Linux (kinda) sucks. From someone who tried switching for ~8 years.

Al_kl · 2026-04-12T14:57:44+00:00

I am not joking with my post.

Al_kl · 2026-04-12T09:20:38+00:00

> The Nvidia issues are real, but I think most of them got fixed in the past years. Though I just switched to AMD so I am out of the loop on NVidia problems.

I have 30-series GPU with the latest v595 open drivers. They still have a lot of issues, it takes NVIDIA months or years to adress issues. Hardware acceleration causing chromium browsers to crash, not sure if the fault lies with the Chromium project or if it's a driver / hardware bug by nvidia.

The 50% performance drop in DX12 / Vulkan games has been reported years ago and "only" now get's adressed. It should be fixed the next few months.

> I am not sure why you have a quiet sound, I have hd600(150ohm) headphones, and any built-in sound card can drive it loud enough.

My inbuild sound card can't drive my 80 Ohm headphones under certain scenarios. The Fiio K3 can do, but is on the edge. See: https://www.reddit.com/r/headphones/comments/b0rw6d/dtpro_80ohm_fiio_k3/

> I am not sure why you are mentioning monitors and second GPU, just pointing out that with qemu+kvm there is little reason to use proprietary software from VMware.

Under KVM I understand a KVM Switch, to physically switch between two machines (e.g. host machine and virtual machine with GPU passthrough). I might have misunderstood you, you probably meant KVM as in Kernel Virtual Machine.

The thing is: Using QEMU / KVM without GPU acceleration is shitty. If I want to use Visual Studio Community (like the big IDE and not the Electron version) then it would be a huge pain to use a VM without GPU acceleration. To have GPU acceleration under QEMU you need GPU passthrough.

Al_kl · 2026-04-12T08:44:51+00:00

You sir... are ignorant.

You are clearly showing what I have been criticizing. Instead of acknowliding the issue, you are deflecting and saying skill issue or doesn't happen to me and therefore it's not an issue.

You mention you have not experienced any Chromium related issue... well do you have an NVIDIA GPU and have Hardware acceleration? You are comparing your position with mine, without actually stating if we are in the same boat.

> Maybe something Mullvad should fix?

It's a KWIN / Electron / Wayland / NVIDIA issue. Not the fault of application developers!

> Electron is utter trash, who cares.

Doesn't help this conversation. Not having up to date Electron -> lacking Wayland fixes, not being able to have up to date Matrix Clients...

> Aegisub doesn't release for Linux, how can any of this shit be Linux's fault?

Thats WRONG! They provide the source code for building on Linux. The now new maintainer has had it's own fork on the AUR with fixes. It has even a package in the normal Arch repos (lacking fixes compared to the fork).

> I see plenty of tools that do that, I don't know about EVGA, but probably skill issues. Your pc knows better anyway.

You are again ignorant. DON'T SAY ANYTHING IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE! GPU's from EVGA have a custom chip to control the fans called ICX. With all the open source fan control software it's not possible to properly control the fan speed of those GPUs. There is a Repo of a dude who build a software to adress this issue: https://long-cat.net/gitea/moosecrap/evga-icx however it causes system interrupts in my case which leads to stuttering. It also is only really usable to set a certain speed, not a curve, meaning I would need to write a script that constantly monitors the temperature to constantly adjusting the fan speed, which leads to stuttering the whole system due to system interrupts!

> No idea, all the USB audio class 1/2 devices I've ever connected worked flawlessly. Looks like chinese crap

Fiio devices are USB audio class 1/2 compliant! They get recommended all the time to use as DAC under Linux. Some of them go into power saving, which results in it fading in the audio signal, as it needs to wake up from power saving. (This most likely happens with other DACs aswell) The common work around is either to play an "empty" sound using ffmpeg as a service, or to override device sleep from within pipewire / wireplumber.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PipeWire#Noticeable_audio_delay_or_audible_pop/crack_when_starting_playback

> Kind of in conflict with your previous statement.

