Where is Linux not working well in your daily usage? Share your pain points as of 2026, so we can respectfully discuss (discuss.online)

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Thought I'd create a distinct thread from the previous one asking about daily use, because I really do want to hear more on people's pain points. Great to know people are generally sounding pretty positive in those posts who recently switched, but want to know your difficulties as well! This way old and new users can share their thoughts, hopefully to inspire a respectful discussion.

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[-] Shirasho@lemmings.world 8 points 3 months ago

A pain point from a beginner perspective is when you need to install multiple apps under the same prefix for them to communicate with each other, and then you need to have environment variables telling apps the path of your prefix. It is all very archaic in feel and still a very confusing, manual, and error prone process.

The UIs for Wine and WineTricks are so barebones and primitive - they barely help.

[-] kiol@discuss.online 5 points 3 months ago

When you say multiple apps under the same prefix, would that be specific to Wine (or could you give another example).

[-] Shirasho@lemmings.world 2 points 3 months ago

I did not know prefixes had any context other than Wine. Anyway, see my other reply for context.

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