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What do you hate about linux? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 6 days ago by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.world
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We love to praise linux constantly and tell everyone to change to it (they should) but what are your biggest annoyances ?

Mine would be, installing software (made even more complex by flatpaks being added, among the 5 other ways there already were to install software) and probably wifi power management issues.

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[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Honestly, the fact I don't have as much time as I'd like to contribute workarounds.

Take yesterday, I got Magic and Mayhem (the classic) running via wine, but I had to create a new wine prefix to remove dpi scaling (because, Apparently, the winecfg graphic tab is global, and if dpi scaling is used it truncates the game's display). Still can't get the music working, but that's what MOC is for, and I did use an old cracked version.

I want to make a lutris install script for this, but I lack the time. That's my main dislike of Linux - I wish there was a solid indexed forum to share game workarounds that had a drop-down search by game.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

I feel the same ! I wish I could dedicate time to help programmers out..its actually what made me even more interested in learning how. I want to contribute !

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[–] Egonallanon@feddit.uk 5 points 6 days ago

Currently that it just shuts down hard when waking from sleep. I suspect its something to do with my monitor but haven't spent the time to work out why.

[–] crozilla@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Booting problems. Every once in a while, I get GRUB for no reason. Can’t find a boot disk that existed yesterday. WTF? Effing hate that sh!t.

Finally heard about immutability features like VanillaOS and might move to that…

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[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Fedora Flatpaks needs to diaf. That is all.

[–] oplkill@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

No easy way to play sounds in microphone(like Soundpad program)

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

People that argue over Gnome vs. KDE. Shut up and use whatever you like. No need to yuck other people's yum.

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Making distro clones with premade software, wallpaper, etc.

Systemback is easy to use, but then complex to install for normal people (lack of instructions, have to manually make the partitions, needs 3 partitions but nothing states that in the software).

Post-Cubic customizations are easy for normal people to install but way more complex to set up (basically terminal only, need to know more abstract terminal commands for specific customizations like pinning an app to the bottom panel).

Basically, the classic Linux GUI problems.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The community lmao

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Seriously though. You are sadly totally right there. "Works on my machine, so it must be user error."

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[–] pogodem0n@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don't dislike much about Linux and do realize that most issues stem from major software developers simply ignoring its existence. Here are a few I had to scratch my head for:

  1. Sub-par touchpad experience.

Touchpads on Linux are generally worse when it comes to palm rejection compared to Windows. Macbooks are on a completely different level.

Another thing missing is the scrolling acceleration, which is present on Windows and MacOS.

  1. Wayland protocol development.

People who approve protocol proposals are very annoying and often stall critical protocols for years.

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[–] slippyferret@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 days ago

Poor VR support. I’d probably switch if it ever becomes stable.

[–] brap@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

For some reason some Steam games invert my mouse wheel direction but don’t when ran in windows and I can’t figure out a per-application toggle for it.

Why things decided to try and undo 30 years of muscle memory I don’t know.

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