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► Chapters:
00:00 - 2023 was awesome
00:41 - The Death of Stadia and its impact
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03:39 - Wayland Improvements
04:30 - More Linux support across the industry
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#linux #opensource #2024
The year of the Linux desktop is upon us!
It was upon me in 2017😎
And it will be behind us in a couple of days.
@@ordinaryhuman5645 Who cares anyway😉
the year of the linux desktop is the year you switch completely. For me that was 2023, it is different to everyone. The true year will never come, it is gradual.
People have been saying that for years, so why should we take this claim seriously?
Valve made 2023 very exciteable for the Linux desktop, the rest came along well just like the past years.
2023 has been a great year for the Linux environment!! Let's hope that 2024 provides us with a lot of cool stuff on Linux as well!! Happy new year to y'all!!
Yeah. I truly believe that next year will be just awesome
@@MichaelNROHKinda surprised you didn't mention Open Kylin, how do you think that will effect things in the next few years, especially if it gets adopted in China as the main OS?
@@primeradiant827 As of right now, as long as they contribute upstream, it will have a positive effect on the Linux Desktop overall. We are yet to see the general rollout or "enforcement"
@@MichaelNROH That's good to hear, when China starts on something major they usually get it done which could be a huge boon for Linux overall. I doubt it will be "Enforced" unless the West ban windows or Mac OS from being used in China, although it could be shipped with computers in China as standard. Maybe a partnership with Lenovo. With it being the biggest pc manufacturer and a Chinese company and all.
Am I the only person who know nobody around me using a Lonux desktop?
2023 was literally when I got into linux more than ever
Same
End of 2022 already here, because W11 just smelled like absolute trouble to me. And I think it's justified. And really hoping W12/or whatever next installment will be, will prove that even more and more.
@@MichaelDustter 2022?
@@StripesInTheYT Yes, November 2022 was when I oficially jumped the hoops.
same bro!
I was pretty bummed to learn that Bungie is downright hostile to the mere idea of supporting Proton. You're absolutely right, there is no other game like it on the market right now It's not getting the support it deserves, though, since Bungie gutted the team in favor of their questionable Marathon revival. Not to mention all the layoffs. So while I do still miss the game, I'm not that broken up about it. On the other hand, I am super stoked to be using Linux for my second straight year. I'm loving all the recent Wayland developments - the only thing I'm still missing is global shortcuts.
Between their hostility to linux, and the hostility to their own user base; removing content, excusing it as a "need to advance the plot" when it was a need due to lack of optimization in console due to long ass loading screens that could take over 15 minutes, i personally dropped the game after the first season pass, when they started announcing the cut's in content, I put 80$ on this game between base game and the first 3 expansions and the first season pass with the forges, worst investment of my life, i ended up switching to Warframe and Path of Exile to satiate my thirst for looters.
unless you are using a very niche distro, you should be able to set global keybinds. I'm no way an expert, but gnome, and I presume, kde both have them, and as I understand it a bunch of the window managers are reliant on them.
I still have to dual boot for linux because specific software. Otherwise I'm only on linux. I really really prefer to windows. I've been running it for about 1.5 years now and it has it's own set of quirks, but once you set it up the way you like it that's it. Wayland is getting better all the time. Really hope next year has more massive improvements. Happy new year!
Happy new year to you too
Thats part of the fun, trying replacement Apps.
Its not the year of Linux. It's the decade of Linux!
KDE plasma has been rock solid for me, and that throughout 2023. It's 2024, and I'm so eager to see, the goodies V6 will bring to me! 🤯Wow, I didn't know I was a poet!🥳🤪😅🤓🐧🐧🐧
I cant belive how much Linux has changed this year. I'm not ready to fully switch over yet because some gaming/media creation features I use aren't 100 yet, but I think 2024 will be... at least my year for linux!
I think 2024 will be too, over the last ~4 years I have been slowly transitioning all of my software to FOSS and almost all of it now supports Linux! 2024 or very early 2025 will be my switch to Linux!
randomly found this vid, it's great to hear this I want to live in a world where linux is dominant and everyone is helping each other out
Which is what we try to do, but many want to deliberately whine like little kids and stay at corporations' shackles. Unfortunate. Well, at least we can help those who are willing to put effort to do better for themselves.
Hi. Congratulations for your Chanel and a happy new year. This year I left windows completely and go to Debian 12 with gnome after 10 years without using it, I was surprised how much things are better nowadays, i had a very good experience and I’m loving Debian.
been running debian for six months now as my only OS and it's veen a fantastic experience. I absolutely love the extensibility of gnome, wayland has caused me no issues whatsoever, and I've been blown away by how straightforward gaming is now. I'm never going back to windows!
