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All your points seems like they are trivially solved by using another DE and distribution

• llimllib 7y ago
  your definition of "trivial" is different from mine haha (fwiw: my propensity for installing new DEs and distros in the hope of solving all my problems was what made me leave linux in the first place)
  • dkonofalski 7y ago
    While I'm glad that I'm not the only one who is in the same situation and frame-of-mind as you, I wish more people admitted this. The endless chain of Linux re-distroing to fix issues is absolutely the main issue with Linux.
    • floren 7y ago
      I blame Ubuntu's mid-2000s decision to offer "Ubuntu", "Lubuntu", "Kubuntu", and "Xubuntu", which seemed to convince people that the only way to change desktop environments is to reinstall Linux. They're all there, just a few clicks away in whatever crap-ass GUI Ubuntu has stuck on top of apt these days. At the end of the day, all these distros are just Debian, Redhat, or (rarely) Arch under the hood, so if you get sick of lack of support for JimBobLinux, you can just install Debian and quit fucking around. I did that 15 years ago (good god) and haven't regretted it.
• pjmlp 7y ago
  The answer that never changes regarding the use of desktop Linux.
  • baot 7y ago
    Because Linux isn't a UI.
    • pjmlp 7y ago
      Desktop GNU/Linux, better?
      • deleted 7y ago
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      • baot 7y ago
        No, but it illustrates what I was getting at: that's dozens of operating systems.