Next, sleep / resume. Has never worked for me on Linux; at the work place where I used Linux, I just let the machine run overnight. That would be a no-go at home, as I sleep in the same room.
When I got a new machine, I installed Linux only to check that the HW was working and to download Win installation. The kernel had only experimental support for the chipset and integrated graphics (Intel, Skylake just about came out). I had to enable it with boot switches, after which I was able to start GUI (X). However, the GUI randomly and completely froze the machine, a hard reset was required.
I also think that audio mixing didn't work out of the box.
I also tried copy/paste for the fun of it, it did work this time, but only if I managed to guess the "correct" clipboard.
Thanks, but no thanks. $100-ish license that I paid for Windows Professional has paid itself out immensely with things that "just work" out of the box. My time is worth way more than $100.
From this I gather that we are talking ~5 years ago?
> First and foremost, sound. I tried to get mixing -- simultaneous playback from different programs
I remember this being a problem 10 years ago, but not since pulseaudio.
> sleep / resume
I successfully use systemctl suspend a lot. But yeah, depends on the hardware, def. a pain point.
> experimental support for the chipset [...] completely froze
Not sure what to respond to this. Experimental drivers are expected to be, well, experimental, as in highly unstable.
> clipboard
Ok.
Thanks for the info, this will be helpful to know what to look out for when getting New hardware.
This is what to make of this: The then-latest linux kernel did not support then-latest hardware.
Probably not a driver problem, but screen tearing while playing youtube videos is annoying.