As a long time windows user, I recently installed zorin os 16 on my laptop and I'm loving it!
Man, what a great year it's been! After 15 years of using macOS, I switched to Fedora a few months ago and I absolutely love using it. I also really hope Studio One releases its Linux port soon. 2024 is going to be even more awesome for Linux!
Does it not work good enough in Beta? Sorry, I don't have much experience with DAWs
I swapped recently to linux mint which I try to daily drive. The games I currently play will be the last ones on Windows. I started playing RDR2 on Linux a few days ago and i am still surprised on how well it went, even with the Rockstar Launcher (well the Captcha were the most pain I had to go through). It was just press install in Steam and then it went fine, the only thing i had to do was stop the DirectX install script per kill command after a few minutes. I hope for a prosperous future for linux.
How was your experience playing RDR2 on Linux vs your windows install, also which distro did you use?
I still don't understand why Wayland lacks so many essential features at this point. It started more than a decade ago, and it was not the first system (i.e., it had many competitors to learn from). Yet, fractional scaling seems to be added only a year ago, still doesn't have always-on-top or window positioning, which all other desktop OS's have. Security? Then why can't those be per-app user permission (i.e., the user can allow certain apps to use window positioning)?
@@__Watcher___ Even Gnome Wayland has always-on-top, but this doesn't matter, because it is not a Wayland standard, and I guess KDE's one is also not standard. This means that apps cannot have native always-on-top menu, unlike Windows, and the user must invoke the OS's menu like pressing some special shortcut or clicking non-client area of the window. This is NOT what I want.
Even tho I've stop playing Destiny, this game will live in my heart forever, so many great memories. Glad you like it too !
I am running Arch Linux with DWM since 6 months.
happy new year to everyone i hope 2024 provides us good surprises on linux
I could see ChromeOS be a major push if it actually moves to Wayland and thereby can actually use the various Linux applications (maybe even have flatpack support), hopefully also supports Proton for better gaming compatibility. It is very few who would bother installing their own OS where most people just use what they get with their device. Maybe Valve will also release more Steam OS hardware like TV console that could also be a push towards more Linux adoption. Steam OS 3 being available to other handhelds/PCs could also help. Sadly I do see lots of people who would rather bypass Windows 11 requirements than installing Linux. If you are technically enough to bypass Windows 11 requirements you are also technical enough to install Linux.
After being a Windows user for 15 years, I tried Ubuntu last night for the first time and I was just straight up lost 😂 I have to say though, the desktop environment looks really good 😊
I was for more than 20, and initial hoops took some for sure. But worth the effort. I refuse to support what crap M$ has in store next. If they're gonna give a big F U to me with the fact I would have to ditch my perfectly working CPU still fine, so I will to them.
Yes! I hope you take the time to learn a bit about the differences. Its always weird to try something new. But the best part is that you can just install another Linux flavor and try something new again, and again... until you find that perfect one. Stick with Ubuntu for a bit though. Get a little feel for it. Good luck!
($YEAR+1) will be the year of the Linux Desktop! But seriously, I think that next year is the year I can recommend Linux to tech-literate folks and gamers without tons of disclaimers. Very excited!
Ciao, i wish you all a happy new year 2024 and all the best.. personally i will be happy about KDE Plasma 6 in rebruary..many greetings from brunswick in germany and please stay safe 🙃
Hi Michael, I'm new to your channel (this is your first video I've just watched). I'm also excited about Linux, just installed Fedora a few days ago on my desktop to give Windows a break, and I'm liking it so far. I'm trying to enhance my productivity by also staying away from games and VR, since they've been quite addictive for me. So, I'm in no hurry to have games running on Linux, that "bug" is actually a feature haha 😂 In any case, I noticed your speaking cadence is a bit repetitive, a few times being refreshingly broken when you adopt a more melodic or natural entonation. Maybe it's something from your culture or upbringing, but I'm no speech expert. I humbly suggest you try to keep it a bit less predictable, maybe pausing or emphasizing random words, if you watch back this video maybe you'll notice what I'm referring to. I hope you find this feedback helpful and not at all a hateful criticism. Thank you!
If it'd ever crave to play something again, here's an advice - just stop supporting shady companies of modern gaming milking more money from microtransactions. Older games and Indies usually work good for the most time, especially when GE fork of Proton is applied, kudos to that godsend of a person. But yeah, game breaks overall for such reason are beneficial and so many people need it.
It is just the start! There's still a lot of work to do
so exited for next year, i am planning on building a cool itx and planning on putting kde on it. but as a proud colorado boy i gotta support pop. too many cool options. i only have two apps holding me back.
agree with alot of things awesome video AND ITS FINNALY THE YEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP
Your videos are always so relatable, I feel like you're speaking directly to me.
