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Where is Linux not working well in your daily usage? Share your pain points as of 2026, so we can respectfully discuss (discuss.online)
submitted 1 week ago by kiol@discuss.online to c/linux@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/34255100

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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[–] fiat_lux@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)
  1. Ubuntu memory allocation and limits (I think). I haven't dug too much into finding the root cause, but I have a recurring issue where the GUI freezes up, and it looks like it might be related to not handling well how much memory it needs for the task.

Maybe it thinks it has more memory available than it does, or the gc isn't running efficiently, or it's allocating to 100% without including a sensible safety gap, something like that. It's a significantly low-level enough problem that I'm wary of tinkering with values I don't fully understand even if I wanted to spend the probably large amount of time necessary to find root cause.

  1. The fact Ubuntu now withholds package updates unless you're paying for their "maintenance and compliance subscription", but that's probably on me to change distros. I get that Ubuntu employees need money so they can eat, just like I do, but ... The idea of paying for core package updates feels like a nightmare waiting to happen, for both Ubuntu developers managing package dependencies and end-user experience.
[–] englislanguage@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

The fact Ubuntu now withholds package updates unless you’re paying for their “maintenance and compliance subscription”

Do you happen to use a very old version of Ubuntu? You might want to update the distribution. This might also fix the bug you mentioned.

[–] fiat_lux@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Nah, it's 24.04 LTS