I’ve been daily driving Pop!_OS for about two years. I’ve had to troubleshoot and look up how to solve problems here and there, but it has largely been pain free. About eight months ago I had to dual boot Windows 10 because my wife wanted to play Hogwarts and for the life of me I couldn’t get Linux to stream to the client connected to the Xbox controller and TV upstairs.
Well, today she goes to boot up the game, and the lag is beyond terrible. None of the settings I try change anything, and even trying Sunshine/moonlight instead of Steam Link is only a bit better. I decided to try booting the game in Linux, and lo and behold, the game is once again liquid smooth via Steam Link client, and whatever issues I ran into 8 months ago are gone.
I’m not used to Windows being the OS I have issues with.
Windows troubleshooting always seems to get a free pass from the same people that hate on Linux for reasons two decades out of date.
I spend way more time reading through whatever that Ms support forum with clueless shill tech support advice that never seems to solve the problem than with Linux. Meanwhile searching for distro + problem more often than not gives me the one liner terminal fix with explanation for those that could be bothered to read and avoid repeats.
Yep. My whole career is based on fixing MS bullshit. So I guess I should be somewhat grateful for the turd.
That said, Ive had some perplexing issues with Pop!_OS myself, but was able to get it fixed by searching or posting questions here. So far it’s been a pleasant experience.
Totally 100% prefer distro or distro family + problem to anything in MS forums. My problem solving literacy has improved so much just by getting smart on terminal commands. I am by no means a pro and have a long way to go before I would consider myself even moderately proficient, but goddamn is the terminal satisfying.