The only "massive" increase in Linux use I see in the statcounter data is India going from 8% to 16% which would pull up the global average above 3%. I started my migration from Windows by building my first dedicated Linux box this week.
i should say that plasma wayland on nvidia sessions are usable. big progress
I had taken a 5-year break from Linux until recently because I finally got that itch again after getting another nvme drive for my laptop so I installed Fedora 39 on there and Debian 12 on my 2011 office computer. I'd say this was a really good time to come back.
Sure, the writing was on the wall for you, after MS is kicking you people around.
It never was a better sign to try out than now. With W11 and future versions' potential shenanigans, I finally told my goodbye and not regret a thing.
I must say that quality of content and story telling has been improved throughout the year, support for you dude 🙌
Thanks, I appreciate it
I started with the Steam Deck, liked the desktop mode. Put Manjaro on my personal laptop and haven't looked back. It just feels like I own my stuff, not that a decision by a company can break it suddenly. Sure, maybe an update does, but that's why I use Manjaro, it's frequently behind the cutting edge and that feels fine. And since it's Arch I can manually go get the bleeding edge if I feel it's compatible. I'm never going back.
I swapped to Linux this year, and it turned my computer from completely useless to a daily driver, and I love it (I can’t even reinstall windows if I wanted to because my bios forces raid and windows won’t install on raid for some reason, but I don’t want to use windows anyway)
I used both Gnome and KDE Plasma, each with months worth of usage. Gnome is like: Understand me and get used to my workflow. KDE Plasma is more like: Customize your workflow. Plus the Windows-like advantage out of the box for KDE Plasma. Both are fantastic desktop environments. Only issue I have with KDE Plasma on Wayland is the randomly freezing taskbar, making the icons to stop functioning properly, a logout-log back in fix the problem temporarily.
"windows-like advantage"?
@@dm8579 By that I meant near identical to the Windows desktop. KDE Plasma desktop is literally a better clone of Windows 10-11 desktop. I have been using Windows 10, upgraded to 11 for 5 years straight, so KDE Plasma feels like home, but with a wider range of freedom: what the user can customize on the Windows desktop by default, KDE offers a dozen more, including fine grain controls like at how many pixels will 2 windows starts snapping together.
Yes but as I see it, I can't say it's much of an advantage. @@F_Around_and_find_out
Yes on Wayland sometimes the whole computer hangs ... i am using Fedora 39. But responsetimes are much better than on Windows. It just bangs.
I switched to linux ~last week! Fedora KDE. Wanted to go with nix or kinoite but I had to do some system folder changes to get things working so maybe immutable isn't the right time yet, as I need to learn to set it up properly But yay linux! I just need to figure out some apps but otherwise I'm kinda enjoying the experience so far. I just wish the security sandboxing of flatpack was actually reliable though. It is not a good sandbox as is. 2024 KDE 6 and hopefully gnome getting off their high horse about some things would be sweet! 2025 or even 24 sure is the year of the Linux desktop for me.
great video homie keep it up, please use dark mode on more websites i keep getting flashbanged from the wiki pages.
Unless I enforce it with a third party plugin, I'm not sure that it's possible. I use Dark Mode on as many pages as possible, but thanks for the feedback. I'm gonna look into some optimizations.
I tried a current build of KDE a while ago and it really wasn't bad. Still like XFCE more but it's pretty nice
noticed that chris titus utility. good stuff
It's awesome
Since I'm already using Linux on my laptop for almost 3 years now I can say I'm sure one can recommend Linux as the main daily driver OS. I'm using Manjaro KDE and I can't find anything about it that would speak against it. One thing keeps me from jumping over to Linux with my desktop computer and that is a Windows program that also runs in Linux under wine, but needs the GPU for faster rendering.
Interesting. Most programs should allow you to properly use hardware acceleration if all the dependencies are in place on the Host (Cuda, ROCM, OpenCL, etc.)
Linux needs official support from manufacturers such as Logitech, Razer, etc. I still need Windows to apply firmware updates, configure peripherals, etc.
Depends. For configuring my Logitech gear, I don't need Windows luckily.
@@MichaelNROH Which pigeonholes you into a very limited selection of product models, and an even more limited selection of manufacturers to choose from. That doesn't sound very Linux-like. I have Steelseries, Asus, and Hyperx products, none are supported.
I feel 2023 has been a good year for Ubuntu. It got some really good updates this year.
Very happy with the games I can play on Linux. And MX Linux has been pretty good, not too buggy so it should be a good place for me to camp for a couple years until the next release
This distro does not have continous updates? I've been pretty much impressed with what they did to xfce with their inhouse additions.
