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Linux Hates Me – Daily Driver Challenge Pt.1

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With the release of Windows 11, I also thought this would be a good opportunity to change my daily driver to Linux. I'm a Unity developer.

I downloaded the latest Ubuntu release and figured out how to mount it with Rufus on a USB and install it to my PC. The 3rd party drivers actually worked out of the box (GPU, 4k monitor) unlike the last time I tried Ubuntu.

From there on, literally NOTHING worked in my development workflow. Download Unity Hub? Won't let me sign in because of an unattended bug with oauth (with no older builds available). Get Rider and MSBuild off of Applications? It won't compile any code. Even GitKraken (a favorite tool of mine) would instantly crash when I browse to a window.

The amount of pain and frustration escalates to a level 10 very fast every time I try Linux. I heard a quote that there are no bad OSes, just bad developers. I can imagine a world where there are enough users for every category of software where things work out of the box. I'm sadly not seeing this, and am incredibly discouraged.

Using Linux is like buying a car, but upon delivery the car body is placed in your driveway, and the engine and transmission are laid out on your front lawn with the expectation that you can build a car yourself.

> From there on, literally NOTHING worked in my development workflow.

Sounds like all the hardware worked, but a few proprietary programs didn't? Hard to blame Linux for that.

Unity is terrible on Linux, which is a shame because it's an engine that all my buddies want to use for game jams.

If you're a unity dev, you kind of need it working.

Those arn't some programs 3 enterprises use in some underfunded department.

As with most LTT technical content it rubs me the wrong way.

Weird ass hardware = weird ass issues. 99% of these you won't encounter on a more normal desktop or laptop setup. Your average user doesn't have a 1440p monitor next to a damn giant 4k/8k oled TV or use EVERYTHING through thunderbolt.

I really wish they did this on laptops and desktops normal people would use instead of exotic desktops with crazy ass peripherals. Not surprised at all as it makes good content.

But normal people use exotic hardware. From RGB lights in their cases, weird external storage with usb hubs to triple-monitor setup.

I'm a long-time linux user - i actually buy hardware based on Linux support.

Those things don't seem weird at all? Having one new main monitor and a second older monitor with a different resolution that was previously your main monitor? Connecting everything through thunderbolt like every mac user? And anyone who connects some headphones to their laptop now has multiple audio outputs.

I think the video is very reasonable. The monitors didn't work because nouveau is bad and because of uninteresting political/licensing issues with nVidia. The Pop install was bricked because of a packaging mistake on the part of Pop. These are not self-inflicted issues due to obscure hardware.

"I've never ever got my driving licence because of the absolutely paralysing number of choices. How ever do you decide on which car to drive?"

Nobody is forcing anybody which OS to use. If Windows is your choice, go to it. That's great for you.

When it comes to drivers, don't complain about Linux, complain to the hardware vendors instead for their laziness in not supplying suitable drivers for their own hardware.

Most Linux users choose their hardware to suit Linux, not the other way around. Consequently, "It just works".

A warning that this is a LTT video would have been appreciated ;)

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