I’m familiar enough with Linux from a server and shell standpoint, Debian, Rasbian, Ubuntu et al…I have a Steam Deck, so there’s some locked down Arch experience too.
Of the bunch, the Deck and Flatpak frustrate me the most, always having to “hack” apps with Flatseal and try to break the sandbox to get full functionality sometimes. Yet on the server side I love docker/podman and the ability to bundle apps and dependencies etc.
Since I know it makes a difference, my latest build went full AMD, so I don’t need Nvidia support.
Other than that I think I’m just a good NVMe sale away from trying to dual boot myself into transitioning to a Linux primary desktop, though I know I’ll need to keep a stripped down Windows dual boot for those games that just won’t work on Linux.
Oh, but I’ll miss my peripherals the most I think. Not everything has Linux support, least of all my Elgato Stream Deck, which I’ve become accustomed to as a superior macro board(with other useful applets that will certainly not work without Elgato support).
You might check out Project Bluefin if you haven’t already. I’m only a few days in but I’m really enjoying it. Having Docker and Podman baked in is really nice.
I saw that. A good start, will keep it from becoming totally useless but not all the way there. It’s just hot keys and command launches, no tight-knit integrations with other apps and services or interactive widgets.
But maybe someone with the skills will get inspired for a solution as more go *nix…🤞
I’m in the exact same boat as you. I’ve been dual booting Mint Cinnamon for a couple weeks now, and my Stream Deck sits on the desk being completely useless…
I also have a virtual audio console set up so I can use the stream deck to play audio through my virtual microphone input so I can use it as a soundboard in voice calls, and I can’t imagine a way to make that function on Linux without doing my own software development work. I know PulseAudio is powerful and I could probably get an equivalent setup by making the right API calls and hooks, but it just works in Windows.
I’ll go first:
Which Linux?
I’m familiar enough with Linux from a server and shell standpoint, Debian, Rasbian, Ubuntu et al…I have a Steam Deck, so there’s some locked down Arch experience too.
Of the bunch, the Deck and Flatpak frustrate me the most, always having to “hack” apps with Flatseal and try to break the sandbox to get full functionality sometimes. Yet on the server side I love docker/podman and the ability to bundle apps and dependencies etc.
Since I know it makes a difference, my latest build went full AMD, so I don’t need Nvidia support.
Other than that I think I’m just a good NVMe sale away from trying to dual boot myself into transitioning to a Linux primary desktop, though I know I’ll need to keep a stripped down Windows dual boot for those games that just won’t work on Linux.
Oh, but I’ll miss my peripherals the most I think. Not everything has Linux support, least of all my Elgato Stream Deck, which I’ve become accustomed to as a superior macro board(with other useful applets that will certainly not work without Elgato support).
You might check out Project Bluefin if you haven’t already. I’m only a few days in but I’m really enjoying it. Having Docker and Podman baked in is really nice.
Or if you game, Bazzite. I adore the uBlue images. Atomic is the way forward for desktops in my opinion.
I’m mostly a Debian-based distro sort of guy, currently running Linux Mint MATE, but I have tried other distros before too.
Hell, at the rate Microsoft is going, I’d rather run TempleOS, if Linux wasn’t a thing. Any flavor of Linux is better than Windows these days.
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I saw that. A good start, will keep it from becoming totally useless but not all the way there. It’s just hot keys and command launches, no tight-knit integrations with other apps and services or interactive widgets.
But maybe someone with the skills will get inspired for a solution as more go *nix…🤞
I’m in the exact same boat as you. I’ve been dual booting Mint Cinnamon for a couple weeks now, and my Stream Deck sits on the desk being completely useless…
I also have a virtual audio console set up so I can use the stream deck to play audio through my virtual microphone input so I can use it as a soundboard in voice calls, and I can’t imagine a way to make that function on Linux without doing my own software development work. I know PulseAudio is powerful and I could probably get an equivalent setup by making the right API calls and hooks, but it just works in Windows.