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Joined the Linux master race! (lazysoci.al)
submitted 1 day ago by lazynooblet@lazysoci.al to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Had a slow day yesterday so thought, why not wipe the gaming PC and put Linux on it.

I work with Linux every day for work so I wanted a debian-based distro as that's what I'm most familiar with. After a short impulsive-driven search, I picked pika-os. Never heard of it but thought I'd give it a go.

Picked KDE, installed the OS, booted first time and immediately regretted it. No network. I have a 2.5G Realtek 8125 nic and whilst it was detected, it was showing RX packets as "dropped". Couldn't install firmware-realtek as it conflicted with linux-firmware. Tried the Realtek website, what a mess that is, compiled a driver, couldn't get it to load. Ended up finding a git repo that created .deb packages for all realtek drivers.

Got network up and running and its all been great from there. Last time I tried this in 2021 I had loads of issues but so far, other than having to download a later version of Proton and select it in a game, or add some command-line arguments in Steam, its been great!

I'm so surprised that every app I normally use on Windows is either available as a Linux native app, works with emulation (bottles) or there is a decent alternative.

Definitely, 100%, the Linux desktop is ready.

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[–] Surp@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Its not 100% ready if you had to find drivers for your Ethernet and mess around with settings to get a game to launch. Most people aren't savvy and expect their programs to just launch.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 4 points 12 hours ago

Then neither is Windows. The amount of time I've spent troubleshooting Windows crap.....

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 14 hours ago

They buy pre-installed then.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip -1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Nice. Stay in winblows and STFU

[–] Amaterasu@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

How people feel about this distro in general? Would one consider using it in a server? Auto updates with a Debian based distro that is using newer kernel and applications sounds promising.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 2 points 6 hours ago

Pika OS is gaming centered and is based on Debian sid. For a server just stick with normal Debian. If you want latest and greatest use Debian sid

[–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Not accusing anyone here of white supremacy but "master race" is a term we really need to stop using/normalizing.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 1 points 24 minutes ago

I'm glad we seem to be past "ricing"

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It's a reference to an old Zero Punctuation video. Plus, the community here put it to a vote about a year ago and decided to keep it

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 1 points 25 minutes ago

The majority can still be wrong

[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 21 hours ago

Competitive PC running then?

[–] MuttMutt@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago

Realtek stuff is a major pain it seems. I'm guessing that is why FreeBSD is will known for being fine with nearly anything but realtek.

Not that I really use it by my AMD MoBo runs an Intel NIC for a reason. I started 10G networking a while back. Was a pain to get my Mellanox ConnectX3 working on windows. Linux didn't even blink.

I tried switching a long time ago. And every 3 or 4 years since. I'm happy I have. Things got a lot better in the last few years.

[–] Magnum@infosec.pub 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Bottles is an emulator?

[–] JustEnoughDucks@slrpnk.net 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

No, it just makes containers like distrobox but for each application IIRC.

[–] Magnum@infosec.pub 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

OP lied to us????

[–] JustEnoughDucks@slrpnk.net 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

He doesn't know what WINE stands for lol

[–] Magnum@infosec.pub 1 points 11 hours ago

Oh so its not even about bottles 😭

[–] LostWanderer@fedia.io 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Man, you had it harder than me with the realtek drivers. PikaOS is pretty cool overall, as it does streamline some things that Debian makes annoying (graphics drivers, for example). I do hope you enjoy PikaOS, after troubleshooting that annoying issue! The good thing about anything Debian based is that .debs are probably the most prevalent installer out there (cries in Arch).

[–] who@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

it does streamline some things that Debian makes annoying (graphics drivers, for example).

Do you by any chance mean Nvidia drivers?

[–] LostWanderer@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago

Yeah, but ultimately, it was even easier with Garuda Linux which was built to be used. As my drivers were correctly selected when the installation began. It was a good surprise.

There is a command line workflow for installing NVIDIA drivers, but, the provided drivers (which Trixie was built against) were pretty moldy at that point. For just a simple productivity machine, Debian would've been my go to.

For one that is a gaming/entertainment/productivity machine...It wasn't for me, personally. As Debian is pretty stable and mostly easy to use.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Really enjoying it so far. Been playing D4 and The Alters today. I'm still surprised at how smooth the experience is!

[–] LostWanderer@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago

Glad you've had a good time post install, I've experienced a similar thing on Garuda Linux...It's pretty smooth with the latest graphics drivers!

[–] vogi@piefed.social 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh wow I never heard of PikaOS but of seems great, even though you had some difficulties. I love Debian and have it on my Server, Laptop and now also on my older Gaming (Nvidia) PC.

I feel like Debian really only needs a couple of (hardware specific) tweaks to be a great out of the box experience and it seems PikaOS tries to do that. I don't like that most other desktop first distros opt into using Ubuntu as their bases. But that is only because I'm willing to invest some time to fix stuff and understand how my PC works.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 5 points 1 day ago

Yeah I'm enjoying pikaos. I use chrony for time-sync and their "pika-base" package absolutely required systemd-timesync and I wanted to remove it. I asked in their discord and they changed the package for me right there and then so that it was "systemd-timesyncd" OR "chrony". I did "apt update" 10 minutes later and it was resolved.

[–] Franconian_Nomad@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago

Had a Realtek network card in my gaming pc. Had nothing but problems with it under windows AND Linux. Finally ripped it out a month ago and replaced it with an intel. It’s so nice to have finally a stable connection.

[–] ZephyrXero@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

In a time where Nazis have made a comeback and racism is rampant world wide, maybe it's time we dropped the whole "master race" joke

[–] Damage@feddit.it 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nah, let's keep associating that concept with a joke, because that's just what it is

[–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Remember when a Trump presidency was just a joke? I do.

Jokes get taken over by people who are too dumb to understand satire and irony. They don't see a joke, they see an appealing idea being normalised.

[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

How would a normalization of the "PC Master Race" joke look in practice, though? Death camps for console gamers? Venues where entry for mobile gamers is forbidden?

[–] Hund@feddit.nu 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You do know that the PC Master Race was originally intended to make fun of the pseudoscientific Nazi ideology "master race"?

It feels like we need this joke more than ever before.

[–] ZephyrXero@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's originally for lame PC gamers to feel superior. It's always sucked

[–] Hund@feddit.nu 2 points 20 hours ago

No. It was a joke that made fun of the PC users as well.

[–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

You do know know that "Trump for president" was originally intended as an ironic joke?

It feels like we need to stop making jokes that normalize nazi shit.

Edit: also your statement isn't even true. First time I ever saw "pc master race" was on 4chan /pol

[–] Hund@feddit.nu 3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

I don't know anything about what happened in the US in regards to Trump. However. I find it unlikely that any meme has ever had any play in him being a president, but I said, I don't know anything about the US history, so I don't have much to say about it.

Regarding the PC Master Race joke, you should read this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Master_Race#History

PS. Joking about things doesn't make them true. We have made fun about various serious topics over multiple centuries now, none of them have come true so far.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That is taking what is said so far out of context that I'm more concerned for your comment than the title.

[–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 23 hours ago

What does the term "master race" mean in your head?

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world -5 points 1 day ago

I think they have a point.