> How do you explain that to a novice that is just trying to run linux Of course, provided you don't mind the ads, the telemetry, the updates that delete your files, this is assuming you're actually interested in Linux. re Wayland were all resolved some time ago too. The early complaints, like screenshots etc. This is also not a feature supported by Windows/macOS, so not really a point against Linux in my book. So while they both have their strengths and weaknesses, Linux works perfectly well for a lot of use-cases, the graphics driver situation included.Īs for Wayland not being network-transparent, the fact that it worked in X in the way it did was in fact a massive hack and a security hole and while sometimes convenient, I personally didn't need GUI over SSH almost ever, apart from playing around, so I'd take a proper security architecture, like Wayland has, over network transparency. Does Windows work as the most productive fronend/backend/systems OS for programming out there? No. Does it work as good for a high-end gaming machine as Windows? No. So does Linux and Linux on the desktop work for everybody? No. So perhaps we should assume nvidia just isn't a thing as well, unless you're willing to put up with crap? And this does not ever gets asked in relation to macOS, because everyone "knows" nvidia just wasn't a thing there in recent years. I have both Intel and amdgpu machines that work out of the box, no problem. This however does not mean that Linux graphics is a mess in general. I understand it may be the only option for high-end gaming, but in that case one probably doesn't have switchable graphics, which causes the most issues, so X/Xwayland is the one compromise one has to make. Sure, nvidia is problematic, hence Linuses now famous rant, but that's to be expected, they don't cooperate at all. I am very happy with my AMDGPU compatible WX2100 for linux, but it is certainly not a good gaming GPU. nVidia proprietary causes problems, such as those it causes for wayland. Still, AMDGPU is new, and Intel doesn't offer a high end graphics card. > IMO Intel is generally very well supported What I can say is that you can pretty much blindly assume that whatever gpu you want to buy will work well under Windows. I can't comment on catalyst, or AMDGPU on current generation AMD gaming graphics cards. I just can't recommend it without reservations. That said, I do run wayland full time, and have for a few years now. I personally miss network transparency from X. Wayland is missing a bunch of features from X, which bothers some people. There are some other weird stability issues related to the nvidia driver as of mid last year at least. There are plenty of applications that still depend on Xwayland, and the nvidia proprietary can't accelerate these. there's nothing I miss from X11, any specifics?
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