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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 6 days 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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[–] lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

or fixing X11 ASAP

There was this one guy doing major work on X11, but while he did some good work he also submitted breaking changes, was then barred from submitting patches and in turn created an angry fork (XLibre) breaking even more important things (e.g. the whole Nvidia driver).

That's why we can't have nice things. He probably turned a lot of people away who could've helped the project (and it also didn't help that he was an anti-vaxer that even pissed Linus Torvalds off with his nonsense).

Since most of the X11 devs are Wayland devs now it's understandable they don't want to ever go back to it anymore. They know the limitations and the horrible, ancient feature-creep of it. This talk from 2013 explains their motivations for abandoning it pretty well.