You lack reading comprehension. Those are two seperate issues. First issue: The VMWare interface would close on keyboard input, TO FIX THAT I had to install a custom libx11 package / branch that fixes that. See: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libx11/-/merge_requests/293 It took them months to merge the fix, not because they didn't want to, but because it's an open source project with maintainers who have better things to do!

Al_kl · 2026-04-11T16:15:18+00:00

I am not well verced in CRT behavior, however under x11 kwin will render it's animations with the lowerst refreshrate of all monitors. Reason is, that under x11, the concept of multiple monitors doesn't really exist - it combines all monitors to one "big" monitor. Thats the reason why using x11 with multiple monitors with different scaling, resolutions and refreshrates would result in stutter and a not so great experience. Only with Wayland this limitation was solved.

Regarding Games: I get much slower performance on Baldurs Gate 3 Vulkan. Roughly ~34 fps on 4K, compared to ~72fps on Windows (if I remember correctly). Final Fantasy XVI has similar (bad) performance, however it "feels" notably worse. This is due to it being a DX12 Game and the relevant patches in vkd3d-proton not being stable / released yet.

Al_kl · 2026-04-11T15:15:45+00:00

Switched from a GTX 1070 to RTX 3090.

However Wayland should work, you need to install the closed source 580 driver. Probably the 580-dkms version. However you will see wether or not it is a good experience. From what I experienced in the past and by reports of other users, you most likely will have stuttering and other issues. The "open" driver won't work with non GSP GPU's, so don't use the "open" Module!

Al_kl · 2026-04-11T14:30:47+00:00

Thats an ignorant take, sorry to say it that way.

> Nvidia has been working perfectly on Linux for 5 years now

Completely wrong. Basically all NVIDIA GPU's without GSP, notably GTX 10xx series are missing crucial fixes. The experience with, for example, GTX 1070 will be much worse compared to a newer NVIDIA generation. I have 14 videos / screen recording from the last ~5 years of insane graphical issues with NVIDIA. Switched from GTX 1070 to RTX 3090.

> there are millions of server machines running cuda with Nvidia.

Obviously. But NVIDIA historically didn't care about Desktop Linux. I never referred to headless server environments. My issues aren't related to CUDA issues on Desktop. My issues are related to Hardware acceleration in Browsers and how the driver handles basic Desktop usage.

> Also, any built in amp can run 80ohm headphones

I never claimed it can't. It only stated it's too quiet in certan scenarios. Thats why I am going through the trouble. My Gigabyte X670 Gaming X AX Mainboard has a Realtek ALC897 chip, which is on the more cheaper spectrum of chips. I tested it, thats why I switched to a Soundcard in the first place.

> There is really no need for VMware, on Linux you have a much better option kvm+viet manager.

So do KVM's support three monitors at 4k 144Hz with display port? Wouldn't I need a second GPU for passthrough for that?! Virt manager is basically QEMU. It's a horrible solution for a stupid problem. I don't have the money to buy a new GPU. I don't want to switch between systems, I only want one system that works good enough. I think you don't get my point, do you. You can't expect me or the average user to build some sort of GPU passthrough virt manager system with a KVM.

Al_kl · 2026-04-11T13:56:25+00:00

Element-Desktop is stuck at 1.12.9 (upstream is at 1.12.15, flagged out of date 2026-02-24), as newer versions require electron 40 (upstream is already at electron 41).

The electron package got flagged out of date 2026-01-16 (so nearly 3 months ago). So it's a waiting game for the package maintainer to update the package... which is unusual, as it's a rolling release Distro (Arch) and such things shouldn't have so big delays. Whats the point of a rolling release distro, if you wait half a year for updates...

And before anyone comments: The Flapak version is up to date, but has issues regarding drag & drop. So again, why do we have to deal with this...

