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Have you ever been disappointed with Linux? (libretechni.ca)

submitted 1 day ago by cm0002@libretechni.ca to c/linux@programming.dev

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Personally I haven't. While Linux is imperfect, choosing the right distro makes the rest of the experience straightforward. And with it's whole complexity, I find Linux more user friendly than Windows. Even driver issues, broken shadow file ownership and KDE specifics only made me more confident about my choice to use Linux after I solved everything.

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[–] dafta@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It's not a kernel thing, more like a libinput thing. Libinput has an option to make it autoscroll, and if you're on KDE, you can find the setting under mouse settings.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Libinput allows you to activate omnidirectional scrolling by holding the middle mouse down, which is not the same behaviour as windows / (mac?) . It's confusing since both features have the same name.

[–] dafta@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

What's the behaviour on windows?

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago

Click to toggle enter / exit vertical scroll mode. While in that mode, moving the mouse up or down from the original position will scroll in that direction, speed depending on the amount of offset.