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  • I also decided to dual boot Linux when I did a fresh Windows install this past weekend.

    Because I hate myself I’m running Arch, but I was able to get Apex running well enough without too much fucking around. Problem is, I haven’t been able to get OBS capture to run nearly as well as I can on Windows. I record at 1440/90 with high bitrate, and I haven’t been able to get that working on Linux yet.

    I really wanna jump full-on into Linux now and try living without windows, but sometimes I just need things to work without having to try 4 differently compiled versions of a program, and I don’t know if I can get all my games running (Halo Infinite is giving me issues, if anyone has proton tips).


  • No I mean things like settings applets/notification tray/widget functionality being better integrated into the overall desktop environment.

    And customizing just results in less “jank” than Gnome. IDK how else to describe it, but it just feels like a DE that was actually designed with functionality over looks. Not to say I think it looks bad, but there’s definitely less emphasis on “looking nice” over having the most robust experience, which I appreciate.

    I do also like the broad strokes similarities to Windows just because things are where I expect a little more, but not really what I meant by mature, if that makes any sense.



  • As a long-time Windows user, things like settings or notifications are laid out much more logically, as well as I feel like everything in KDE is just a little better integrated than Gnome. Also a lot faster for me to get it to a point where I feel like I like it, and it seems to use a lot less system resources (although it’s been a couple years since I daily’d linux, so it’s possible that’s different on Gnome these days).

    But otherwise I don’t have a whole lot of specifics, it just feels a lot more mature in general, like I don’t have to search for anything I need DE-wise, it’s always right where I’d expect and extremely well-built. And any extra functionality from add-ins works nicely.