Quoting: ExpandingManWe don't know what the next LTS version is going to be, do we? I would stay on latest if it weren't for nvidia, but the nvidia drivers always make me nervous about updating the kernel.

Since DKMS became a thing, the Nvidia driver doesn't really care about kernel version. The module gets built against the kernel you have. Every now and then there's an issue with the driver having problems with building against a kernel that's newer than expected, but a new driver version tends to get rolled out quickly when that happens.

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The Rust support is going particularly well, since the new M1 stuff is being done in Rust and Linus himself is using an M1 machine. He said that the Rust support would have to be used so that it would actually be tested properly, and he's in a position to do that personally.

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I have more faith in the EU regulators than the FTC. The FTC (like Brazil and Microsoft fanboys) are only really considering Call Of Duty, and the effect that might have on Sony. The EU complaint is (correctly) looking at how this deal is intended to get Microsoft a tighter grip on the Windows ecosystem with the Windows Store and Game Pass, leveraging that to get their Windows Store on Android and iOS, and getting a stranglehold on the game streaming market. Sony is small beans: Microsoft could buy all of Sony Group (PlayStation, phones, TVs, record labels, film studios, and all) with just their cash on hand, just like they're doing with ABK. it's not Xbox money they're using.

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Quoting: ChronariusI'm not surprised that Ubuntu is the number one Distro on Steam. SteamOS was based on it before the switch to Arch.

It wasn't. SteamOS 1 & 2 were based on Debian. Wheezy for SteamOS 1 and Jessie for SteamOS 2.

The Steam Linux Runtime was (and is) based on Ubuntu.

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Quoting: samurroValve agrees.

Valve feel that using Arch as a starting point for their own distro is better than waiting for Debian's package approval process to conclude. You aren't making your own distro, and you aren't waiting for Debian to pick up your upstream changes. Joking or not, your "answer" is nonsense.

By your logic, everything apart from Gentoo for non-technical use is not "best". Google agrees.

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Quoting: rustigsmedyes have to agree, although I would go Kubuntu rather than ubuntu, and would probably suggest Pop!_OS if nVidia is involved and you were ok with the de.

The only Nvidia advantage for Pop is if your GPU/monitor combination means that the open source nouveau can't set the resolution properly (the black screen with the blinking cursor - for which there's a fix, but it is something that one would have to specifically learn about), which isn't all combinations and will hopefully become fewer as nouveau improves and the open source module from Nvidia matures.

Every modern distro can install the proprietary Nvidia driver as part of the installation process (just like Pop does), they just don't use the proprietary Nvidia driver in the installer environment (which Pop does).

Once the distro is installed, it's all the same.

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The Store fix got bumped into a Stable channel update, too.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/3647382450216885311

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Quoting: pleasereadthemanualHadn't Microsoft mostly stopped its campaigning against Linux by the end of the 2000s?

God, no. The end of the 2000s was the SCO case, and Microsoft's FUD campaigns were in full swing. See... essentially everything on Groklaw. But for netbooks in particular, maybe here.

(As an aside, it's interesting that you didn't notice that your linked video is part of a FUD campaign: "person has trouble with their computer" isn't actually inherently newsworthy)

QuoteI'm happy to be corrected, and if you could direct me to some more sources, as I'm mostly going off the Wikipedia page for Netbooks, that would be appreciated. The article I link reported that Microsoft offered licenses cheaply, not free of charge.

You're right, actually. I'd misremembered. The XP for netbooks was just very cheap. The free Windows came a bit later, with "Windows 8.1 With Bing" to try to compete against Chromebooks.

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The way it works is that an LTS will release with the version that was tested for that release. The interim six-monthly releases will get some testing, and then be released. After a little while of that testing by all the users of the interim releases, that version will then be rolled out to users of LTS releases. It's a fairly conservative means of getting everyone onto stuff that makes their hardware work while making sure it's well-tested and not too disruptive (nor too much work for the Ubuntu devs, since they're maintaining a half dozen different versions at any one time).

Obviously users can manually choose to use mainline kernels and new Mesa from a PPA if they want stuff faster than it comes through the Hardware Enablement process, but they'll get them in time, regardless.

It would obviously be easier if AMD could get their support lined up ready before they release their hardware, like Intel (and Nvidia) do. I understand they're not quite as bad at this as they used to be, but still not as good as their competitors.

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Quoting: kaktuspalmeYes, but a user has to enable it. That's too much for a regular computer user to ask for.

No they don't. Installs that come with a desktop environment are on HWE by default. Headless server installs are not on HWE by default.

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