Yes… that… sucks…
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When I was playing with Linux Mint and Cinnamon desktop in a Virtualbox a long while ago, virtualbox was complaining that cinnamon desktop needed 3D acceleration. And because virtualbox was not providing hardware support for 3D acceleration, cinnamon was telling me that it was using software rendering instead, which was pretty slow. I had to use a different DE (like XFCE) for a more pleasant user experience.
Can it be that the input lag you are experiencing is due to this 3D acceleration requirement?
That is pretty much in line with what this guy here is ranting about:
“There is no app installed for ‘debian package’ files”
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Fairly sure it was the compositor being too heavy on my GPU.
I lost interest in Ubuntu in '16 or '17. And I have no real interest in this new release. Ubuntu is barely Debian related any longer. They’ve basically turned into a Microsoft/Windows entity in the Linux world. I’m annoyed by Ubuntu more than interested.
It would be wise to get off the Ubuntu trainwreck. We’re seeing it a lot. They are already working towards this being a reality - Check out Mint LMDE. The last time I tried it, it felt very much like normal Mint. I didn’t notice any glaring differences.
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I have tried LMDE too. I didn’t really notice anything wrong either, but it wasn’t for me.
without snaps
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The only Ubuntu variant worth trying then.
The others are just Windows with worse user support.
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Can’t wait for LMUE, Linux Mint Ubuntu Edition!!
In all seriousness, Debian is wonderful, and if LM ever committed to using that over Ubuntu I would fully support that endeavour. Also I will not tolerate MATE slander, such a nice and lightweight DE.
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The Mint team has a version called LMDE which is Debian based and has no Ubuntu packages/mirrors.
I meant as their flagship distro. I’m aware of LMDE and its an awesome project.
At the risk of angering the masses…I think it’s pretty good.
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Nvidia cards with full functionality supported by design
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At least on my system, GNOME/Mutter has higher performance and fewer crashes/issues than Plasma/KWin, so the Ubuntu Desktop gives a sane, “traditional desktop” with the technical benefits of GNOME (also gvfs seems to handle my iPhone better than kio)
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The snaps I use are Firefox, Thunderbird, Remmina and rclone, and they’re all…fine? I haven’t done start-up time benchmarking or anything, but they all seem fast and responsive enough given the size of programs that they are
** and for the first two, with the giant walking security vulnerabilities known as browser engines that they contain, having them updated faster than a typical “system component” via the snap system is actually appreciated -
Flatpak works just fine. I use the Brave Flatpak for web apps, and they are integrated with the system very nicely.
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There’s a security benefit to using the same system that a company’s paying customers are using.
Ultimately, it seems to mesh well with my hardware and what I want to do with my PC. I do think the comparisons to Windows/Microsoft are hyperbole - IMO it’s a case where, depending on the user, one person’s “appreciated curation” is another’s “INTOLERABLE RESTRICTION!”.
tl;dr In the right situation, I think Ubuntu is actually a quite nice OS.
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I’m glad that it works for you! If you have no issues with it, keep using it, brother. There’s nothing wrong with that. For a lot of folks, myself included, Ubuntu has some flaws that make it not as good to use for us. There are fair criticisms on anything and one should just use what they think works well enough.
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