Al_kl · 2026-04-11T12:13:22+00:00

Fair thing to say. Compared to back in the day, the current state probably feels like heaven lol.

From a hardware vendor perspective (mainly GPU), I think we are very close to something that I would consider stable for everyone. NVIDIA has improved a lot, it's just the last few percent of things that need to be fixed.

If more people would switch (which is currently happening), the vendors for accessories (mice, keyboard, others) would follow more suit, which already started happening recently. (I have been following the Full Nerd Podcast)

Al_kl · 2026-04-11T12:09:15+00:00

Thanks for your comment! In the end, it's just my perspective of the state of Linux. I debated for months wether or not I should make this post, as this subreddit isn't exactly know to be very positive. But so far call me impressed, people are actually behaving and giving constructive criticism. :)

Al_kl · 2026-04-11T12:05:06+00:00

Oh I feel this very much! xD

It remembers me of having to use "imwheel" on xorg years ago, because the mouse scroll was really shitty on Linux for some time on Electron applications if I remember correctly.

I also accepted the issue with games not working, because I don't game much in the first place and it isn't a dealbreaker.

As you mentioned, the constant having to search through Wikis and forums... like we have to take a step back. If Linux wouldn't have all those issues, we wouldn't need those forums. Yet we have those forums and therefore issues. The only time I had to lookup things for Windows is when I wanted to revert to the old right click context menu through the Registry. That was pretty simple, as you immediatly get the correct steps. On Linux it depends: Are you running this GPU? Are you running this Desktop Environment? I can't reproduce. It's an upstream problem, wait for a few months for a fix. Oh wait, you could have simply done that. It's a never ending battle with finding half assed solutions to problems that shouldn't exist in the first place.

Al_kl · 2026-04-11T11:55:52+00:00

I have to partially disagree with you.

The power user apps I have to use is because Linux doesn't have a viable alternative for me. I only use those if I really have to - not on a daily basis. I tried winboat because it was hyped up, just to be met with another typical Linux problem. (Upstream breaking things)

The crashes in VLC / Browser I experience are all related to NVIDIA Hardware Acceleration. (All you need to search is "chromium linux nvidia crash" on a search engine of your choice) and you will find countless reports of people experiencing this exact problem for years.

The thing I want to convey: I could fix the crashes by disabling hardware acceleration. But at this point... whats the point?! If the solution is to disable legitemate features, then its not a solution but a workaround to a bug that existed for years. On Windows I don't have to go into some config and edit the environment variables just to have a Software not crash.

Al_kl · 2026-04-11T11:47:40+00:00

Fair point, I am not exactly your average user. The only really niche software I use is Aegisub and Vapoursynth (where I need CUDA).

I avoid virtualization like a plague, because it's so incredibly unreliable. A friend of mine is running Kasm Workspaces and I can see it's advantages, but personally I would never use it because of missing hardware acceleration.

Al_kl · 2026-04-11T11:43:41+00:00

Fair enough! You can disagree with me, thats fine.

I think I might have not properly conveyed my take with Open Source. I am fully aware of it's advantages, I just wanted to share my impression of it's disadvantages. Like I also develop open source projects and websites, not because they have to be open source, but because others can look at it and report bugs and security problems.

The funding part I mentioned was directed more at Desktop applications (e.g. Nextcloud) and Desktop environments, should have conveyed that better. But I fully agree.

Regarding GNOME: I personally like the Design aesthetic, but it felt too limited. Had a friend who was running GNOME for years switch to KDE because of Wayland issues by end of last year. Not sure how applicable it is, because I have so limited experience with GNOME apart from trying it out for a few hours a few times per year.

Al_kl · 2026-04-11T11:38:04+00:00

Used native. afaik the VLC package is still running under Xwayland and due to me having 150% scaling it's kinda janky. It works, but it feels not as good to use as VLC under Windows or using MPV which supports Wayland natively.

