Uh, Shared GPU memory absolutely exists on Linux. Mind you this only exists (regardless of OS) when you have a shitty integrated GPU with no dedicated VRAM, but I am not sure why you think this only exists for Windows (or some other non-Linux OS, you did not specify).
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Pretty sure I saw on the arch wiki you can even use exclusive vram on a system
On Windows, there used to be (possibly a third-party application) a desktop widget that had a "turtle", and if you clicked on the widget it would drop a little pixel of food, and the turtle would slowly walk over to it and consume it. I thought that was really cool.
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From macOS: that the basics in UI are so much more consistent and just work. For example shortcuts across apps. This makes me insanely productive.
Windows' lightweight photo editing thing. Great for highlighting screenshots.
All image editing software on linux (that I've tried) is 10x more clunky.
I've been using Flameshot, and it's been awesome for just this. Tons of annotations, and very easy to copy or save screenshots.
Yeah but in my LMDE, Flameshot wont save files and is buggy as shit. It has an option to selext what App to open the screen shot in and that does't work, share with another app and that doesn't work, save the file and the files not there. Now, highly possible it works for others and just not for me
Hell, my Logitech kb can't even use the screenshot button to take a screenshot.
I just use work arounds but still annoying.
MS Office Picture manager? I have to use 2-3 photo editing tools to do the same job now. Also, powerpoint from MS office 2007.
I'm 100% sure that Raspberry Pi has that. I can set how much of ram will go for the gpu. But raspberry pi's gpu isn't really a gpu.
When looking at a file knowing immediately what physical drive it is on.
Can't you just mount them on different high level folders? I got /Games for games, /Misc for tinkering with stuff and everything else on /. So I usually know what hard drive my stuff is on.
Yes, but if I am tinkering with someone else's system I don't know if they did that.
Yeah, that's a point I didn't consider.
I miss my computer's performance being held hostage by "Active Protection" feature of Virus scanner!
Game pass
Being able to operate without a keyboard. Perfect for home theatre pc
HDR support and good VR support.
I suppose another way to say that while also outing myself as a real corporate shill is “better Nvidia support”
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I just miss my social life. Back when I was on Windows I had a lot of friends and was banging people constantly in my free time. As a Linux user, I've pretty much been ostracized by my local community and my mojo no longer works on the daily trimmings. I might give Mac a try, but I'm just not sure how many tide pods I could possibly eat.
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I'm about to switch from Windows back to Ubuntu, which I ran for a year or two but I missed Photoshop and Visual Studio. I've been using VSCode for dev work for a while and it's fine, and I can live with Gimp. I haven't used Office in years (Google docs & sheets are great). So I really don't expect to miss anything this time.
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Every game I want to play actually working first time everytime.
How to know someone hasn't gamed on Linux in years.
Not like that at all now.
I've been on Linux for 3 years now, and while almost every game works everytime, there are still a few that I either can't get to run, or when I do they are unstable and require tinkering to get right. Catherine is a big one, that has gotten a lot better with more recent versions of proton, but still has glitches especially when transitioning from gameplay to cutscene.
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Oh, Linux started being like that some 3 or 4 years ago for me. Of course, it depends to some extent on the actual games you want to play. Destiny 2 is apparently never gonna run.
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Yeah, even after owning a Steam Deck for a year and recently switching my Desktop to Linux, its very hard to get the settings right. Things Like uplay working in Steam Deck but Not out of the Box in my Desktop seems so insensical to me.
I'm running Bazzite, and haven't had a single issue running a game...
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Not having to worry about games straight up blocking linux users from playing because we are supposedly all cheaters…
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