Is Linux up to Linus Sebastian's Standards Yet?
- Pop!_OS: + Apt: Steam installs normally + apt prevents you from uninstalling essential packages (fix)
- Mint: "Removing..." when installing Steam
- 4K videos play normally
- Fullscreen doesn't work in VLC media player
- Workaround: Set the rendering backend to OpenGL 3.1 (System Settings/Hardware/Display and Monitor/Compositor)
- Mint: Window movement while a game is open is laggy (issue)
- Arch: obs-studio doesn't come installed with the Browser Source plugin (closed issue)
- Workaround: Install obs-browser
- NVIDIA: X Server Settings lacks features
- Plasma: "Configure Audio Volume..." button unintuitive. (fix)
- Mint: Check boxes under "Hardware Configuration" look like radio buttons (issue)
- Manjaro:
command not found: aptapparently isn't enough- Possible fix: Maybe command-not-found can show a warning for it? Or #10
- OBS: Requires restart for some things to work correctly, but doesn't say so
- Manjaro: The option to show Snap, Flatpak, and AUR packages in Pamac is "hidden"
- Possible fix: #20
- Plasma: Mouse wheel in "Audio Volume" works as expected (fix)
- Plasma: Notifications easy to miss on large screens (WIP fix)
- Plasma: Okular signature support is broken (issue) (report)
- LibreOffice Calc: Exporting a chart is easy
- Mint: Can't drag a folder of fonts onto font previewer to install them. (issue)
- Installing fonts is easy
- Ark: Dragging files on top of a folder in Dolphin copies them into the parent folder (issue)
- Ark: Compression appears to finish instantly when, in fact, it does not (issue)
- Ark: Compressing files have an idiot-proof .part extension (fix)
- Ark: Doesn't prompt for filename when compressing multiple files (fix)
- Taking a screenshot is easy
- Adding startup applications is easy
- Search keywords are user-friendly
- Dolphin: Right-click drag doesn't work like in Windows
- Workaround: Use left-click drag
- Making a shortcut is easy
- Mounting a network share is easy
- Dolphin: Supports root access (fix)
- Plasma: "Show Desktop" doesn't work like in Windows (issue)
- Plasma: Applications' names don't represent their jobs (e.g. "Kate")
- Possible fix: Put the applications' descriptions in parentheses next to their names (e.g. "Kate (text editor)").
- Thunderbolt just works
- GoXLR support
- USB errors on boot
- Possible fix: https://www.spinics.net/lists/usb/msg02644.html
- Controllers just work
- Printing just works
- Cave Story+: Off-center
- Native Linux games work well
- Xbox One wireless controller: Only works when plugged in
- Workaround: xow
- Legion TD 2
- Tower Fall Ascension
- Faster Than Light
- Slay the Spire
- Path of Exile
- Rust
- DOOM Eternal: Performance is great
- CS:GO: Stutters
- Easy Anti-Cheat: Doesn't support Linux
- It Takes Two: Doesn't support multiple controllers
- Forged Alliance Forever: A pain to get working
- Anno 1800: Doesn't support multiplayer on Linux
- Minecraft Dungeons: Hard to get working through the Minecraft Launcher
- Escape from Tarkov: Is broken
- Genshin Impact: Doesn't support Linux
- Minecraft Java
- Don't starve together
- Towerfall
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