Not in real life but I have yet to not find one in the comments of anything Linux related.

I had a similar issue on Manjaro when I got a 7900XTX but it was solved after some kernel and Mesa updates. That was about a year ago though.

Last time I installed EndeavourOS I had to connect to the wifi through the terminal. That’s a surefire way to get a beginner to stop installing right there so I would not recommend it.

I have seen arch recommended to first time Linux users more times than I can count. It’s usually said that installing it is a learning experience. If that’s a joke it’s a really stupid one.

Yes, they can but an average user never will and for Linux to get any adoption beyond the enthusiast space it also can’t be a requirement.

Like it’s fine if you believe Linux should never get mass adoption and be a niche desktop OS. All I’m saying is that I want Linux to get mass adoption and for that terminal usage can’t be a requirement because your average computer user, who’s most advanced computer use is installing an ad blocker on their browser, will never open a terminal.

Wait, so you think computer usage should go back to just large companies and a few niche enthusiasts?

No, we didn’t. Average computer users didn’t exist then, only tech people.

What I mean is that using the terminal isn’t mandatory in Manjaro while Arch and Arch based distros all require it. So for that it’s an excellent example.

As for stability it’s a bit more stable than Arch itself from my experience but I still has issues. The most stable distro I have used was Pop OS, I didn’t have a single issue there for like 3 years straight, I only switched because of a hardware change and Pop OS’s Mesa version was unstable on the new hardware.

My central point is still that you will never in a million years get the average computer user to use a terminal.

Oh, there are tons of distros where you don’t need to use the terminal for anything, even Manjaro, an arch based distro, doesn’t need you to ever open the terminal. I was just saying that if adoption is the goal then using the terminal can’t be a requirement for a normal user experience.

If Linux wants to ever have adoption outside tech people then it can’t be. If a normide has to open up a terminal then that’s already one less Linux user.

I have used Linux for my main PC for a very long time but I have also worked in tech support and your average user will never ever use an OS where using the terminal is mandatory.

I my opinion there should be some hobbyist distros where the terminal is your daily experience like Arch or Gentoo but the main focus should be accessibility for the average user if adoptability is a goal.

Veebimajutus. They are a local registrar in my country and I like to support local businesses.

On my old laptop with a dedicated Nvidia card and integrated AMD Wayland works as long as you only use integrated graphics otherwise crashes are common.

On my new laptop with both integrated and dedicated AMD graphics it works without issue.

On my desktop with a 5800x3d and 7900XT it’s usable but on Wayland hardware acceleration of video just does not work for some reason. About half of more demanding games have a very noticeable stutter and there is a full system freeze every week or so. With X those issues aren’t present on that machine.

As I said: Works for some people but not for others.

Very true. Like I would love it if something worked as solidly as X but Wayland has had like 15 years to get it’s shit together and it’s still not there. There are plenty of people for who it does work too but 2 out of the 3 computers I use regularly have issues with Wayland.

Oh god, this bothers me so much. I have 4 screens and rearranging everything after a startup takes like 5 minutes. Why isnt this a thing in Wayland?

Yea, I ran into this issue a while back when I dual booted Windows for something I don’t remember. I was blissfully ignorant when installing Windows on my system that had been running Linux for a while, got a separate SSD for it and everything. So I selected the empty SSD figuring everything Windows will be installed on it only to discover a month later that after formatting an HDD that I use for media storage that the Windows boot loader is gone…

Manually installing the Windows boot loader is not fun.

Ah, that explains the time when I worked for a company in Denmark and whenever everyone across Europe got together in the same room it was a massive sausage fest. I always though that was weird.

It could be a difference between Europe and the US. Here in Estonia it’s pretty common for women to be in IT. Like the majority of the first level support at my current job are women. Higher tier teams are pretty evenly split too except the Microsoft team, they only have one woman currently.

Could be how tech gets marketed in Europe since I never felt that it was aimed at boys here but I have seen people in the US mention how it’s basically aimed solely at boys.

The previous place I was a sysadmin for was 3 girls in the Linux team (including me) and one guy who was a junior sysadmin and my wife also prefers Linux so I know more girls who use Linux than guys IRL. It’s a different situation online but than again I don’t bother correcting people if they think I’m a guy online.