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Linux needs to seriously fix itself (this IS an unpopular opinion here, cant speak bad about linux on lemmy now can we) (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have used linux for a couple of years now and it was one of the most bumpy beginnings (and ends) i ever had with software. There was little a moment that wasnt marred by some kind of problem.

I could write a book on all the problems i had encountered and some of them happen several times, but here are some highlights:

monitors not being all recognized unless its plugged in in a VERY specific order
monitor 2 not having the correct colors
audio not coming out of the correct source, the default source changing when something else that can sue it is plugged in, and also changing after a restart
gaming, proton barely EVER worked, rated gold or platinum on protondb? fuck you it wont even start for you
wine is not much better, lutris also fucked up several times

What broke the camels back today:

I stream, on wednesday my controller stopped working so i couldnt continue to stream, an hour after i stopped? the controller started working again great right? no, today the same shit, controller doesnt work.

Linux continues to have awful roadblocks that make even the most stubborn user (me) switch back to windows for now

But ah i am not dont yet, getting support from other users is about as much a fools errand as it is for windows, just sprinkled in with a lot more brown nosing elitism. And i imagine i will get similar comments here cause lemmy has the same circlejerks reddit has.

As long as linux continues having the most mundane problems with NO solution anywhere it wont get anywhere, if it werent for steamdeck it would still hover around at below 3%

See i like linux, i like how the ui feels and all, but i just cant anymore, i want shit to actually work and linux just cant provide that yet

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm conflicted. I always upvote actually unpopular opinions on !c/unpopularopinion.
But I always downvote posts that include things like "cant speak bad about X on Y now can we" and "X has the same circlejerks Y has").

On topic: Linux is an operating system that does some things better than Windows and other things worse. Most of its issues are a direct result of lacking support from third party closed source software vendors. That lack of support is a direct result of its low market share on desktop computers.

I use Linux because my user experience with it is MUCH, MUCH better than with Windows overall.
Things like:

the global search opening a browser that was designed to be as annoying as possible
GUI settings I set being reverted with an update
popups nagging me to use NEW_PRODUCT
error messages telling me "sorry we did an oopsie, please try again later"
forcing me to create an online account for installing the OS
reminding me again to do it with each update
vendors installing a gig of crapware and PUPs when I just need a printer driver
Outlook connecting to the M365 e-mail account after I just specifically told it to connect to my own Exchange server
uninstalling and preventing reinstall of software I bought when I click on the shiny "fix problems" button
make me tear my hair out. Just let me use my computer, for fuck's sake!

And on top of all that and more, I've had way fewer issues running Linux-supporting software on Linux than running Windows-supporting software on Windows. And that's the thing people don't understand: Linux is not Windows.
If you try to use it as a drop-in replacement for Windows, you're gonna have a sub-par experience. You need to switch ecosystems, not just the OS.
(but I'm still impressed that games made for Windows work well using graphics drivers made for Windows, 80-90% of the time).