Wanted to try debian 11 last weekend. First time I installed it from debootstrap. I plugged in a 1TB SSD on an USB 2.0 to SATA case, formatted it, prepared the root filesystem with debootstrap, chrooted to it, installed a bunch of packages, setup locale and timezone, installed linux-image, grub and booted it. Worked flawlessly.
Tried a "ps|aux" and discovered it is already running wayland and pipewire. Works so well it is boring. Nice!
This has been my experience with Wayland/Pipewire - Things just work.
I've been blown away by how good things like touchpad/gesture/multi-monitor support are in Wayland as well.
I tried really, really hard to run linux on a laptop in 2010, and eventually just settled on virtualizing it for acceptable device compatibility.
In 2020, my linux laptop genuinely feels much better than the macbook my office issued me. Like - actually better. Not "Better because I control it and it's free/opensource", just "Better".
>In 2020, my linux laptop genuinely feels much better than the macbook my office issued me. Like - actually better. Not "Better because I control it and it's free/opensource", just "Better".
Yes! This is the point of Linux and other open source. We don't use open source because it's "morally better", we use it because it consistently produces superior solutions.
Tried a "ps|aux" and discovered it is already running wayland and pipewire. Works so well it is boring. Nice!