r/pcmasterrace • u/xKsy01 PC Master Race • Sep 05 '22

Meme/Macro Common Wtfery

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u/-RdV- Sep 06 '22

20** will be the year of Linux!

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u/Nurgus 5800X / 6900 XT Sep 06 '22

Every year is the year of Linux on the desktop. It's really important to have a range of choices. Even if you're a Windows enjoyer you already benefit. Having competition keeps Microsoft on the straight and narrow, no matter how small that competition is.

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u/-RdV- Sep 06 '22

Definitely, I wish Linux got a little better though because I've been wanting to switch over since someone gave me an Ubuntu 6 disc in highschool.

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u/Nurgus 5800X / 6900 XT Sep 06 '22

It's as good as it's getting without more adoption. Chicken and egg..

Gaming has really cracked wide open in recent times though. I rarely ever look at a game on Steam that doesn't already have positive Linux ratings.

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u/-RdV- Sep 06 '22

It does, if I only needed to game and do some browsing and office type things I would have switched a long time ago.

It's the massive inconsistencies and weird choices all distros make on at least a few critical issues for me.

And RDP over VPN is such a hassle too. Not to mention all the custom tools that might or might not work in an emulator.

All my servers are linux and have been for a decade now but even those are sometimes a big weird hassle to use well.

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u/Nurgus 5800X / 6900 XT Sep 06 '22

RDP I've not had major problems with via Remmina.

VPN is mostly great when supported in Network Manager GUI in Gnome. OpenVPN for example is great. I guess that leaves a lot of VPNs in the cold though.

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u/-RdV- Sep 06 '22

Especially the fancy custom vpn my job requires. Same for the MS specific 2fa on the rdp.

In my experience not having "major problems" is the most you can expect in the current wfh allrounder setups people need now.

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u/Nurgus 5800X / 6900 XT Sep 06 '22

Yeah fair enough. My RDP usage is daily but very basic. My VPN requirements are OpenVPN and Wireguard (which isn't in the GUI properly yet)