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What are you most excited when it comes to linux in 2024? (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by SherlockHawk@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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For me it must be kde plasma 6 and the wayland driver for wine.

Edit: I made the question gendered by using the word guys. I've fixed my mistake.

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[–] ownsauce@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Moving beyond linux mint to other distros so I can learn more and have a more customizable linux experience.

I got fed up with windows 10, and then windows 11 pushed me away from ever wanting to use windows again.
Linux mint has been fun but its a bit too barebones when it comes to customization ( though that's one of its strengths since its so easy and straightforward for a longtime windows user to move over to linux)

Also I've had a bunch of trouble with Nvidia drivers and playing new games in 2023, so I'll probably buy/build a new linux desktop in late 2024 on AMD CPU/GPU.

[–] emly_sh_@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

Hopefully Wayland support for polybar

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Hope Wayland gets more support and Fractional Scaling will finally work well.

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

Freesync for Gnome

[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Apparently theres a "better wayland" already as is -- forgot its name now. I'd love to see it overcoming both wayland and Xorg.

[–] mtw@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Arcan maybe?

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[–] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

still a sucker for solus a little so i wanna see if they do the merge with serpent next year, if not, solus 4.5 would also be nice to see

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

What's so special about plasma 6? Currently on plasma 5 and like it. Don't really know too much it can improve on besides reliability and the desktop being more usable and easy to use.

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