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[–] Polar@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've spent the past 2 days being called names because I am having an issue with download speeds in Linux, and I said Windows is better because in my experience it just works.

Someone literally told me to apologize for saying this, lmao. I'm called an idiot, moron, that I am the problem, all because Linux refuses to work, and the hardcore FOSS/Linux Lemmy community can't handle it.

This place is so tiring. Reddit users were toxic, but Lemmy users are even more so. I guess that's what happens when you get all the banned people, like you said, and a group of people who hate Reddit, in one place. Lemmy reminds me of VOAT. Instead of insane right-wing hate, it's just insane hate to anyone who dares pay money for something, or says something negative about FOSS/Linux.

[–] ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I agree on the lemmy being quite tiring at times my first post garnered alot of attention and I had to deal with those unsavory types anyways what are you having troubles with on linux I'm a bit of a newbie myself but I might be able to help m8

Here's the post ~~piss take~~ in question https://lemmy.world/post/6586403

[–] Polar@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Steam only downloads at around 120Mbps on all of the distros I've tried, which are Ubuntu 23.10, Fedora 39, and Manjaro 23.0.4.

The distro sees my 2.5Gb NIC, and the web browser downloads at full speed, but Steam refuses.

I tried everything. Changing servers, installing DNSMASQ, different distros, etc. and nothing fixes it. DNSMASQ did bump up my speed to 300Mbps for a second, but then right back down to 120Mbps.

Upon Googling this, it's a known issue. A LOT of people have the issue. Some them say DNSMASQ fixes it, others say Valve fixed it years ago, and others, like me, say nothing fixes it, and we move back to Windows where we get 1900Mbps download on Steam.

Everyone who wants to fight me about this, calling me names, all say it's "an easy fix", but refuse to tell me until I tell them I am a stupid idiot and apologise for criticizing Linux.

Here's my issue:

[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

I get your frustration, but "criticizing Linux" while you're visibly having a known Steam issue is kind of weird. Not saying you're not having the issues, and I understand why you went back instead of dealing with it, but are you "criticizing Windows" when some other piece of third-party software bugs out too?

[–] boo_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've noticed that Steam for Windows displays download speed in mbit/s while the Linux client displays it in mbyte/s, although both display the unit as mb/s. This is a setting that can be toggled. This doesn't account for the entire difference (1887mbit > 109mbyte) but is one contributing factor.

[–] Polar@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In my screenshot Steam is set to Mbps, same as speedtest.

Also the time left to download rdr2 in the screenshot wouldn't be that long if it was MB/s instead

[–] boo_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, that's annoying. Have you reported the issue to Valve? Seems like it's their issue to fix. I personally haven't encountered this issue, so I'm unable to help further, but it seems that it's an issue with Steam's Linux client since the rest of the system is unaffected, as I understand it.

[–] DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah I particularly didn't enjoy people from the US who couldn't point my country in a map basically chastising me for mentioning the leftist party that has been in power for something like the last 40 years hasn't done us any good in a post where they were circle jerking about the right wing liberal candidate being bad

I had to block tons of subs at this point. Mostly political ones but some that shouldn't be political like world news too