Show Us Your Linux Desktop

[Papusan]

On 3/17/2022 at 10:44 PM, Mr. Fox said:

POP_OS! with Cinnamon DE, Windows 10 "StartIsBack" theme and manually edited cinnamon.css for panel and menu Windows 7 "AeroGlass" transparency. Yes @Papusan the Windows replacement is getting closer. 😀

 

 

Hmmm. You say the Windows replacement is getting closer😀 

 

Here's the thing with free Linux  distros. Some don't see why people avoid the orginal. Why make a copycat of Windows 11's and it's ugliness? Windows 11's start menu etc is darn awful and should never been copied for any OS. 

3 free Linux distros that look and feel like Windows

[Mr. Fox]

9 minutes ago, Papusan said:

 

Hmmm. You say the Windows replacement is getting closer😀 

 

Here's the thing with free Linux  distros. Some don't see why people avoid the orginal. Why make a copycat of Windows 11's and it's ugliness? Windows 11's start menu etc is darn awful and should never been copied. 

3 free Linux distros that look and feel like Windows

While I find it very difficult to believe, there are actually some people that actually like how Winduhz 11 looks. Many of us think it is repulsive and find it disgusting. Unfortunately, there are some people that want their Linux distro to look like Winduhz 11 or Mac OS and some have gone to the effort to make desktops environments that are designed to do that. The nice thing with Linux is if you don't like it you do not have to put up with it, and changing it is very easy compared to remediating the aesthetic abortion in Windows.

[tavogorriak]

Ubuntu + Conky + Sinclair ZX Spectrum

[kojack]

On 12/5/2024 at 11:24 AM, Mr. Fox said:

While I find it very difficult to believe, there are actually some people that actually like how Winduhz 11 looks. Many of us think it is repulsive and find it disgusting. Unfortunately, there are some people that want their Linux distro to look like Winduhz 11 or Mac OS and some have gone to the effort to make desktops environments that are designed to do that. The nice thing with Linux is if you don't like it you do not have to put up with it, and changing it is very easy compared to remediating the aesthetic abortion in Windows.

Show me where Bill Gates touched you. 

[Mr. Fox]

4 hours ago, kojack said:

Show me where Bill Gates touched you. 

The uvula, hence the gag reflex.

 

For those that don't know, the uvula is the hangy-down punching bag thing in the back of your throat.

[kojack]

18 hours ago, Mr. Fox said:

The uvula, hence the gag reflex.

 

For those that don't know, the uvula is the hangy-down punching bag thing in the back of your throat.

Kinda figured since all you do is post butthurt about microsoft.  Yes we know you don't like it.  move on.!  thanks.  

[kojack]

Here is my little dell system running Zorin. Went for a 90's style wallpaper for S&G.

 

 

[GuitarG]

Tried different distros, finally stayed on one seemed most known to me (I had experience since version 8.04 was considered new). I always had given up on learning and using it as daily driver, now I sometimes have some problems, but lefty loosy - righty tighty and still not going back anymore to Windows.. especially after last 3 buggy reinstalls in 2 weeks..

EDIT: It is Ubuntu, 24.10
And Arch also known as SteamOS on my SD.

[Papusan]

 

OCCT is now available on Linux: CPU, GPU and memory testing just like on Windows

[Papusan]

 

Linux users do the impossible: FSR 4 with RX 7900 XTX

[Mr. Fox]

Latest and greatest Kubuntu with Plasma 6. Loving it.

On 4/17/2025 at 3:45 PM, Papusan said:

 

OCCT is now available on Linux: CPU, GPU and memory testing just like on Windows

[Papusan]

 

Every % increase counts....

 

Linux Just Hit a Big Milestone in the Desktop OS Race

 

According to Statcounter's June 2025 stats, spotted by TechSpot, Linux now has a 5.38% share of the US desktop operating system market, its highest-ever result. But though Linux is holding a bigger slice of the pie than ever before, OSes from tech giants like Apple and Microsoft still control the vast majority of the market.

 

Microsoft's Secure Boot UEFI bootloader signing key expires in September, posing problems for Linux users

[Mr. Fox]

I don't give a rat's butt about Secure Boot. Always disabled on the first boot of a new motherboard, along with TPM, and never re-enabled again. Ever. Fake security blanket rubbish to make Micro$lop seem more relevant and important than they should be.

 

CachyOS installed without a hitch on the X870E AORUS Master. Working great. Still rocking Kubuntu on the Strix X870E-E. Week three without using Windoze except for in a VM when it is unavoidable. Not missing anything Micro$lop has to offer, which is close to nothing.

 

[Papusan]

13 minutes ago, Mr. Fox said:

I don't give a rat's butt about Secure Boot. Always disabled on the first boot of a new motherboard and never enabled. Ever. Rubbish.

 

Sadly it will come the time they'll remove all settings in bios so you are forced to have this junk enabled all time 24/7/365. 

 

[Mr. Fox]

6 hours ago, Papusan said:

 

Sadly it will come the time they'll remove all settings in bios so you are forced to have this junk enabled all time 24/7/365. 

 

If/when that happens I will use whatever motherboard I have until it stops working and replace it with another one like it. Or, I will not have a computer. I will not tolerate tech companies deciding things for me. Screw 'em... they will deserve to die if that happens and I will do my part to help.

[Papusan]

 

[Papusan]

On 7/23/2025 at 3:01 PM, Mr. Fox said:

I don't give a rat's butt about Secure Boot. Always disabled on the first boot of a new motherboard, along with TPM, and never re-enabled again. Ever. Fake security blanket rubbish to make Micro$lop seem more relevant and important than they should be.

