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  • Synapse@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.ml•Thinking on switching to linux
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    27 days ago

    This isn’t exactly what I recommend. Only in the case the hardware is bleeding edge, as in, it was released less than 6 month ago, then check in which Kernel version it starts to be supported, as well as check the Kernel version shipping with the distribution you are interested in installing. Distro Kernel version >= Kernel version where the driver starts to be included, no problems. Otherwise, check a distro that has more frequent upgrades.

    Things to check: GPU, CPU, WiFi chip, Ethernet chip. In windows you can find the information in the device manager. On Linux (e.g: test with a live USB) the command lspci with display the information.

    A common case would be: I am interested in Debian because I heard it’s the most stable, will my AMD 5070XT work with that ? Probably not very well, better Check Ubuntu non-LTS or Fedora.

    I am not recommending op to modify the Kernel from the Linux distro, just consider this point in choosing the distro.

  • Synapse@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.ml•Thinking on switching to linux
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    27 days ago
    Software Linux support
    AMD driver ✅ open-source drivers for CPU and GPU are included in the Linux Kernel and work very well. If you have bleeding edge news hardware, check online in which Kernel version they are supposed and choose Linux distro accordingly
    Web Browser ✅ Chrome/chromium, ✅ Firefox. All are commonly available in your distro software repository by default, or otherwise with Flatpak
    Web-based email ✅ not dependent on OS. Local Email client software are available, one exemple is Thunderbird.
    Office suite ✅ LibreOffice, or anything web-based such as Google Docs will work independently of the OS
    Itunes Many music players/library managers are available on Linux, I don’t have any specific recommendations here, I am self-hosting Jellyfin for my music needs
    JBL not sure what you mean here ? Your headset/speakers ? Don’t see why it wouldn’t work
    Music score reader/editor ✅ MuseScore, I also use Guitar Pro (7, 8) inside Bottle (wine) and it works with some tweaks needed for fixing font bug
    Antivirus ✅ ClamAV, arguable if you need an antivirus at all
    Python ✅ many IDEs are available, a scary amount of Linux distribution rely on Python under the hood 😅
    Remote desktop ✅ RDP protocol (many clients available), ✅ Rustdesk, ✅ anydesk, ✅ TeamViewer)
    Game platforms ✅ Steam, ✅ Heroic Games Launcher (for Epic and GOG), ✅ Lutris
    VPN ✅ OpenVPN and ✅ Wireguard protocols are supported (maybe others), you can find many providers using these protocols. Most ask you to use their app, but digging a little you often have options to configure the VPN connection without installing anything extra. I know Nord on client works on Linux, I haven’t tried other. Mulldav is a very frequent recommendation in Linux communities
    Windows games compatibility ✅ Wine/Proton via Steam, Lutris, Heroic and Bottles. The only thing that will block you is competitive multiplayer games with Anti-Cheat
  • Synapse@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.ml•AMD vs Nvidia
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    2 months ago

    FOSS driver only, the choices are AMD and Intel. Nvidia is out of the picture.

    Of coursenouveau drivers are still around and under active development, but as far as I know the performance if still very far from reasonable expectations.

  • Synapse@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.ml•So, you've found the light. You are now a penguin herder...
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    3 months ago

    If you want to bring more people to Linux, preaching is really not a good way to do that. We are not a religion, we are not a cult. We are an enthousiastic bunch or nerds :)

    Avoid behind judgemental of people that use Windows, Mac or other proprietary software. Do not talk about Linux in length when it was not solicited.

    Instead, you can show how enthusiastic you are about all the cool things you are doing with your computer that happens to be running Linux!

    When people around you, do make the choice to switch, of their own will, then offer your help with all the patience and understanding you have.

    All the best 🐧🐧🐧

  • Synapse@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.ml•Ardour 8.10 released
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    6 months ago

    Ardour is definitely professional grade, but I must say that it’s far from simple to setup. First, you may not have the latest version available in you SW repository and you would have to compile it yourself! Then, despite all the progress brought by pipewire, audio config in Linux is complicated and unreliable, especially for this time of work, requiring different audio devices, MIDI control interfaces and VSTs.

    I am not an audio professional, I’m an amateur, and found myself demotivated by the amount of work required until I am ready to create music, and finally gave up :(

  • Synapse@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.ml•What is your linux backup strategy?
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    6 months ago

    I use Duplicity to backup my home directory, excluding Steam and Downloads folders. It is setup to backup weekly to my NAS mounted as NFS. The NAS has a weekly cron task to upload the backups to pCloud using rclone. I backup this way, several computers (2 desktop, 2 laptop, the NAS as well). The files included in this strategy are essentially my photos, documents and configs. My software installations, games, media library are not backed up.