Everyone wants the Linux distribution they are using to be fast. This is practically a content-free statement, of course: who would want their distro to be slow? But at the same time, what does it mean for your distribution to be fast? For example, Ubuntu 21.10 switched the default compression for packages to zstd, which […]
For me, it’s mostly the lack of GPU acceleration. I’m using an Nvidia GPU a lot of the time and Nvidia’s proprietary drivers are causing loads of issues. This is especially noticeable playing videos in Firefox. I’ve found a method to force video decoding to be done on the GPU which helps a lot, but on Windows this Just Works.
I also found KDE rather frustrating. It’s fast and snappy, but it’s just not what I’m used to. I switched to Gnome and felt a lot happier about the way the system behaves ever since. If your current desktop isn’t doing the trick for you, you may want to consider another (Gnome/KDE Plasma/Cinnamon/XFCE/LXDE/what have you).
Yup, but that doesn’t change the fact the Linux experience is janky. I’m not willing to put down a couple hundred euros on a new GPU when this one works fine and just annoys me every so often.
Plus, all the good GPUs lack proper CUDA support or require messy workarounds like ROCm, which I can’t be bothered with to be honest. I’m hoping ROCm keeps improving at the rate it has when I eventually upgrade but for the stuff I run, Nvidia hardware is a much better deal with drivers that can be tolerated.
For me, it’s mostly the lack of GPU acceleration. I’m using an Nvidia GPU a lot of the time and Nvidia’s proprietary drivers are causing loads of issues. This is especially noticeable playing videos in Firefox. I’ve found a method to force video decoding to be done on the GPU which helps a lot, but on Windows this Just Works.
I also found KDE rather frustrating. It’s fast and snappy, but it’s just not what I’m used to. I switched to Gnome and felt a lot happier about the way the system behaves ever since. If your current desktop isn’t doing the trick for you, you may want to consider another (Gnome/KDE Plasma/Cinnamon/XFCE/LXDE/what have you).
Let’s begin that Nvidia’s proprietary drivers is main issue
Yup, but that doesn’t change the fact the Linux experience is janky. I’m not willing to put down a couple hundred euros on a new GPU when this one works fine and just annoys me every so often.
Plus, all the good GPUs lack proper CUDA support or require messy workarounds like ROCm, which I can’t be bothered with to be honest. I’m hoping ROCm keeps improving at the rate it has when I eventually upgrade but for the stuff I run, Nvidia hardware is a much better deal with drivers that can be tolerated.