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Slimbook Titan report 7 - Nope, I'm not happy (again)
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The tragic brilliance of the Linux desktop. On one hand, the Titan does admirably. Pretty decent hybrid graphics setup, boot encryption, gaming via Steam Proton, a dozen Windows programs running superbly with WINE, all the perks of the Plasma environment. With a virtual machine for office stuff, I'm really ready to face the future sans Windows, so to speak. But then, it all gets shattered with barely tested firmware and kernel patching, ruining the bliss, undoing all the fine, sweet achievements.
Someone could say, no big deal, you tinker a little, job done. That's fun when you do it voluntarily, on a spare system, or when you're 20 and without a care in the world. For me, with real-life objectives and deadlines, I cannot afford "mi scusi" moments in the operating system. What makes it worse is that the overall stability of the ecosystem has gotten WORSE since I purchased the laptop. You would expect more stability, more quality over time, even if initial releases were meh. But no. This means extrapolating into the future is a grim prospect. The alternative is either using Windows in a "defeat" mode, or buying a Mac and savoring the financial PTSD that such a purchase would bring, with the true added benefit of tight hardware-software integration.
I shall keep on using Linux, as I've done seriously for many many years. The only question is, will Linux ever give me the peace and the stability that I need. For that, we shall have to wait to the eighth and the ninth and the nth report about the Titan. On a side note, yes, the Titan still runs pro-enabled 22.04, and I'm hesitant to move to 24.04 given how buggy the Executive upgrade process was. I'm totally not looking forward to things randomly breaking yet more, without any promise of true benefits. Again, that's a story for another report. For now, I feel rather dejected. C'est la vie. Take care.