@@ivobrick7401 yeah, it’s based on Debian 12 so it will only really get bug fixes and such. But I think MX tends to backport more software and they make it easy to get latest kernels
Thank you, steamdeck 🎉
Ive been dual booting windows/linux for a number of years & this year I told myself I would switch to linux & see how it goes and i can say im never going back. I started with Mint since thats what im used to but after distro hopping for awhile I have landed on opensuse tumbleweed since its a more stable rolling release then arch but has great support for newer hardware. I also have jumped to KDE since I can basically make it feel like cinnamon which im used to. The KDE wayland performance in games has been a eye opener like i can feel a difference coming from cinnamon/x11.
I also switched fully to Linux this year and also went for OpenSUSE tumbleweed with KDE. On my laptop I've been running Linux a couple of years now and there I'm using Linux Mint with Cinnamon DE since I don't game on that laptop or anything so X11 is good enough on there. I like both KDE and Cinnamon but in the future it'd be interesting to see Cinnamon with Wayland support.
@@Aomicplane cinnamon is my favorite DE but KDE has been very nice
@@dreaper5813 you know I was playing Yu-Gi-Oh last night so that could be where that came from 🤣
@@dreaper5813 I stopped dual booting at the beginning of this year. I don't have windows installed on anything anymore lol
As a PC user. Personally, for myself, Pop! OS has been brilliant for everyday browsing. Chimera has been brilliant for gaming. So why am I running Windows 10? There are certain games, particular apps that just don't run on anything else! We are almost there, but it just takes a couple of things that you can't live without that keep drawing us back in..!
wait till system76 updates pop! OS to their big Cosmic OS. It will be way way better
I have been using Ubuntu on dualboot along side windows for 2 years now,i really dont need windows anymore really.With windows 11 requirements, wich will render a lot of pc's useless with no more updates for windows 10,i hope some of those machines gets a linux install instead of being thrown away in a landfill.
I love Linux, hopefully more computers with open source firmware (like System76) release so that people can actually own their computers.
3% OMEGALUL no wonder can't find anyone else irl crazy enough to use it
I still run a dual boot because of certain games. I can’t get a kvm going for the life of me but if it weren’t for those games holding me back I would be on linux fully. I’ve hated windows since windows 10 came out and am happy how stable everything works now on linux.
Nice summary. As for SteamOS, it still is immature right now. The most severe issues I know about are: - You can't freely install it on any device. - The only devices that somewhat work are Zen 2 Ryzen + RDNA 2 - Single Profile Setup - We need support for multiple players and multiple desktop users, including an easy reset / clean for them. - Missing ability to install essentially anything for specific profiles, while protecting / hardening the root / initial one. An idea would be chroot-ing into a fusionfs mirror. - Missing foreign OS support without having to remove SteamOS. - There should be no partitioning, especially not one using ZFS. It only reduces available diskspace, increases the risk of bricking the system, and introduces incompatibilities. Additional partitions might make sense for going exFat on game data shared between multiple OS only. - Advanced I/O setup, to configure the OS for different input devices the original deck doesn't have ( or are somewhat different there ). - Currently, only one desktop is supported. - Currently, only deck- and desktop mode do exists, whereas there also should be: Stationary console mode, multi-media center mode, (Game-)Launcher mode, ... . - Many titles hardwire specific "720p Deck" settings, enforcing them if SteamOS is detected. - Finding the right graphics settings for your specific hardware may proof tedious, which is why there should be an assistant type experience based database to help out. - There should be a docking-option to centralize and synchronize both gaming and user(-profile) data against a NAS or online provider. As it stands, using multiple SteamOS devices in a household would only somewhat work if they were all registered to the same user, and even then only for game (related) data. This is why currently, your best bet for a Linux based gaming system would be a fresh install with a current universal desktop distribution like "Linux Mint" while simply relying on Steam, or pick one of the elective gaming centered ones like "Garuda", whilst leaving SteamOS for the Deck and things like HoloISO or ChimerasOS to enthusiasts for now.
imagine if your parents named you gabe horn. that would be so freakin epic dude....
mesa 24 driver coming :)
I just hope that gaming on Linux outside of Steam improves, I play 2 RPGs that come from the Epic Store, and only one of them works when using the Heroic Games Launcher due to them being live service games with anticheat. I dual boot my Dell gaming laptop with Windows and Linux, using Zorin OS 17 (previously vanilla Ubuntu).
Yeah, I'd forget about it. But AC practices are shady anyways. I'd rather play some good old thing or find an Indie around, as that market is the most worthy supporting these days. Modern gaming has gone to absolute trash.
@@MichaelDustter I’m one of those people who tends to like online games over single player, and most online games have AC. There are many other people who are into online gaming, so until more of them make it to Linux people won’t completely switch.
