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Linux Mint - NOT "Usable Out of the Box" - Probably switching back to Windows (lemmy.world)
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My time with Linux has been equal parts amazing and absolutely infuriating. Linux Mint is NOT usable out of the box. Here have been my issues:

Nvidia GPU - Trying to figure out how to get the drivers working was a nightmare with ten million different people giving different advice on how to get it to work. Eventually I was able to get them signed and it seems to work

Bluetooth - Another nightmare. Bluetooth is terrible on Linux. It took hours to get it even remotely working ok, but I still don't think it's perfect.

Compatibility - Some things just straight up don't work for seemingly no reason. None of my controllers work with Steam, no matter how many countless hours I've spent troubleshooting.

And that is where I am disappointed. Troubleshooting Linux issues sucks. There are so many people giving their opinions and all of them are different and most don't work.

When Linux is working right it is amazing, and I love it. But right now, it just isn't as good as Windows and extremely infuriating more often than not. Guess I am going to switch back and give Bill Gates all of my info again. Really fucking disappointing

Update: Controllers seem to work after forcing compatibility mode in Steam. No idea why that was off or why Steam was essentially hijacking my controller, but it seems to work now. For everyone that helped thank you.

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[–] Cold_Brew_Enema@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I appreciate the response. What would you recommend as the easiest way to test different distros easily? Vm?

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Ventoy with all the distro LiveUSB images you want to try on it. You should be able to configure them as if they're installed, unless you have to reboot. If your issues are hardware based, you'll have a tough time doing anything useful on VMs. If you find you have to reboot to do anything, you're probably going to want to actually install it. But you should get an idea of how things will go with a distro by doing this.