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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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These are the problems you're facing on Linux, and I'm baffled! (www.youtube.com)

submitted 5 months ago by urska@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 75 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

The only problem(s) I have on linux are either my own fault or because Tim Sweeney decides he wants to make it a problem.

[–] 30p87@feddit.de 33 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Also, NVidia.

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

On my laptop with nvidia (msi, debian 12), if I unplug the charger the screen orientation goes from landscape to portrait, everything is tilted 90 degrees. I hate this laptop, so I rarely use it.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wait, I read a description of this exact issue (or an eerily similar one) a few weeks ago here on Lemmy. Wasn't that you ?

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hm, not that I remember. My memory isn't the best though.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

I'll try to find that post again, just in case

[–] urska@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Driver 555 Fixes most of the problems, making the nvidia experience almost flawless. 560 dropping soon too

[–] 30p87@feddit.de 4 points 5 months ago

They fixed one specific issue afaik, not by actually fixing it but working around it, and they didn't address the real, main issue: The driver being closed source. Until then, there are and will always be issues that aren't present for AMD, because the latter has thousands of experts working, fixing and adapting other programs for it for free, around the clock.

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Doubly your fault for deciding to give that twat any time of your day

[–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

My wife loves fortnite, not much I can do tbh

[–] miss_brainfarts@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

As much as I hate him, a large majority of the games that are given away on that platform are fully DRM-free, and that's pretty damn cool

[–] cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Can you download the installers for these games?

[–] rotopenguin@infosec.pub 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

What's the fuss over an "installer"? You just need a folder with the game's files. If you really insist, that folder can be rolled up into a zip file dot exe.

[–] cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

What I really mean is: can I keep a backup of the game that I can play later without having to use their launcher?

[–] miss_brainfarts@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago

Sadly, no