@@littlebit670 Then they'll suffer consequences of M$'s increasing aggressive shenanigans...
@@MichaelDustter how is Microsoft freezing games to windows…
@@littlebit670 How is M$ rather making their platform intentionally worse as a whole is the question. But whatever. One must be the change themselves instead of being in constant shackles.
Hello! Nice to see someone else trying to switch to linux at around the same time as me! Seeing as you have a bit more experience than me and more modern experience than other linux tubers, i have to ask, what would you recommend someone install (distro, de, noteworthy packages, etc.) For a person coming from windows who isnt terrified of the command line but likes a set-and-forget solution to just run steam, discord, and firefox?
Edit going down here because my temporary phone from 15 years ago hates youtube: i should also mention that i have a modern nvidia card, and as you can tell by the fact that im using a 15 year old phone i dont have the budget to buy amd yet
Fedora would be my personal recommendation, though Nobara might also be a worthy contestant. Default Fedora utilizes Gnome by default, which in my opinion is the most stable and overall best Desktop Environment (if you like it's interface). Nobara switched to KDE Plasma, which is better for Customization and Gaming. Edit: I can't really say much about packages, since you just need to install what you want
@@MichaelNROH alright, ill try out nobara once i wake up then. Thank you and have yourself a good 2024!
@@Wither_Strike If you ain't terrified of the CLI, then give fish shell a try. I can't live without it.
Switched to Ubuntu with a pair of Windows 7/10 VMs around lOctober this year and can't complain. Much better than Windows bare metal install. There are a couple issues, like the troubling performance of Minecraft versions sub 1.13, however, overall it's been a solid quality of life upgrade for me!
I would love to switch to Linux, unfortunately, I have to dual boot due to two programs, or two sets of programs - MS Office (Excel) and Affinity Designer & Publisher. The open source alternative are not sufficient for my work. I hope something will change in the future, though.
I was running Ubuntu many years ago, had started learning Bash shell, but ended up going back to Windows 7, then 10. I have a huge Steam library, and piles of emulators for retro gaming. Also have piles of pro level music software (Cuebase, Live, Native Instruments Kore complete ultimate, Loom, V-Metal, etc etc etc) but missed the tinkering and want to get back into programming (Python/C++). At the time, I didnt want to sink as much time into Linux as I needes to, despite enjoying tinkering. I have downloaded Linux Mint, not tried installing yet, have been putting together all my emulators/roms in Launchbox/Big Box. Proton/Wine seems promising for running my games and my music software. If Linux will do everything I want and need it to do, screw Microsoft. I have a Focusrite Scarlet 18i20 (dont remember generation, might br 2nd), Presonus Faderport 8, Kawai VPC1, M Audio code 61. Seems like Linux has come so far with Proton and new support for hardware, if it does what I need it to do, bye bye Microsoft.
Are you planning making a video on how you made the transition from Gnome to KDE? I would be very interested in that one. One big part for me is how to/if there are replacements for the Gnome extensions I use. Or maybe I will not need that much with KDE compared to Gnome?! o.O :D
Depends which ones you used, but for examples such as Dash to Panel, you won't as, well, KDE already has a panel with icons upon itself. And waaay more customizable.
Heya, been enjoying lots of your content lately in regards to linux, wayland and KDE Plasma. I was wondering what is your opinion on Cinnamon DE ?
Cinnamon is a really good DE on its own. Easy navigation, easy settings, and it looks familiar. The issue that I have with Cinnamon personally is, that feels less modern and slow out of the box. While that is of course customizable, it's just my overall opinion. No Wayland support was a thing for dual monitor users, but that will become a non-issue anyway
I still use Windows 10, the plan is to move to Linux, I am looking forward to the transition, but my issue is the fact I use Oculus Link. If there was a program on Linux that reverse engineered oculus link to work on Linux, that’s would be great
and when Windows 10 dont have updates, we can see older PC turning in to linux or users forced to buy new PC to update to windows 11 (or 12 if it comes soon)
I think people with an old device will probably just keep using it. Cyber security is not something that is taken seriously by most sadly
Gnome feels so much nicer now
Im just here because Michael is handsome and he has a nice voice 😅 But i actually learned and more inspired to use Linux in transition to become my daily driver this year. ❤
Really enjoy your videos. I think Linux has become amazing. I built my parents a new desktop for Xmas and installed Linux Mint Cinnamon over Windows, assuming after a few days I'd get a phone call asking me to switch back to Windows. But no, they seem to really like it. My only issue, which you pointed out, has been some issues with gaming. Drivers and performance, including certain titles that just do not run on the OS, is an issue. Therefore on my gaming rig I still run Windows, but for every other computer I own it's all Linux. I'm hoping you're right about 2024. Windows just has such a huge monopoly that many people don't even know Linux exists, and is free, and doesn't collect your data, and is generally more secure in terms of virus and malware attacks, could go on and on. So many people are just completely unaware that this is an option and I hope that changes. I look forward to the day that you can buy a laptop or desktop and have the option to select Linux at checkout. Happy New Year's Mr. Horn! Cheers.
