Don’t let these responses fool you. My girlfriend games on PopOS and never had to open the terminal for anything. It just works. Most of the issues in the OP stem from using proprietary hardware, closed-source/proprietary drivers, and perhaps trying to dual-boot Windows and Linux.

Now, who is to fault for all these issues, if not Windows pushing such garbage on consumers? Linux is not there yet because Windows doesn’t want it to.

If there’s a chance of breaking the cycle and getting rid of Windows as the de facto PC OS, we need people to put in the minimal effort needed to run and maintain a computer, and to take of the training wheels supported by the Bigtech.

To understand what OP said, it’s like two hours of work maximum, even for an older person with only basic knowledge. It’s the lack of will and apathy that has Windows be where it is now.

Imagine comparing Taylor Swift to asmongold lol

There was an extension. Privacy relay or smth. Not quite sure.

There’s probably a package for that problem.

The solution to this problem, as well as many others, is Emacs.

Then he should use Mullvad.

Fucking heresy.

At least in EU, you can’t turn off motorcycle lights. They’re always on. In eu since 2003, and in US, according to the internet, since the 70s.

It’s not hard. What are you, a „prompt engineer“?

Now we talking! I will try your app once it’s out. If you implement a feature where I can scroll sideways to go the next post, your app will be my main app.

I did not misunderstand you. You are trying to solve a nonexistent problem.

An artist has done the art in question. That makes all the difference.

AI and Discord aren’t my thing. Does a lemmy thread with two comments really need summary?

I agree with the above poster, but in a more calm manner. I don’t think your question comes from being malicious, but from a place of wanting to know more.

Technically upvotes are for contents that befit the sub and are relevant, and downvotes are for things that are irrelevant for the sub they weren’t meant to be used as like/dislike.

Not what downvotes are made for. I found it funny however.

Like what?

Isn’t qute just a chromium wrapper?

Sure. What GPU, Monitor Resolution , refresh rate and size are you using? Did it all work out of the box? How do you play steam games? Did you just know to go for the compatibility setting and turn on proton? Which proton version did you use? Do you know the difference between all the versions? What about non steam games? Did you install Lutris? So you know what Vine is. Is it an emulator? They say it isn’t, but it is, isn’t it? Why do you have a media player folder in each game folder you install via Lutris? What about desktop icons? How would you launch your games, if you had them all on desktop before?

The simplest thing I had to do on my 42” 4K was to increase UI scaling, which in turn made my mouse unbelievably slow. In order to change DPI, I had to install three different Logitech drivers, where none worked. In the end, I was forced to edit the matrix in xinput manually, and add a startup command to run it on launch. But that lead to most of my games being rendered in wrong resolution or crashing. The solution was to install GNOME tweaks and increase the font size.

Sure, all of this may not be a problem to me as a sysadmin, or to you, but it is a major deterrent to the layman.

I switched about two weeks ago to PopOS on my gaming PC. Everything works smoothly now, but I am also highly knowledgeable with computers and work as a sysadmin. Even PopOS isn’t plug and play for someone who just turn on their PC and launches Steam to play some games. Whilst all my games work now, almost every game requires a small tuning, some small fix, some config changing to work properly. I wouldn’t recommend Linux gaming to those who aren’t technically capable enough to know how to install an OS or research distros without following a tutorial.