My time with Linux has been equal parts amazing and absolutely infuriating. Linux Mint is NOT usable out of the box. Here have been my issues:

Nvidia GPU - Trying to figure out how to get the drivers working was a nightmare with ten million different people giving different advice on how to get it to work. Eventually I was able to get them signed and it seems to work

Bluetooth - Another nightmare. Bluetooth is terrible on Linux. It took hours to get it even remotely working ok, but I still don’t think it’s perfect.

Compatibility - Some things just straight up don’t work for seemingly no reason. None of my controllers work with Steam, no matter how many countless hours I’ve spent troubleshooting.

And that is where I am disappointed. Troubleshooting Linux issues sucks. There are so many people giving their opinions and all of them are different and most don’t work.

When Linux is working right it is amazing, and I love it. But right now, it just isn’t as good as Windows and extremely infuriating more often than not. Guess I am going to switch back and give Bill Gates all of my info again. Really fucking disappointing

Update: Controllers seem to work after forcing compatibility mode in Steam. No idea why that was off or why Steam was essentially hijacking my controller, but it seems to work now. For everyone that helped thank you.

  • @just_another_person
    3•1 day ago

    Bruh. You been on here for two days complaining about something where you’ve been told exactly what the issue is, and it’s not your Mint install, Linux, or anything else about the same system or with the community you’re asking for help in.

    You’re not doing the work to find the issue, or help the people trying to debug with you. You’re actually seemingly going out of your way to not be helpful and just complain, and that’s a YOU problem. Have fun on Windows 👋

    • @Cold_Brew_EnemaOP
      -9•1 day ago

      Are you fucking serious? I’ve followed all the god damn advice I was given and have spent over 10 hours troubleshooting this ONE issue and nothing has worked.

      • @just_another_person
        6•1 day ago

        Yes, and then you come back here raging that “Mint is not ready out of the box”, which isn’t true. The problem is with Steam and steam-input. You’ve been told this half a dozen times now. It has nothing to do with Linux (where you’re posting in), or Mint specifically. It’s your setup with Steam.

        • @Cold_Brew_EnemaOP
          -1•1 day ago

          I don’t see how. I have done everything you suggested with steam. I’ve tried every possible configuration, and nothing works.

          • @just_another_person
            1•1 day ago

            Read what you just wrote, then tell me how Mint is the problem, and why you’re posting in this sub.

            • @Cold_Brew_EnemaOP
              0•1 day ago

              Dude, I have the exact same steam configuration in Windows, and my controller works. Tell me that’s not a Linux issue

              • @[email protected]English
                2•1 day ago

                Again, it’s a driver issue. Has nothing to do with *nix. The manufacturer of the controller doesn’t ensure that *nix distros have access to the driver. So how can it work?

                Specifically which controller is it? Have you looked for *nix drivers specifically for that device? From the manufacturer?

              • @just_another_person
                -1•1 day ago

                Kid, if you want proof, DM me an invite to a call somewhere you can screencast and I’ll show you exactly what the issue is and fix it quickly. I’m that positive.

      • @[email protected]English
        2•1 day ago

        That’s what atomic distros are for. Detecting problems at the development level, not the user level. Might give one of them a try. And get rid of the dual boot, that’s just pain in the ass