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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] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

dont think i have seen anyone be this understanding of the situation i have written this in, and you seem to have been in the same situation as me more than once it seems, so thank you for being this understanding of a heated post and sorry you had similar experiences

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

Yeah, the thing is, people in that kind of situation usually stop asking questions or stop using Linux alltogether.

These toxic fanatics that keep attacking everyone who could use help with using Linux are at least as effective at keeping the market share of Linux low as Microsoft's anticompetitive behaviour is.

And, tbh, anyone who hasn't had a problem with Linux where they had to spend >5h to fix it probably hasn't done anything else than using Linux to launch a browser.

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

quite fun of a quadruple edged sword aint it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yep. Toxic community members and fanboys are never a good thing.