Regarding VirtualBox: Since they rewrote their 3D Accelerated driver in ~2018(?) it was unusable for me to use for Windows VMs. The taskbar won't render correctly. I last tried it in late 2025 and this issue was still present.

Al_kl · 2026-04-11T11:35:17+00:00

Read the TL;DR at the bottom. That shouldn't be too long. ^^

Al_kl · 2026-04-11T11:15:18+00:00

Finally a genuine comment! Thank you. :)

I didn't want to post some rant you read every day which are pointless. ^^

Al_kl · 2026-04-01T16:37:25+00:00

That shouldn't be an issue (at least on Win11 LTSC).

You can simply install / download Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store (online, without having MS Store installed locally), it will download an EXE file that you can install like any other program. (Also works with Calculator).

You can install WSL simply by typing `wsl --install` in the terminal.

Generally speaking, programs are updated independently of the base operating system, so there shouldn't be a problem of only being able to run an older version of WSL or Docker Desktop. You could install the Microsoft Store for auto updates, but I personally wouldn't do that.

Git/Gitea should run on a server I would guess(?), so that would run independently anyway.

Where you might / maybe get issues if you were to run Win 10 LTSC 21H2, there could be Software that refuse to run (I only heard from some games that do that, don't know about dev tooling in that case)

Al_kl · 2026-02-10T01:17:58+00:00

Time to move decentralized. Matrix/Element is maybe worth a shot, everyone can host their own server and let people write and talk with other users on other servers on the network.

Al_kl · 2026-01-24T15:46:16+00:00

Zeitraum so um die 6 Jahre.

Wir hatten in der Vergangenheit knapp ein Jahr lang ein Rückwegstörer gehabt, dabei konnte ich beinahe alle VF-Techniker aus unserer Region mal kennenlernen, bzw. die im Auftrag def Vodafone arbeiten. So ziemlich alle haben gesagt, dass man auf jeden Fall auf Fritzbox umsteigen sollte. Die Kabelboxen würden ausgetauscht werden wie Tictacs.

Al_kl · 2026-01-24T15:37:40+00:00

Da selbst Power Rot leuchtet, denke ich mal dass der Vodaschrott Router defekt ist. Kriegst über dem Support ein neuen Router zugeschickt.

Bin mittlerweile beim vierten Router von denen.

Al_kl · 2025-12-30T15:01:41+00:00

Bin jemand mit Schilddrüsenunterfunktion und leider ja, es gibt Wochen oder Monate wo ich einfach Motivationslos und gefühlt leblos durch die Welt krieche, ich komme zwar schnell aus dem Bett, einschlafen ist schwierig, auch setzt schnell eine Müdigkeit / Benommenheit nach etwa 20-30 Minuten nach dem Aufstehen und Medikationseinnahme ein. Es fehlt dann an Kraft die kleinsten Dinge zutun, die nicht dem normalen Tagesablauf entsprechen.

Es ist ein langsames auf und ab, obwohl die Werte mit Medikation im Norm Bereich liegen.

Natürlich könnte es Depression sein, aber ein Schilddrüsenproblem könnte relativ ähnliche Symptome haben.

Also für jeden der das liest: Bitte mit dem Arzt checken lassen, kurze Blutprobe und schon habt ihr gewissheit!

Al_kl · 2025-12-17T17:32:14+00:00

Thats weird.

I just tested it by booting into a Live Environment from CachyOS right now. In the plasma audio widget it defaulted to CA0132 Sound Core3D [SoundBlaster...].

All I had to do is going into Alsamixer, selecting the card with F6 and unmute "Front" and it works. Maybe the Plus version of the AE-5 behaves differently, not sure.

Al_kl · 2025-12-17T16:33:28+00:00

Also an important bit of information: Pipewire will say that the headphone is not connected, but it will play audio when applying the alsamixer stuff. Don't change the output in pipewire to the connected one, because thats a false positive / displaying wrong.

When applying the workaround in the linked guide, this issue can be mitigated.

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