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People keep telling me Linux "just works" now. I bought a System76 laptop with PopOS preinstalled. On the first day of use, third time I wake it from suspend, the lock screen has gone crazy buggy ... there are many instances of it at different levels of slide-upness, covering
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Jonathan Blow
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half the screen. I am unable to use the laptop without hard-powering it off. GG guys.
(Also, the trackpad and mouse 'buttons' on this laptop are freaking terrible, but, that has not much to do with Linux).
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Jonathan Blow
@Jonathan_Blow
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This is actually the most successful Linux attempt that I've had in about 15 years. Still doesn't just work.
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Jonathan Blow
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P.P.S. The number of condescending comments I get on postings like this, every time, is very large. If you are going to make a comment like this and are 20-something years old, don't even. In college I used to boot up my Linux machine with a big ascii Bob Dobbs every day.
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Jonathan Blow
@Jonathan_Blow
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If you make smug "Linux just perfectly works for me because I am so smart" comments, Bob thinks you are a pink. Thanks bye.
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Guillaume Maillard
@blueos
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Sure, it sucks but on such circonstances, on Windows, you ar e doomed forever. On linux you can grab the code and debug it. Sure, it's a mess, it takes time, it's not pleasant, but you can. I consider fixing 1 bug is a small (and useful) contrib compared of all you got "for free"
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Jonathan Blow
@Jonathan_Blow
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If "you can fix it" then how come these problems persist for years and don't get fixed?
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Artiya 🚀
@artiya4u
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It just work when you know what to do. I once bought a new laptop and I had to compile a new Linux kernel to make WiFi work.
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Larval Azathoth
@machinathans
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If you have to know what to do, that doesn't mean it "just works", that means it just "works"
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Ingólfr Arnarson
@ThingGodi
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Linux doesn't 'just works', you will always need someone who knows how to make it work. And that's okay. It is way better than running windows and worth to learn how to use it and become that someone.
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Jonathan Blow
@Jonathan_Blow
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Bro I have used Linux since 1991, which is before a lot of people who say this to me were even born.
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