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RE: Yeah, linux sucks. But the alternatives are worse.

in #linux6 years ago

I would argue two points: 1. Graphics are actually well supported now. Both AMD and especially Nvidia work very well. I have a Quadro card on my laptop and render constantly with it. Check out Popos by System76. Custom built for Nvidia. 2. There is absolutely a way to make money with free stuff. You sell support. Look at RedHat. They put a ton of cash into developing a free thing and do extremely well.

Open source has changed the world already and it has only just begun.

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My laptop has an AMD graphics card but unfortunately it doesn't work with Linux. It's really good to see more and more support, though, and I think that we'll see even more thanks to Steam working to make more games compatible with Linux.
And it's absolutely true you can make money off the back of a free product through support. Perhaps you can even make more money. But unfortunately, Windows has become the "standard" and people are scared of change, which is a shame.

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I have an Nvidia laptop. Tried running Pop but if the screen went to sleep it would not wake.

Its a nice OS. But I had to switch and been using Manjaro KDE as my primary OS for over a year and not one problem. I actually use the beta version and still no problems. Linux4life.

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Ha. Yeah, historically I just keep flipping through the distros until one works well. I definately have had good luck with PopOS, but all on brand new stuff, so maybe its that. Who knows.