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takes no time at all to change. my computer is more stable, runs faster and less system strain. things actually work like hdr, and sound management. no more PS4 controller becoming my computer’s speakers because I plugged it in and the os thinking it knows best. no more weird green tint because I turned hdr on. there’s a plethora of things that just work but wouldnt in windows.
after using Linux for about a week now… I honestly can’t think of a reason why I didn’t do this years ago. microsoft is just bad
Was the PS controller as a speaker a Windows thing? Damn that drove me crazy. At least for me it was so intermittent that when it did pop up it was absolutely maddening. So happy I’ve moved on from Windows.
Don’t PlayStation controllers have a speaker built in? Not making excuses for Windows, but that might be related to why it gets confused.
I’m betting the Bluetooth ID given by the controller advertises that it is a speaker, and Windows is assuming a newly connected speaker is where the person wants to output audio. I mean, why else would you connect a speaker? /s
Fun fact: The PS5 controller also includes a microphone. My circle didn’t know a hot mic was listening in on everything until we noticed background audio in one of our captures.
they do, but the operating system should be asking me if I want to do something… not just do it without me agreeing or initiating it.
I’m being the numbers are pumped up by Deck users who aren’t really using Linux for desktop use.
The extra 20% they knocked off a couple months ago probably helped boost those numbers too
Offtop, but did you make speakers and/or headphone jack on your controller work over BT in Linux? When mine (albeit a PS4 knock-off gamepad) is wirelessly connected, it’s not shown in audio devices at all.
have not, didn’t even try tbh. I don’t want audio coming from my controller. id prefer of the thing didn’t even have a speaker or mic jack on it, but thankfully Linux is smart enough to know I’m capable of managing my own devices.
For me it was like: well, since it is here and it’s paid for, where’s this damn thing? I see a thin usecase of playing from the couch with wired headphones at night.
Seems like it’s proprietary drivers use speakers when it shouldn’t, and doesn’t use when I could’ve used them. Two shots, all missed.
Good job M$ by killing Win10!
W10 still has higher market share than Linux and most of the decrease can be seen in the W11 increase.
There are dozens of
usthem!Sorry I don’t daily drive Linux, but I hate windows and I use neovim. Can I get a pass?
What’s stopping you?
Edit: Not trying to evangelise, gods I hate that about the Linux community. Just trying to see if I can help in any way.
Maybe you can help me. I would just like to dabble in it. Can I duel boot from the same drive my windows is in? can it access my storage drives as is, or do I have to completely reformat those and dedicate them to linux?
You can dual boot but would highly recommend that you have a separate Windows SSD. Microsoft likes to dick around with the boot loader and bricking the ability to dual boot.
I am still dual booting myself with a small SSD for the rare occasion I want to run a game that isn’t supported on Linux but honestly I haven’t done that in over half a year now so Windows just kinda sits they taking to 200 GB of space.
I’m out of rack space for another drive but I guess I can try on a portable one.
Would steam be able to see my existing games or do I have to redownload them?
Your windows drive would be fine, Linux side you’d need to download then again.
You can run games from your windows drives but it’s better not to, it can cause weird issues because of the way files are stored (case sensitive vs insensitive, permissions etc.)
One other point: if you just want to dabble, you don’t actually need to install Linux. Many (if not most) Linux distributions can be booted from a USB drive as what they call a “Live USB”.
Here’s how to do it for Ubuntu: https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-windows
The process is similar for other distros. I tried several this way before I decided to install one that I really liked.
It is better to install it on separate drives and use bios to select the drive you want to boot from.
Honestly the thing stopping me is I enjoy macOS. As soon as Apple enshitifies - imo they haven’t yet - I’m making the switch. But that’s only for my daily driver. Anything SSH I use runs Linux.
I’m just glad you have an up-to-date OS that works for you and that you enjoy. :)
Hijacking this to voice my frustration with audio software developers’ outright refusal to support Linux. I know there are a few solutions, but it’s like learning a new instrument and it’s hard to find motivation as it is.
I’m part of these stats thanks to Lemmy, thanks guys!
I shifted my desktop this past month, happy to be part of the extra fractions of a % point.
Ubuntu 25.10 finally seems to have resolved a lot of the issues I’ve had in the past, so I think this shift will be permanent.
Daily Debian since 2015, zero regrets.