@@dreaper5813 cool
@@dreaper5813 Seriously you got me wrong. If I seem a certain way it's because I'm most likely ignorant to what you're saying. I'm just coming back to the OS after more than 10 years. I've only been using Linux for less than 6 months. I have 5 PCs (4 run various distros, 1 windows for gaming. I build performance desktops for a living, both for commercial business and custom ordering for gamers and graphic designers at university). I remember running some Gnome back in college to play some pranks, but that's it. So I can't really debate anything, nor would I want to. My comment was just meant to show support for Linux and to signal I'm on the bandwagon now and brought my family along. I can't believe how much better Linux has gotten over the past 10-12 years, it's unreal from what I recall. And to thank Mr. Horn for his videos. But hey, I respect your passion, and I certainly want everyone to get the hell away from MS and Apple. However, in my line of work, Windows and Mac OS are the only operating systems that exist to my clients. Happy New Year's friend! And let's hope Mr. Horn is correct in Linux having a great 2024. Cheers mate!
@@bizbarley74 Then it might be time to start thinking of changing strategies, because M$'s shenanigans are nothing but gonna get only worse. W11 showed already way more than enough of such, and I don't believe it will change with future installments, unless they'd really turn 180. Which...they just won't, with current corpo tactics.
@@dreaper5813 There's one decent one in our place, but also what I don't visit as often as I used to, barely now. Prices have just gone up way too high.
@@dreaper5813 True tech dystopia, as I keep calling it. Unfortunately many are still lazy, unwilling or just straight up refuse and throw tantrums instead. It's just sad. Not me though, I ain't sitting here hoping something will change for itself.
vr wayland support? nah just gnome... what about some BACKGROUND APPS TRAY?
Honestly i agree with you. Destiny is the only reason i have a windows pc.
I love your videos bro, but you should try and make less cuts.
Hi thank you for this video ❤ can you recommend the best dock station work with linux thanks
I don't think there is one. Any Dock that doesn't require some weird application to function should do just fine.
could u make an windows gaming vm pls luv ur vids ❤
Is nvidia 10 series (pasquale) support wayland? I think it have only proprietary drivers
one solution for your Destiny addiction might be using a qemu VM with a windows guest, and PCI passthrough for the GPU. I have a windows 10 VM that I use exclusively for gaming that has been heavily de-bloated and had all updates disabled - it lives behind the linux host as a firewall and only accesses the game servers so security issues are unlikely. PCI passthrough means the game is running in native windows with windows GPU drivers on my second monitor, with 0 latency overhead, and the linux desktop is still accessible on the first monitor, with direct recording of the windows screen and audio in linux OBS through Looking-Glass. The only hardware requirement to be able to do this is either an iGPU in the CPU or a second GPU that linux can use while the main GPU is passed into the windows VM. The way PCI passthrough works now (6.2 kernel) is that the main GPU is fully accessible and usable by the linux OS until PCI passthrough is activated, at which point the linux driver is unloaded, virtio-pci takes over and gives it to windows until the VM shuts down, at which point the linux driver takes over again (amdgpu). I don't know how this is with wayland, but with X11 the driver loads but cannot reintegrate the screen into the desktop until a logout/login, although I believe other features of the GPU (like encode/compute/render accel.) become available again. There are tricks to get around an anti-cheat or GPU driver's insistence that VM's are not allowed as well. (hide hypervisor & change BIOS name in registry worked for me).
@@dreaper5813 Main reason indeed of why I stopped modern gaming already a few years ago. Because it's at insane levels at this point. I do find myself as well getting into older games again and reminding how we used to just own a full package of what we actually got instead of microtrans-es, early access promise bs and all other bullcrap. I just got tired of companies doing this. There's luckily Indie scene, where one can still find so many good games, and behold, actually willing to work with Proton many times.
@@dreaper5813 I tend to usually use GE's fork, as it adds some additional fixes and implementations. And it works well. And yeah, competitive shooters, I used to play some back then, but many either become a shameless cash-grab, are directly unfriendly to Linux due to anticheat or just stop being worth supporting anymore.
@@dreaper5813 It is not, and it's bleeding to way more industries. Subscription trash services and all that. Hell, and such things as Valorant being a literal rootkit or Epic Launcher being a literal spyware tool? "BuT mUh FrEe StUfF" - just how dull one must be to fall into such a trap. Simply no, thank you, it's already been for years when I became the type of gamer that either puts on an older title or an Indie one and have an experience that doesn't feel invasive, disrespectful or frustrating. And it works on an alternative solution that is also more respectful to me in how I own my hardware.
