▲ 127 ▼ First day using Linux Mint instead of Windows 11 (kbin.social) submitted 2 years ago by Gamers_Mate@kbin.social to c/linux@lemmy.world 41 comments fedilink hide all child comments It feels faster and it seems to use up less storage. It feels like I no longer have to play tug of war with microsoft with owning my own device.
[+] despotic_machine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 2 years ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) Completely agree. Never once did I think "I wish I was on Windows" since I've been using Mint permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] meekah@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) So I've been using Linux for close to 6 months now and I do have to admit I miss how easy it was to set up VR on PC. I don't think there even is a virtual desktop application for Linux. I tried alvr but I guess something about my network didn't allow the vr goggles to communicate with my PC. But even if that worked, it would still be a matter of luck whether the VR mods I would like to use actually work on Linux. Like I'm sure it would be a hassle to get content manager for assetto corsa to run properly. So I've been considering just putting windows on a small ssd that I can use for VR. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] swab148@startrek.website 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) That does seem to be most people's solution at this point, VR is unfortunately not working well on Linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's because the two major VR ecosystems are run by companies that are the antithesis of open source. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] swab148@startrek.website 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, maybe Valve will start putting more work into it, but until then I'll just be happy with my 2-d life permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] meekah@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Fair enough. I can't recommend VR enough though. It's crazy how immersive it is permalink fedilink source parent [–] Gamers_Mate@kbin.social [S] 3 points 2 years ago Thank you I will! permalink fedilink source parent [–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (4 children) Do you have any recommendations for RDP? Right now I run a bunch of windows boxes at home and it's super nice to be able to VPN to home and then RDP into them, the responsiveness is really solid. I haven't really found a comparable setup with Linux, I tried VNC but the sluggishness was real. I also tried RustDesk, but there were some weird shortcut key issues randomly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] thefool@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Have you tried Remmina? I use it almost every day for my work machine. Works pretty well. I think I found it by opening the software center and typing in rdp permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dominatorhl2@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago @AlecSadler NoMachine works great on Mint/Ubuntu. It's free and the only intuitive RDP out there I've found so far. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago If you wanna go a bit overkill, moonlight + sunshine has one of the lowest latencies out there permalink fedilink source parent [+] despotic_machine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) Completely agree. Never once did I think "I wish I was on Windows" since I've been using Mint permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] meekah@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) So I've been using Linux for close to 6 months now and I do have to admit I miss how easy it was to set up VR on PC. I don't think there even is a virtual desktop application for Linux. I tried alvr but I guess something about my network didn't allow the vr goggles to communicate with my PC. But even if that worked, it would still be a matter of luck whether the VR mods I would like to use actually work on Linux. Like I'm sure it would be a hassle to get content manager for assetto corsa to run properly. So I've been considering just putting windows on a small ssd that I can use for VR. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] swab148@startrek.website 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) That does seem to be most people's solution at this point, VR is unfortunately not working well on Linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's because the two major VR ecosystems are run by companies that are the antithesis of open source. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] swab148@startrek.website 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, maybe Valve will start putting more work into it, but until then I'll just be happy with my 2-d life permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] meekah@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Fair enough. I can't recommend VR enough though. It's crazy how immersive it is permalink fedilink source parent
[–] meekah@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) So I've been using Linux for close to 6 months now and I do have to admit I miss how easy it was to set up VR on PC. I don't think there even is a virtual desktop application for Linux. I tried alvr but I guess something about my network didn't allow the vr goggles to communicate with my PC. But even if that worked, it would still be a matter of luck whether the VR mods I would like to use actually work on Linux. Like I'm sure it would be a hassle to get content manager for assetto corsa to run properly. So I've been considering just putting windows on a small ssd that I can use for VR. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] swab148@startrek.website 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) That does seem to be most people's solution at this point, VR is unfortunately not working well on Linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's because the two major VR ecosystems are run by companies that are the antithesis of open source. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] swab148@startrek.website 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, maybe Valve will start putting more work into it, but until then I'll just be happy with my 2-d life permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] meekah@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Fair enough. I can't recommend VR enough though. It's crazy how immersive it is permalink fedilink source parent
[–] swab148@startrek.website 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) That does seem to be most people's solution at this point, VR is unfortunately not working well on Linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's because the two major VR ecosystems are run by companies that are the antithesis of open source. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] swab148@startrek.website 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, maybe Valve will start putting more work into it, but until then I'll just be happy with my 2-d life permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] meekah@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Fair enough. I can't recommend VR enough though. It's crazy how immersive it is permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's because the two major VR ecosystems are run by companies that are the antithesis of open source. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] swab148@startrek.website 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, maybe Valve will start putting more work into it, but until then I'll just be happy with my 2-d life permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] meekah@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Fair enough. I can't recommend VR enough though. It's crazy how immersive it is permalink fedilink source parent
[–] swab148@startrek.website 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, maybe Valve will start putting more work into it, but until then I'll just be happy with my 2-d life permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] meekah@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Fair enough. I can't recommend VR enough though. It's crazy how immersive it is permalink fedilink source parent
[–] meekah@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Fair enough. I can't recommend VR enough though. It's crazy how immersive it is permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gamers_Mate@kbin.social [S] 3 points 2 years ago Thank you I will! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (4 children) Do you have any recommendations for RDP? Right now I run a bunch of windows boxes at home and it's super nice to be able to VPN to home and then RDP into them, the responsiveness is really solid. I haven't really found a comparable setup with Linux, I tried VNC but the sluggishness was real. I also tried RustDesk, but there were some weird shortcut key issues randomly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] thefool@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Have you tried Remmina? I use it almost every day for my work machine. Works pretty well. I think I found it by opening the software center and typing in rdp permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dominatorhl2@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago @AlecSadler NoMachine works great on Mint/Ubuntu. It's free and the only intuitive RDP out there I've found so far. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago If you wanna go a bit overkill, moonlight + sunshine has one of the lowest latencies out there permalink fedilink source parent [+] despotic_machine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thefool@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Have you tried Remmina? I use it almost every day for my work machine. Works pretty well. I think I found it by opening the software center and typing in rdp permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dominatorhl2@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago @AlecSadler NoMachine works great on Mint/Ubuntu. It's free and the only intuitive RDP out there I've found so far. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago If you wanna go a bit overkill, moonlight + sunshine has one of the lowest latencies out there permalink fedilink source parent
[+] despotic_machine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent