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Sick of tinkering, seeking help (self.linux)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Mandy to c/linux

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I have been using linux for a couple of years now and the most infuriating thing to this day are when things just dont work when they should, when you have to perform some terminal-fu to make certain things even work.

So here i am, pleading for help for two specific issues before i jump back into using a specific distro (yes, most things a distro does are agnostic and can be achieve by others, but thats not my point here)

Here the things i would like to work (with little to no tinkering if possible) webmotioncapture, runs fine over wine but doesnt detect my camera (vseeface is not an option as it doesnt detect hands and needs some serious code-fu to make that work, also didnt detect my camera)

have my camera work and be detected in linux and wine (Anker PowerConf C200)

if anybody could point into a distro direction, or actually easy to understand absolute minimal tinkering instructions, id be very gratefull

update: i genuinely cant believe it, wecammotioncapture, works under wine, without any tinkering, hallelujah!

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You are trying to use a software built from a different operating system, by definition you have to tinker, unless someone already did it for you. That's how compiled code works

The only way to avoid tinkering is using native applications. With the exception probably of proton, as valve tinkered for the users

[–] Mandy 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

proton never works for me so thats out of the question most likely

if you perhaps have an easy to understand (not KISS but actually easy to comprehend) solution, guide, steps or otherwise im happy to listen, i dont mind distro for the most part

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I meant proton as an example of a product where someone else did the tinkering for the users that want to use software compiled on a different operating system.

My suggestion is to search for an alternative of the program built for linux. That's the only way you have to avoid tinkering.

Because using something compiled on a different OS is tinkering

[–] Mandy 2 points 1 year ago

fair enough, thank you

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Proton is designed only to be used within Steam, use something like wine-ge-proton outside of Steam (this won't solve your problem, but keep it in mind)

[–] ryannathans 2 points 1 year ago

And don't use proton for non games, use wine

[–] Mandy 1 points 1 year ago

i sometimes had margin able better results with that one on lutris, but nothing otustanding