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  • @plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    53•22 days ago

    I can hear the ‘just use Linux/BSD/etc.’ crowd already clamoring in the comments, and will preface this by saying that although I use Linux and BSD on a nearly daily basis, I would not want to use it as my primary desktop system for too many reasons to go into here.

    Still though.

    🐧

    • StinkyFingerItchyBumEnglish
      15•22 days ago

      I just switched to Linux mint as a HTPC and it works great! Wine and Bottles bridged most of the gaps in software availability.

      • mesaEnglish
        3•22 days ago

        nice!

        Ive personally used proton as well for the one program that I need in windows land. It works really well.

    • @tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      11•22 days ago

      I would not want to use it [Linux or BSD] as my primary desktop system for too many reasons to go into here.

      https://twitter.com/MayaPosch/status/1809311467545735654

      The Linux kernel not having a stable driver ABI is why Linux will never amount to anything outside of some embedded and server applications.

      — Maya Posch, author of the submitted article

      I guess maybe that’s their reason.

      • @GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.mlEnglish
        9•22 days ago

        never

        That tweet must be some kind of joke, because I don’t know what to make of the many people who use Linux outside of embedded and server applications. And it doesn’t even have to be my hearsay because the Steam Deck is exactly such a device.

        In fact, I have a USB audio interface which I use near daily on Linux that has no driver support in modern Windows, because the vendor only provided beta support for Windows 7 as that OS was releasing. By Windows 8 it was unsupported. So the journey of that device is XP->Stable, Vista->Stable, 7->Unstable, 8±> Non-functioning. If the driver ABI were so stable, why does my device not work on Windows anymore?