Use looking glass and pass through your GPU to windows guest for Destiny 2.
I don't recommend it, as their Anti Cheat will probably ban you if it detects the VM
I swiched to linux as my primary in 2023
I like Linux but I also hate it as a beginner. I am a beginner at linux everytime i try to install something it says AYO this is outdated and then my sudo apt update wont work no more or always reminds me that something is broken and then i search the web for solutions and the solutions make it even worse. Troubleshooting on Linux is not at all as easy as on Windows. Although on windows it can be a pain too but it is much easier. I would use Windows if I had some assistant that could tell me what is wrong and how i can fix it reliably.
@dreaper5813 It depended distro to distro where it works well, but in Debian based stuff and Fedora (which ships Flatpak support by default I believe), people should be fine with them most of the time.
6:46 - This gave me chills, I have wanted this to happen for the last ~10 years since Windows 8 was released! I'm still stuck on WIndows atm because of stuff like anti-cheat, but I think I'm just going to use my ThinkPad for Windows stuff and use my other ThinkPad and Desktop for Linux!
Microsofts push for cloud clients in the enterprise world(Windows 365) is a prelude to whats coming in the consumer market. PC builders/Gamers/power users etc will migrate to linux for control and performance. Grandpa/casual users will subscribe to windows 365 and/or use a tablet.
The AI question is really interesting. I agree it's a TBD. A lot of AI stuff is in the cloud (run by Linux?) but will it be more local in the future? Will people want that? If so, presumably Linux being uned for cloud AI will be a good basis for desktop AI too, if there is demand. 7:59
The tricky part of local AI is, that the more it learns, the more storage you need. In a way, AI can only get as good since you are either hardware limited, or it needs to forget things in order to learn new stuff.
2024 is gonna be the year of the Linux Desktop guys, i swear this time
>very minimalistic >proceeds to show the launcher that wastes 90% of screen real estate to show oversized icons
I was one of the few people that enjoyed Stadia. Linux Desktop has been great. 2024 should be better.
I've been linux user on and off since Ubuntu 8.04 came out, so that would mean almost 16 years. To be honest, I'm sick of all of the BS that comes with windows. From updates that render your machine inoperable for hours with a chance to completely break your install and lose all the data to stupid decisions like shutdown that is ACTUALLY a 'clever' hybernation, to it placing it's bootloader on a random drive instead of an SSD it is installed on, to same setting being present in 3 separate places with very unclear override behavior between them. I'm done. The only two reasons I still only have Windows on my home PC are: 1. I'm lazy and the prospect of spending days moving data and reinstalling games and software is very daunting. So I'll wait till I finally build a new PC. 2. I'm a photographer and there are no good alternatives to Capture One on Linux, so I have to have either a Win or a Mac PC. I really don't wanna mess with VMs and PCI-passthrough. On my trusty thinkpad I'm happily using Archcraft with bspwm. It's so nice to have full control over my system with an added bonus of considerably lower memory footprint.
I think almost everyone expected Stadia to shut down the second it was announced. PlayStation Plus cloud has Destiny 2. You have to run the Windows app under Proton, but apparently it does work. Though their streaming in general I'm told leaves a lot to be desired performance wise. The irony is Stadia ran off Debian. So it's just the anti-cheat Bungie is being petty about. Doesn't affect me since I don't play any online multiplayer titles. But you do still have to dual boot for fringe cases like these. Some folks use VMs with GPU passthrough, but IDK if the anti-cheat stuff always plays nice with those.
Porting Destiny 2 or running it through Wine is very much possibie. It's really just the Anti Cheat which mostly only affects PVP anyway. Kind of a shame for myself, since I really only enjoy the PVE parts
I want to ask how you manage to play latest games on Debian to be accurate, when I use Debian I change kernel and use distrobox to manage newer apps and stuff. Can you tell me, I'm really considering the switch back to Debian stable?
Depends on what you want with your System. I play Games on Stable and they run just fine.
