Tried it over many years. Last one was last year. Every time, the same problem. I even considered moving to Windows, but it would be tougher for me to administrate for me, as I’m used to headless Linux. It’s just, whenever Linux tries to GUI, it fucks up everything colossaly.

Happened to me all the time, when, for example, setting up very generic and common laptops for family & friends. It never worked out of the box. Every single time, I had to give special treatment. Research extra drivers, etc… Hard to do in some locations, when they do not have a second system to do all the work from.

Have a different experience. Usually, Linux does not even boot, due to driver issues, in the first place. So, the first installation process usually easily takes 5 to 10 hours, straight. And this is only for common popular distributions, not to mention lesser known and lesser supported ones. (Talking about Linux GUI based installations, only.)

Oh speaking of monitors. How many times have I tried to use more than 2 monitors on Linux… Never worked. On Windows it’s a matter of plug & play and it just works. :)

The problem is, that most people would then not update, get issues, land in a thread like this, make propaganda against Windows, since something doesn’t work or is insecure, when in fact the problem is in front of the screen, who always denied the update, that fixes those issues… That is why upgrades are rightfully enforced. At some point, you gotta upgrade or stop using the system.

Good points.

My friend uses the same headset on Linux, that I use on Windows.

When he “mutes” his headset, it is not actually muted on Linux. It is not really fixable. Obviously, on Windows it just works.

Literally the same story happened on Linux in the span of decades countless times. On Windows? Cannot remember this happening more than once.

How to install the app on Linux.

You search for it. Highly likely it is not available or barely functional.

IF it works, it’s only packaged for Ubuntu, Debian and Arch. If you use Nix or something even more niche, good luck with proprietary software or sometimes even openly available open source software.

Using Windows since Windows XP was sired. Using Linux for longer than that, mostly Linux servers, but have tons of years of Linux Desktop experience under my belt, with probably half of all Linux distributions on DistroWatch.com.

Conclusion: Linux server rocks. Windows Desktop sux in many ways, but it just works and I personally have no issues with it. Linux Desktop is the worst hell possible. Barely ever works. It is literal hell and I hate it.

Whenever I try to get into Linux Desktop, I have to meditate and drink a de-stressing tea beforehand, or else I cannot guarantee the laptop’s or PC’s screen’s safety, when dealing with Linux Desktop.

For anyone attempting to comment: note, that there is a huge difference between headless server Linux usage and Linux Desktop/GUI usage. I’m only talking about Linux GUI. Linux headless is fine and works great!

XD I mean, there are also discreet GPUs from the 90’s, yet pretty much all integrated GPUs are far more performant than that.

Your discreet GPU is over 12 years old and even back then it was an entry level card. So, actually, it is very weak and, for many use cases, weaker than many current integrated ones. Not to mention possible lack of current driver support, etc…

You could also look up the other parts, I won’t do that for you. But the same counts for the “i7”. If the i7 is nearly as old, it’s weaker than some i3s from today and definitely weaker than lots of i5s, nowadays.

Again… Same goes for the RAM, etc… If your RAM is really slow, then the size of the RAM will only be useful for certain use cases.

Again and again… You have to research for every part, to really know, what they are capable of. Just saying “i7” and “discreet” does not make the PC any better, whatsoever.

In short: you can use the computer for a lot of stuff, but only very limited. If you want to do something very specific, really well, then you need to find the right niché, where it might work well. Otherwise, as I initially foreshadowed, there is actually not much you can do with those specifications. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Can’t do much with these specs. You could make it headless and lose the desktop environment to make it much more useful.

Nice, noted. Do you have any other projects on your mind?

Thanks for your suggestion. Do you have a list of Github URLs of the ones most important to you?