I used to be a dual monitor guy on my gaming rig, but there were a few times I had issues with display (usually playing older games like Underlord)
So I just became a single monitor guy, but its a big monitor
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Your meme about displays got me to go fix the 4k60 output on my PC. I use a TV as my screen and the EDID it reports us borked and leaves it off so I had to make a custom EDID and inject it at boot.
10/10 way easier than it sounds, annoyed I had to use a popular windows program to do it though because the first copy I found of the app I needed had a Trojan (thanks VirusTotal for confirming I'm not crazy for checking every exe no matter how official looking).
Why tf do we not have an EDID editor?
Yeah, it does take some malice aforeskin when choosing hardware. It doesn't take much anymore. But you do need to consider what you are using and what features you expect to work.
It seems it's always best to be just a bit behind the bleeding edge of technology when committing to a any distro. If you want to be on that edge, you should expect to bleed every now and then.
If you want to be on that edge, you should expect to bleed every now and then.
Exactly. And alternatively, buy bleeding edge hardware that ships with Linux pre-installed....and then bleed a little anyway, because it is still the bleeding edge, haha.
So I did my job well I’m glad I finally got some credit
People don't use the correct terms when describing things. Linux users are very helpful, but some people are much more DIRECT and don't want to hold your hand, just like the Arch community. Ask a dumb question, get a smart ass response. But still read all of them and then you will eventually find the solution to your problem.
I have been able to fix all the issues i had with linux after a few weeks of trial and error. Now i have linux running on several computers and things just work. When they don't, you know there are 50 Ubuntu help threads to get you the information you need.
Have a windows issue? Good luck even getting windows to acknowledge the problem, let alone fix it.
I literally had this reaction from a someone recently. I commented that I had trouble installing a specific program, so I switched back to windows for now. I was not looking for advice, it was just a post asking about recent Windows user’s experience switching to Linux, so I shared my experience and that I had the intention to try again because I want off Windows.
Dude commented like I’m just a dumb dumb who didn’t follow the numerous instructions online (I did) because it’s so easy to install on Linux (doesn’t change my issue) that their mom could do it (again, still doesn’t change that I had issues).
I’ll be trying again soon, but I can understand why some folks would be turned off of Linux because of that.