• @[email protected]
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    1510 months ago

    Compatible issues on desktop environment level? This is the first time I ever hear about that.

    • @Linkerbaan
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      10 months ago

      Tried switching to KDE Plasma and then OpenCV broke because of outdated QT version or some shit. Same with another distro. And I couldn’t install two versions at the same time.

      It’s all fun until you get dependency conflicts.

        • @Linkerbaan
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          Nice comeback when you get evidence of how a different DE breaks software compatibility.

          It’s clear that this is a forum of people that only install Linux to open their terminal and type neofetch.

          • @[email protected]
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            010 months ago

            Fair, that reply above is not helpful at all. I mean yeah, I have had my fair share of dependence hell as well. Mostly when trying to install an external deb package. I know how to prevent it nowadays but it ain’t user friendly at all.

            Also I would be hesitant to use Linux as a workstation. If I had the luxury of time I would for ideological reasons alone. But I don’t have that kind of time. Troubleshooting can become costly when you get paid by the hour.

            • @Linkerbaan
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              -310 months ago

              Depends on what you do, most of the deep-learning world and scientific computing is based on Ubuntu. And not just Ubuntu but currently 22.04. Even upgrading the distro can bring compatibility conflicts.

              I have a massive hate boner for development on Windows for things such as the \ in the paths and needing to install a 10gig IDE to do cpp development. Or they tell you WSL “just works” while it doesn’t “just work” because it can’t cv2.imshow your images because there’s no X11 passthrough etc.