The software will likely work, but keep in mind that you’ll have to add VM startup time when you want to use the software. I have occasionally seen software behave strangely in a VM as well, so best to just try it.

Can you share the software you went to use? Maybe there’s a good Linux alternative or someone knows how to get it working in wine.

Is this the one using the open source kernel module?

He’s just not fully materialized yet.

Are you using Wayland or X? Do you see the same behaviour in both?

I just don’t watch many shows and a lot of the stuff coming out I don’t find that great anyway so I’d rather do something else with my time than pay more for worse service.

That’s OK. I’ve already removed Netflix

This is something that bugs me too. Its not completely broken but there are a lot of small issues assuming you can even get the game to run at all

Looks like something from HP’s lab.

https://www.theonion.com/hp-offers-that-cloud-thing-everyone-is-talking-about-1819595260

Don’t be biased except for these biases.

Lol, after both steal every image on the internet.

No wonder the images look similar.

I’m curious what you use it for. I use Ivy and it had good fuzzy matching.

Taking your data to flavortown!

I don’t use Flatpak much, but I rarely see issues. Sometimes I see minor things like themes not quite being right, but its never been bad enough for me to spend the time to fix it.

I suppose another downside is the need to have the base runtime packages, so it could take more disk space if each app uses a different one. In practice apps will share runtimes though.

“Products are priced based on their cost/value, not the companies overall profit margins”

It doesn’t take much to observe that this is just incorrect.

That’s how it’s supposed to work, and they teach that in your Intro to Economics course, but in reality it just doesn’t work that way.

I use EndeavourOS with KDE and it’s wonderful!

Does anyone know offhand the issues Calamares has with Xfce?

You beat me to it! I also use Arch BTW.

I have to use Windows at work, and I’ve found that just about everything I use on Windows has an equal or better equivalent on Linux. I find most of the time on my work computer I miss having Linux.

Except for music management… MusicBee is really great and apparently it doesn’t work too well with wine. There are a few applications that do manage a library but I’ve found they all fall a bit short when compared to MusicBee. I’ve taken to just and old time approach of managing music with the filesystem. I also use Audacious for a touch of nostalgia since it works with Winamp 2.x skins :)

I disagree with the minimal install, especially for new users. It’s probably easier to get going when everything you need is installed and configured. Once you know the tools and what you want, then go for the customization.

I’ve been using Linux for over 20 years and I still prefer a full install (EndeavourOS is my choice). I’d just rather spend my time doing anything else than manually installing every package.

Welcome! I think a big thing is to realize it is a bit different and try to stick with it a while you get comfortable.

I usually keep a copy if the original system file when I edit something. Basically things in /etc.

The Arch wiki is a great resource even if you’re not using Arch.

For gaming and the occasional Windows app, if I’m not using Proton through Steam I like Lutris. Over the last several years I’ve found Windows to be far less necessary though.

Also don’t be afraid to mix things installed from your distro’s repository with Flatpaks or AppImages. I use all three types of apps with no issues. I would avoid snaps if possible though. The last few times I tried them things just didn’t work well.

The dangerous part is that it sounds like the ad is generated by Spotify.

In the “tech already exists” scenario, an advertising firm will have to guess at the voice people want to hear and submit their own audio files to advertise.

If this works the way it sounds, the ad firm sends in some text and Spotify generates a voice ad based on who you listen to. Less effort on the advertising firm and far more targeted.

Both are bad. The second is worse!

And frankly, it’s another reason not to support Spotify. You are supposed to be paying to listen to music, not support research into this bullshit advertising.