Linux desktop appreciation post - eviltoast

I recently had to use windows for stuff and after a year of using Linux, it made me realise how janky windows is in comparison. Even on a top spec pc unminimized (or resized) windows flash white before their contents appear. Super-d to minimize/maximize doesn’t bring all windows back up or in the same order. And these are greatly amplified when the computer isn’t that powerful, so much so that you can see individual regions of some programs render one by one. In addition, moving the kde connect window sometimes made the screen stutter and flicker (???) and at some point my mouse stopped working (touchpad was fine), I tried reinstalling drivers and stuff but ultimately I had to reboot for it to work again.

Brings back memories of my laptop loudly booting up in the middle of the night for no apparent cause or reason and mouse cursor going invisible upon random boots that made me save a file in the middle of the desktop about how to fix it.

It’s incredible how Linux is both free and a more stable experience, even as a nvidia+wayland user.

  • Lojcs@lemm.eeOP
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    9 months ago

    This totally. Every oss office suite I’ve tried is either incompatible, glitchy or has weird workflow for some things. But ms office is available on the web for free so it doesn’t bother me

    • TCB13@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      But ms office is available on the web for free so it doesn’t bother me

      True, but that doesn’t work for everyone as online MS Office has limitations.