Because the shaming tone is just infuriating. Yes, new people have problems with the system, shaming them by telling them their problems are “baffling” is tone-deaf.
Worse, if you have to shame people into using your system, it sends the message that Linux has serious problems that people need to be shamed into accepting. Shaming people into changing their behaviour basically never works by the way, outside of maybe a very insular village setting.
A better title might be, “Solutions to newcomers’s most common problems with Linux”, but the way it’s always phrased is, “Hey all the problems are going away and you’re frankly a teensy tiny brained baby if you’re not using Linux!” Like, maybe fuck off. Maybe show people that the community is capable of advertising itself with literally anything besides toxicity.
I have been on-board with the mission of Linux and hearing this “Hey the switch is actually easy!” gaslighting bullshit for 15 years now. I still haven’t managed to get rid of Windows 100%, and I honestly don’t want to ask for help from literally any Linux fanboy because they have proven themselves to be amongst the most rabidly condescending shits I’ve ever spoken to.
A better title might be, “Solutions to newcomers’s most common problems with Linux”
The video is about the results of a survey regarding the problems people are having using Linux. Only 10% of them described themselves as beginners. That would not be a good title.
I personally see zero condescending tone in it. The video doesn’t prove to be toxic like you described either.
IMO this just isn’t a good community for this, because nobody clicks on a 20 minute video to figure out what it has to do with “Linux Gaming”. Plus YT links are almost always downvoted anyways. I agree that the title isn’t the best, because it fails to convey what the video actually contains.
not gaming related, just generally “linux” related
ad at the top of the summary
potentially condescending tone (baffled at users having problems), but more importantly, it’s click-baity - better title: survey results about issues linux users have
I didn’t down-vote, but I didn’t click it or upvote it because I wasn’t sure if it was relevant or not and I’m not interested in watching a video to find out. I can absolutely understand downvotes though.
If the title is dubious, leave a note in the description as to why I should watch it. Mentioning tge survey would be a great place to start.
<span style="color:#323232;">Release notes
</span><span style="color:#323232;">The Wine development release 9.10 is now available.
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</span><span style="color:#323232;">What's new in this release:
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</span><span style="color:#323232;">Bundled vkd3d upgraded to version 1.12.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">DPI Awareness support improvements.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">C++ RTTI support on ARM platforms.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">More obsolete features removed in WineD3D.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Various bug fixes.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">The source is available at https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/9.x/wine-9.10.tar.xz
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</span><span style="color:#323232;">Binary packages for various distributions will be available from https://www.winehq.org/download
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</span><span style="color:#323232;">You will find documentation on https://www.winehq.org/documentation
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</span><span style="color:#323232;">Wine is available thanks to the work of many people. See the file AUTHORS for the complete list.
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</span><span style="color:#323232;">Bugs fixed in 9.10 (total 18):
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#23434 Race management software hangs & jumps up to 100% processor load
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#34708 Silent Hill 4: The Room crashes after first videoscene when trying to go to the door.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#45493 SRPG Studio games need proper DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUTREF implementation
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#46039 Paint.NET 4.1 (.NET 4.7 app) installer tries to run MS .NET Framework 4.7 installer (Wine-Mono only advertises as .NET 4.5)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#46787 Notepad++ rather slow (GetLocaleInfoEx)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#50196 can not copy words between wine apps and ubuntu apps
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#50789 Multiple .NET applications crash with unimplemented 'System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.get_Owner' using Wine-Mono (Affinity Photo 1.9.1, Pivot Animator 4.2)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#52691 FL Studio 20.9.1 Freezes on start-up
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#54992 EA app launcher does not render correctly
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#56548 reMarkable crashes on start
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#56582 vb3 combobox regression: single click scrolls twice
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#56602 DualShock 4 controller behaves incorrectly on Darwin with hidraw enabled
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#56666 BExAnalyzer from SAP 7.30 does not work correctly
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#56674 Multiple games fail to launch (Far Cry 3, Horizon Zero Dawn CE, Metro Exodus)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#56718 Compilation fails on Ubuntu 20.04 with bison 3.5.1
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#56724 New chromium versions don't start under wine anymore
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#56730 Access violation in riched20.dll when running EditPad
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#56736 App packager from Windows SDK (MakeAppx.exe) 'pack' command crashes on unimplemented function ntdll.dll.RtlLookupElementGenericTableAvl
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DankPods uses Linux on his gaming system, which I just found out recently. Seems like Linux is starting to gain traction in the content creator space now, which is neat.
That’s awesome, I remember him mentioning in much older videos that he wants to switch to Linux when its ready enough for him to game on. He also shits on Windows every chance he gets, so glad he got to switch.
Yup, their business is doing hardware reviews, which involves benchmarks and whatnot on Windows. So at least those machines will stay Windows, and probably their editing machines.
They might convert a handful of other machines, but I doubt it’ll be that many.
It would be nice to see Linux benchmarks for new hardware too. Love GN’s content but I basically ignore his benchmarks as they’re done on Windows. It shows the relative strengths of the hardware but not real world Linux performance.
He could take a bit of a gamble, do some Linux as a comparison and see if that draws viewers too, maybe some attention from those that are curious about Linux but not enough to actually delve into the topic themselves (or deterred by the reputation of Linux being complicated).
Choosing a suitable distribution might be a challenge, particularly because some distro elitists will inevitably come to dunk on his choice and he might not want the comment section to be clogged by distro wars (particularly if the majority of viewers, as you suggested, are Windows users and will find that off-putting).
At this point I accept that Valve probably can’t compete with the billions poured into the Meta Quest 3, but I’m glad they understand there’s an enthusiastic audience for whatever they do next.
It seems like one of the most conspicuous contributors to recent Linux fixes works for a consulting firm presumably contracted by Valve, so it definitely seems like a coordinated effort in preparation for… something.
It’s a nice tool to have around anyway. Even for my windows VR PC. The power at my house went out yesterday and the base stations restarted into a fully on state. I didn’t have to turn on the VR PC to turn them back off, just had to open Lighthouse PM.
New processor, better, brighter display, 120Hz display refresh, thermal improvements in cooling of processor and voltage regulation system, color-coded expansion modules to match bezel, high monitor resolution to avoid fractional scaling, better webcam, new expansion module for SD card storage, option for keyboard with “Super”-labeled key rather than Windows key.
For small-medium businesses, can ship with Windows 11 and provides longer warranty, scaled up support staff.
Neither of my two wishlist items, 100Wh battery or triple mechanical trackpad buttons, though.
Is the 61 watt hour battery new vs the 55? I’m not expecting 100 wh in a small 13" laptop, but 61 is an improvement. I’d really like to see at least 70 (like the 14" MBP) in something that size.
Nice man thats awesome you should check out lampray
Currently only supports BG3 and cyberpunk2077 but has plans for Bethesda games I think the beta on his discord might allow them. Anyway it’ll be a linux mod manager for multiple games once complete
Thanks for shouting this out. Honestly the only thing keeping me going back to Windows is the complexity in getting modding done on various games, Bethesda and BG3 among them. I know it can be done, but there are too many hoops for my post-work brain to jump through. End up running out of spoons to keep learning all the new concepts. This is exciting, definitely keeping an eye on this as hopefully the final barrier breaker to switch to Linux full time.
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