 

Gamer developers paid by Microsoft? 

 

 

Battlefield 6 anti-cheat system requires Secure Boot, shutting out Linux and legacy PCs

 

Battlefield 6 will include a powerful anti-cheat system that requires players to enable Secure Boot on their Windows PCs. Battlefield Wire confirmed the news on X, stating that EA's anti-cheat technology will run at the kernel level on Windows and rely on Microsoft's controversial UEFI-based Secure Boot feature.

 

 

[Mr. Fox]

1 hour ago, Papusan said:

 

Gamer developers paid by Microsoft? 

 

 

Battlefield 6 anti-cheat system requires Secure Boot, shutting out Linux and legacy PCs

 

Battlefield 6 will include a powerful anti-cheat system that requires players to enable Secure Boot on their Windows PCs. Battlefield Wire confirmed the news on X, stating that EA's anti-cheat technology will run at the kernel level on Windows and rely on Microsoft's controversial UEFI-based Secure Boot feature.

Well we know what they can do with their shiny new Battlefield 6 sheeple game. I will not buy it and this would be the first Battlefield release that I haven't purchased. I wonder how many sales and how much money they are going to lose before they pull their head out of their posterior orifice and eliminate that idiotic requirement? I hope they lose a fortune making super-stupid decisions like that.

[kojack]

On 7/23/2025 at 10:31 AM, Mr. Fox said:

I don't give a rat's butt about Secure Boot. Always disabled on the first boot of a new motherboard, along with TPM, and never re-enabled again. Ever. Fake security blanket rubbish to make Micro$lop seem more relevant and important than they should be.

 

CachyOS installed without a hitch on the X870E AORUS Master. Working great. Still rocking Kubuntu on the Strix X870E-E. Week three without using Windoze except for in a VM when it is unavoidable. Not missing anything Micro$lop has to offer, which is close to nothing.

 

The wife is reluctant to switch.  I am done however. As I mentioned, as soon as our data is off OneDrive and onto our own server, I will be putting Zorin or Mint on my systems.  I think I will use Zorin because of it's touchscreen capabilities. I can't imagine how fast my systems will be with windows 11 gone.  The little dell I am using with Zorin on it is easily 2 times faster than with win11 on it. 

[Mr. Fox]

4 hours ago, kojack said:

The wife is reluctant to switch.  I am done however. As I mentioned, as soon as our data is off OneDrive and onto our own server, I will be putting Zorin or Mint on my systems.  I think I will use Zorin because of it's touchscreen capabilities. I can't imagine how fast my systems will be with windows 11 gone.  The little dell I am using with Zorin on it is easily 2 times faster than with win11 on it. 

I can understand the reluctance because people become conditioned to use certain pieces of software and the idea of not being able to use it doesn't set well with many. I think it's seldom because they like the operating system. More often than not they don't want to have to change how they do everything. Linux operating systems such as Zorin, Mint and any distro using KDE Plasma desktop environment make it easier than ever to switch. They are sleek, elegant and performant and the GUI so closely resembles a Windows environment that's the only thing left to figure out is what software you're going to use. Gaming isn't a reason to hold back for those that are absorbed with that hobby. Windows runs flawlessly on a virtual machine if there are Windows-only applications that a person is required to use for a business or they are emotionally attached to certain applications. While it wouldn't be great for gaming, a Windows virtual machine runs so well and performs so great under most scenarios that you can't even tell you are using a virtual machine.

 

But for the necessity that I use PowerBI and Excel pivot tables for work there would be no reason for me to run a Windows virtual machine, as I never launch it except when I need to, and that is only a couple of times each week 

[Papusan]

 

Nvidia addresses performance issues on Linux

Nvidia publicly announces that it will address existing performance issues on Linux related to DirectX 12 games.

[kojack]

That's promising. What about older Nvidia cards. Do they have issues too?  I have a 2070 super in my desktop and my son has a 2060 super in his gaming laptop.  Will both of these work properly?  

 

Oh, checkout the battery life on my Dell inspiron 3169 this morning when I started it up and went into thunderbird.

Not bad for an old budget system running Zorin.

 

[kojack]

I am a sucker for blue purple combos.  Here is my lastest desktop. Again, I like clean desktop with no widgets, folders, software etc. 

[Papusan]

On 8/5/2025 at 1:52 AM, Mr. Fox said:

Well we know what they can do with their shiny new Battlefield 6 sheeple game. I will not buy it and this would be the first Battlefield release that I haven't purchased. I wonder how many sales and how much money they are going to lose before they pull their head out of their posterior orifice and eliminate that idiotic requirement? I hope they lose a fortune making super-stupid decisions like that.

 

What with Black Ops 6 ? Microsoft getting help from game devs. How much did Redmond HQ pay them for this? 

 

Black Ops 7 requires both TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot on PC

 

"Neither TPM 2.0 nor Secure Boot are required to play currently available Call of Duty titles; however, both will be required when Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7 launches in 2025. Keeping these settings enabled ensures a fair and fun experience for all players."

[Mr. Fox]

2 hours ago, Papusan said:

 

What with Black Ops 6 ? Microsoft getting help from game devs. How much did Redmond HQ pay them for this? 

 

Black Ops 7 requires both TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot on PC

 

"Neither TPM 2.0 nor Secure Boot are required to play currently available Call of Duty titles; however, both will be required when Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7 launches in 2025. Keeping these settings enabled ensures a fair and fun experience for all players."

They are hurting themselves by their own deliberate acts of abject stupidity and insanity. They are truly idiots and bowing to their demon-god Micro$oft. Sucks to be them.