in 2021. In 2022 I tried again with Fedora and KDE but I have an Nvidia GPU and this was around the time they just switched the default to Wayland which resulted in the liveCD hanging forever. Didn't even get to install it again. I used to use Linux as a desktop from 2008 to 2014 but stopped because things just kept breaking on me and it was wasting my time. Eventually, my work switched to Windows, I switched to working at home and it didn't make sense to maintain a Linux desktop that every time I booted it up, something new was broken. I've been checking every year into Linux since.

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Fair enough. I appreciate you for trying it again every so often and not just holding a grudge because of a bad experience 5 or 10 years ago. I have faith it'll "get there" eventually. For some of us it has, but there is obviously a ways to go before it has the ability to grab everyone. :P

[–] MJBrune@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Absolutely. I love Linux. I am a game developer who makes builds for Linux (not Proton). I specifically believe in Linux. That said Linux is a bit of a UX/UI trash fire and I have games to make. I'll probably be trying again this year. I'll probably go with Manjaro, Fedora, and OpenSuse unless you have any recommendations. What distro and DE do you use? I've been leaning towards KDE the last few times I tested but I really liked Fedora's Gnome.

[–] tetrahedron@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For game dev, try Pop OS. it has Nvidia support out of the box. Game dev has always been an issue because either card support is minimal or manufacturer just didn t care about ux for linux despite community plea (,unity s font issue)

[–] MJBrune@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I'll check it out. System 76 seems great too.

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