Happy 2024. This is your annual reminder that most Linux problems _aren't Linux problems._ They're GNOME / GTK problems. They're KDE / Qt problems. They're Wayland / Xorg problems. They're PulseAudio / PipeWire problems. They're systemd problems. But _rarely, _*_if ever_*_ for most_ will encounter real, legitimate *_kernel_* problems unless the hardware they re using is not supported by the kernel itself. Fortunately, you can recompile the kernel. But for instances where newer hardware is used or select hardware is used for a specific purpose it might not be feasible to always remember an odd binary blob _here-or-there_ with every Linux kernel release, so the second-best consideration for many when using Linux on the daily is to invest some time in learning how your distributor packages software relying on the direct kernel module system, or DKMS for short. DKMS is sort of like the old-school DOS Windows solution of giving people a driver that they install as firmware for software to work with their hardware. It'll fold in kernel changes per-update, per-kernel and you don't ever need to really mind it since if you're using a mutable root then every major DKMS software release will be handled by your package manager, with changes to the kernel usually handled by post-transaction hooks and it'll work on every kernel you have, if more than one. Good stuff.
Linux will never be on top, can't even install a simple rpm file, while in Windows it's 2 clicks
.rpm of what software? Did you also use the corresponding distro? Also, there's no need to use them necessarily, unless it was something extremely specific, as repositories contain pretty much everything, and for more proprietary stuff, Flatpak + Snap. Or at very worst, Distrobox, but that's a different kind of solution. Still works great though.
2024 might just become the year for me! As a game developer, I'm pleased that Unity destroyed itself for me, so that it doesn't hold me back anymore! Besides that, I also do more stuff besides gaming by now, so I'm not dependent on some games that specifically don't support Linux no more. It's very possible that after years of trying, I'll finally be able to switch, since everything I need is pretty much ready on Linux!
@@dreaper5813 It has been ever since Windows 10 came out, yeah
@@dreaper5813 Windows 8.1 fixed main issues of 8, I enjoyed using it. Metro UI was horrible, but at least you didn't really have to use it all that much. Now Windows 10 and from then on was at times unusable.
At this point, the only way your game won't run on Linux is if you deliberately break it to not function on it. Proton is near-indistinguishable from Windows unless there's intentional anti-cheat breaking it.
That's not entirely true, there's many cases of new proton versions breaking games or running worse, making people have to constantly hunt for the best version. Not to mention games that are updated also require constant proton fixes. In my case on the steam deck the newest version 8.x proton increased cpu temps in a game by almost 20 degrees Celsius, had to roll back to a 7.x release as per protondb recommendations to get back to normal.
I think you like disteny 2, michael.
Is there any Linux builds that support HDR? I just need something that supports HDR videos like VLC on Windows
@@dreaper5813 Thanks I'll keep an eye out for it
You have been visited by the Tux of The New Year! You will get the best Linux improvements and mainstream support if you comment "Swim Well Tux!"
microsoft pushed me back into linux after windows 11 stopped support for slightly older computers
Have you tried GeForce Now for Destiny 2? Personally I've quit the game until I can play it natively and/or I get back the campaigns I payed money for that they deleted on me (both seem pretty unlikely at the moment), but it could maybe be an option for you.
The Problem with Geforce Now is, that for once it costs money, but also you don't get unlimited playtime which makes a Raid kind of hard if you don't want to use Guides
The problem with more Linux support across the industry is that it's in their best interests to not support Linux altogether.
"Theres just no game quite like Destiny!" -laughs in Warframe with 1.5k hours.
In 2024 windows on ARM is also coming, don't know how it will affect linux
Windows already supports ARM, and it has been poorly implemented so far. I don't think that that is going to change much
@@MichaelNROH I don't own an arm windows device, but I've seen in a gary explains video that it's as good as, if not better than apple's implementation
If the Linux market share goes over 5%, I’m gonna have to switch to TempleOS 🤓
Hey, please make your videos in 50/60 FPS. Watching 25 FPS hurts my eyes LOL
I have a friend who still wants to play destiny 2 and valorant and is staying with win 10 even though he is more than savvy enough to switch to Linux.
And both of those games are worth the sacrifice, one is from a trash company and the other is literal privacy violation.
@@dreaper5813 unfortunately for him he is crippled by anime levels of friendship to keep playing both games.
@@dreaper5813 actually he's already married, but probably won't ever have kids due to legit reasons that are not going in a youtube comments section. He's already very familiar with Linux as he has been using it for years as a programmer (mostly fedora). I've gotten a lot of help with Linux from him since I switched. He also does a lot besides gaming, but plays those two games with some very close lifelong friends when he has time (what I meant by "anime levels of friendship"). I'm guessing, and hoping, he will switch when support for windows 10 ends because even he knows how much more of a dumpster fire windows 11 is compared to 10.
@@dreaper5813 I'm not going to pretend to know his situation, but I know he would switch to Linux if it weren't for those 2 games. As for kids these days I also have young nephews and thankfully their parents don't let them play videogames or have a smartphone.
@@dreaper5813 Actually, thinking about it, something like this did happen with my, now former, friends last year, unwilling to even see me at least once in person and just hang out and have fun. Technology as a thing is really crippling more and more people and it's just saddening.