True but that’s far less of an issue for most mainstream distros. If it works on one Linux distro then it probably works on another or a reasonable tech person can address the missing dependencies.
While I don’t love flat packs it’s one thing they do tend to solve.
I am disappointed at professional application support, but not with Linux specifically. In my professional life I have needed to use products like Visio, Adobe Suite, Autodesk software, and others.
I am often forced to use Windows for my work computer because of these limitations, and while I realize its not the fault of Linux, the lack of install base demanding professional applications run on Linux is a community issue. While I always prefer FOSS over PROP software, sometimes I really do need to run PROP software on linux, and that means convincing enough people to demand that support from the developer.
That’s fair, but nearly any modern CPU at least 32gb of RAM and a current GPU with 16gb is plenty. No need for a 4k system when a 1k-1.5k will do it.
If you’re willing to Frankenstein things some of the used AI/ML/mining cards can be a decent value.
I disagree Gemma 4 easily runs inside of a 16g GPU and is really pretty fast.
I use systemd it’s fine and requires very little extra thought.
I run teams and Outlook using versions in electron wrappers. For one drive I have to use the web interface to get to the shared storage because our folks don’t know how to set it up and I don’t care enough to figure it out for them.
I have one application that I really need to use that I still can’t get working in Linux but I’m still trying.
Highly doubtful since it’s AMD to AMD.
Honestly moving to a KDE desktop environment along with any well maintained Linux distro will feel like going back to Windows 7 but now with modern powershell
There will always be a few things different like not needing to download apps from websites. But most of the rest will feel normal.
Nearly everything you are talking about is easy and built into the vast majority of desktop linux distributions, and more than a few server ones too!
RDP: Remmina, KDE (windows like Desktop Environment)
Hyper-V: KVM+QEMU, but im going to ask why? There are very few reasons to do full virtual machines these days when you can just run everything as containers.
Plex: Plex
RAID5: use ZFS Z5 or linux mdadm r5. The advantages of ZFS is that you get lots of tools like snapshots, and reslivering which helps prevent bit rot.
Depending on your hardware I would honestly suggest your host OS be Proxmox, and then just run your gaming/personal system as a VM with GPU pass through. Proxmox has all the KVM+QEMU tools and ZFS tools baked in with a good web UI that makes managing these things easier.
I moved to OnShape since its web based I can use it in linux without issues. FreeCAD is good, but it randomly was slow on my laptop and I cant figure out whats wrong :(
Ahh, I got mine used when a window 11 update “bricked” a lots of them. Rather than do am RMA this guy just got a new one and gave me the old ones saying if I could fix it then I could keep it.
Unbricking was not easy so I can understand why he just replaced it.
Yes it has a USB c port for e GPU and as an input to be a 2nd monitor for a laptop.
It’s not really upgradable as it’s a highly integrated package. But I will have to replace the battery at some point and will let you know.
Yes I got a generic surface pen and it worked out of the box without any tweaking.
I have a minis forum v3 that I use all the time. It’s got decent CPU and GPU for a laptop class.
It competent runs Indy and older games, has reasonable battery life, and the general performance is more than enough for productivity.
Touch screen works flawlessly, accelerometer required some tinkering as did volume control. Thumb scanner was easy to get working. I have not gone back to try getting the IR camera for face detection working.
I would live boot or install side by side another more modern distro before dumping the card. It’s a fine card it just requires effort to get working unlike AMD/Intel.
Good to know that your different distribution works well with your different GPU.
Great but it’s not working out of the box and clearly that was the expectation.
AMD has built in support so no extra steps needed.
Ubuntu has a history of not having the latest kernels and having spotty support for new hardware.
Sure you can fix it but again the out of the box expectation.
We can agree that it should work and can work and I don’t disagree that always suggestions a different distribution is not generally helpful but watching people suffer trying to get Ubuntu working is a sore spot for me.
agree on the move on part, but not the block community part, sometimes there is some funny stuff in that “community” As a vegan Arch user I have to get a good laugh from time to time at myself (not really vegan, and only Arch derived distro)