ram so my gaming performance shouldn't be affected much if at all compared to a system with something like a 7800X3D/32GB (high specs for a gaming PC)
Downloading VMware workstation player since it's free for personal use and an ISO of Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS. Will try set it up and see how it goes.
When I was using Linux before I really enjoyed it but went back to Windows. I'm not terribly excited about the future of Windows with all this AI bullshit they are stuffing in. I'm wanting to keep Windows for gaming and running exclusive programs only and do all my other stuff in Linux. Hopefully now I've upgraded my PC it will feel much better to virtualise Linux ontop of Windows. I want to be able to boot into Linux and forget that I'm running Windows. I can fall back to Windows when I need to play games or use a specific Windows only program. Also with a VM it's much quicker to switch between OS. Having to restart every time I want to switch between OS was a pain in the ass.
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pointed me here so if yall are giving out referral bonuses....he's the guy. Can see we ain't a large group so far, but that isn't exactly a shock. lol
Recently I got into it and it's great. I didn't know it was in such good shape. Besides the rising success of Proton with the Steam Deck, I'm also surprised by the abundance of native Linux games. I'm a happy Linux user now.
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Been on Arch Linux for four days now. So far so good. Got a GPU arriving today. Looking forward to reporting my findings as a Linux gamer.
Except for Chrome and Edge. Try Brave or Ungoogled Chromium for a Chromium based browser that respects your privacy. Also FF is good but the fork Librewolf is better out of the box. Of course, nothing is perfect.
Now that is a beautiful sight.
I think I heard someone recently say that "Fedora is the new Ubuntu", which is a bit weird but maybe not that far off.
I have. And while I do find the concept fascinating, I think their solution is a bit janky; you are totally reliant on shit being packaged for Nix, otherwise you are shit out of luck (or have to set up a distrobox or something). And packaging is not as straightforward as it sounds. Partially because NixOS's documentation is lacking, imho.
I've misplaced the breakaway end of my Xbox360 controller so I won't be playing any time soon.
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linux grew to 4% recently, good news.
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That's 4% of the market without spyware built in to their OS!linux grew to 4% recently, good news.
Desktop Operating System Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats
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Man, I do say some smart shit from time to time.
Yeah I am looking to get away from Windows ASAP. If Apple starts putting ads in the OS like the least have suggested, I will swap everything over to Linux.
I wonder, what's the magic number where Linux still flys below the virus, malware, spyware, etc. radar? There is a price for popularity.linux grew to 4% recently, good news.
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You can stream xFinity through a browser. It doesn't support Linux but you can change settings in your browser to spoof windows so the site works.I recently got a corsair vengeance i7500, absolutely monster PC, never really had a top of the line PC before so I'm over the moon with it to say the least.
Of course I had to get a second nvme to use for playground stuff, and the first thing I did was put Mint on it. i've tried a few distros but always come back to Mint. It just feels good. Solid. Not as customizeable as the KDE options, but also not as flaky.
Steam working great, used Lutris to install battle.net and that is working. I miss HDR and framegen on my 4090. I miss not having a native MS Office option, because I'm sorry but Office just kicks ass. But office online is pretty solid, not as quite as feature rich but usable. I tried Thunderbird for email but just don't like the presentation that much so I'll stick with a web client.
Besides HDR and framegen the only thing I'm really missing right now is, strangely, the xFinity TV streaming client. I'm able to use published web apps for the other things that don't have native apps like disney plus, netflix, and they work quite well. But xfinity seems to be specifically blocking linux and that's a bummer. Did some searching but haven't found a workaround. It's one of the only reasons I haven't completely wiped the hard drives and gone full linux.
Oh and while all my peripherals work, this being a corsair PC it's got the LED and all that ... there's no icue equivalent, at least not one I'm comfortable using. That's not the end of the world, my cooling is fine and controlled via Bios. But can't change the lights
Overall, I'd say the linux experience, at least on linux Mint, is waaaaaay better than it was even 5 years ago. I think Steam & Proton have been game changers (pun intended). I'm now at the point where I can see myself using it full time, and at least over the last month have been using it a majority of time, but would be great if some of these secondary concerns could be addressed. Especially the continued implementation of nvidia features and gaming support.
