autobot What is the best linux version from the eye strain perspective ? What is the best Win 10 version ? Which is better?
Liberator005 autobot Windows 10 20H2 is often reported as one of the most tolerable among the "recent" versions.
ensete autobot There is no universal hardware of software that works for everyone here. You have to try it out yourself and see how well you tolerate it
KM For Linux distros I have just general hints: Don't use a rolling release distro but instead a distro that has LTS releases. That way you're less surprised by sudden OS updates that deeply change rendering etc. But official graphics drivers usually still get updates and may be difficult to roll back. For a good start, don't use anything fancy, 3D-accelerated. This means having a plain, boring desktop with no effects and preferably no compositor. No 3D-accelerated software, if possible. No games, etc. Best strategy may be to start with a command line, minimal distro to have full control over what's installed. Downside: Requires advanced knowledge about available software, how to set everything up etc. A lot to read. Try both free and official graphics drivers. Disable temporal dithering if you use the official Nvidia graphics driver. Try to disable font antialiasing completely to see if it helps, even if it means to look at "ugly" fonts. Browsers or other software that uses hardware accceleration can still cause eye strain (same as with Windows). Keep in mind that different graphics cards and graphics drivers can make all the difference regardless of whether using Windows, Linux, or something else.
Sunspark IMO, on my Intel iGPU, yes with a driver version that fits well. There is no one-size-fits-all solution. You can test it, make a Windows To Go drive and boot into it and set it up.
ensete I have had success with Lubuntu with the xfce desktop Linux Mint with either Connamon or xfce was unusable for me
ryans ensete Lubuntu with the xfce desktop Lubuntu defaults to LXQt and Xubuntu uses XFCE -- did you use the defaults or install something else?
Sunspark ryans It's tricky right? XFCE uses GTK. A big variable in play is which version of Mesa is installed? All the driver updates for AMD and Intel go into Mesa.
Azhursh I still cannot find a state where Linux does not cause me eyestrain. I have tried all distros with all desktop enviroment. I wish I was able to disable dithering to see if that cause a difference. In my case I use a Intel HD 5500 on a laptop.