My time with Linux has been equal parts amazing and absolutely infuriating. Linux Mint is NOT usable out of the box. Here have been my issues:

Nvidia GPU - Trying to figure out how to get the drivers working was a nightmare with ten million different people giving different advice on how to get it to work. Eventually I was able to get them signed and it seems to work

Bluetooth - Another nightmare. Bluetooth is terrible on Linux. It took hours to get it even remotely working ok, but I still don’t think it’s perfect.

Compatibility - Some things just straight up don’t work for seemingly no reason. None of my controllers work with Steam, no matter how many countless hours I’ve spent troubleshooting.

And that is where I am disappointed. Troubleshooting Linux issues sucks. There are so many people giving their opinions and all of them are different and most don’t work.

When Linux is working right it is amazing, and I love it. But right now, it just isn’t as good as Windows and extremely infuriating more often than not. Guess I am going to switch back and give Bill Gates all of my info again. Really fucking disappointing

Update: Controllers seem to work after forcing compatibility mode in Steam. No idea why that was off or why Steam was essentially hijacking my controller, but it seems to work now. For everyone that helped thank you.

  • Jumuta@sh.itjust.works
    8·
    13 hours ago

    fucking hate bluetooth ngl, it’s a horrendous standard that doesn’t do what I want it to do and even when it can it fails horribly and is unbearably unreliable

    how did you install the nvidia drivers btw? I thought in mint there was a “driver manager” thingy that installed it for you with one click

    • Ferk@lemmy.ml
      2·
      8 hours ago

      Bluetooth works great in Android for me though… once the devices have been paired, they connect the moment they are available and it just works.

      However, for some reason on PC it’s often quirky (Windows or Linux). My PC bluetooth works through a dongle so I wonder if an integrated card would do better.

      Also, most devices will not keep more than 1 pairing, so it will be annoying if you plan to be jumping around between computers. But that’s not the fault of the protocol, in theory remembering multiple pairings can be supported if the devices wanted to implement that.

      • Jumuta@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        13 minutes ago

        i have one laptop with one of the new internal Intel wifi cards and it works pretty well, but all of my other devices don’t work that good. I just hate that you can’t use the microphone and headphones at the same time with most Bluetooth devices without getting horrendous quality, if that was improved I might use it a bit more

      • Domi@lemmy.secnd.me
        3·
        6 hours ago

        However, for some reason on PC it’s often quirky (Windows or Linux). My PC bluetooth works through a dongle so I wonder if an integrated card would do better.

        Is it an USB dongle?

        If so, make sure to add a short USB-A to USB-A cable between your PC and the dongle. Interference is a serious issue on USB 2.4 GHz wireless dongles when directly connected to a mainboard.

    • Cold_Brew_Enema@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      13 hours ago

      It was that easy this time around, because I’m dumb. The last time I never said I needed to sign them in the installer so I had to do it manually