Linux

48067 readers

785 users here now

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
No misinformation
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, etc

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

279

What are you most excited when it comes to linux in 2024? (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

178 comments fedilink hide all child comments

For me it must be kde plasma 6 and the wayland driver for wine.

Edit: I made the question gendered by using the word guys. I've fixed my mistake.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 110 points 11 months ago (4 children)

It's the year of the Linux desktop! /s

But seriously, I think I'm going to buy a SteamDeck.

[+] [email protected] 35 points 11 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

[deleted]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just got a steam deck and love it. I also got the official dock and can't believe how bad it is. I have to unplug it and my TV half the time to get the dock to connect correctly. It works fine for a few days, then stops. I've had picture issues and audio issues and even issues with the deck right after disconnecting it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah, same issues. I bought my dock during the summer steam sale and didn't use it much, but now that I''ve tried using it more I feel like I want to send it back and get a refund, but it might be too late. I keep hoping the issues will get fixed with firmware updates, but so far they haven't.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Awesome. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I completely agree. I bought one in the preorder days and was a bit nervous. It came in, and it was so much better than I thought. It works and it works well, and is fun to use. I’ve connected to a tv and done “real” work on it to boot. It is some hardware I highly recommend to anyone if they can afford it. The other cool thing is my whole library of steam games are there and still playable.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I already have the LCD, but the OLED has me seriously considering retiring it far earlier than I usually do with my electronics.

I've had a gaming laptop for years but I think I did more gaming on the deck in the first six months than I ever did on my laptop. The suspend mid-game, actually using it away from a power plug...

The Deck announcement made me try linux on my desktop again, too, just to see if Valve's claims about proton could be true... And I have yet to boot back into windows.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I've been considering this too. I don't have much time at all to game but feel like maybe I'd do better with a portable than can stream to a TV.

I need to search up if they support all games or just those that have been ported. Surely it's more than what has been ported to Linux...

But my mouse and keyboard, hmm

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

https://www.protondb.com/

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Protondb is a hugely useful site (okay, maybe not that huge but it's great)! There's WineHQ for Wine but it's kinda... a little creaky, if you know what I mean. Doesn't seem to get much attention.

Protondb, on the other paw, has lots of useful info from a quick-and-simple "how likely is it to work?" indicator to "Here's what I had to do to make it flawless" reports from users. VERY useful! wiggles emphatically! (also it splits reports between PC and Deck)

Oh, also GloriousEggroll's Proton fork is kinda great, for critters who like to faff about with stuff as I do: https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom Dunno if that's of any use on Deck though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

That's what the "verified for deck" is for in steam. In my experience every game works that fulfills these criteria:

A. Is not one of a few competitive multiplayer games that have decided to not allow Linux players to play. Among these are Destiny 2 and PUBG for example.

B. Does not require mouse and keyboard (and even then the touchpads and steam input sometimes makes it work anyways)

C. Is not VR (for obvious reasons)

If you are unsure you can also check protondb which someone else linked.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I swear I'll too this 2024 hopefully a newer release doesn't appear all of sudden (like just the Retro is Pocket 4 and 4 Pro happened right now, at least for me).