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I think linux works reasonably well on the desktop as long as you stick to the standard settings, i.e., running only linux, accepting the way things were set, n
by harha 6y ago
I think linux works reasonably well on the desktop as long as you stick to the standard settings, i.e., running only linux, accepting the way things were set, not worrying too much about loud fans, etc.
The big issue I have is the mixed quality of documentation for "normal users" (those between just accepting everything on the one side and going through all man pages on the other), which always gives me an uneasy feeling that I didn't quite set something up the right way and that it could lead to issues somewhere along the way.
While it would be nice to have, I don't necessarily need a graphical/terminal configuration tool (though it would be nice when I'm setting up things that I only set up once and don't want to go through the trouble understanding how it works, e.g. wifi). What I really need is a good wiki that is up-to-date and useful posts on stack exchange.
Now this is where I run into problems: Arch for instance has a great wiki, but many posts, articles, etc. are for Ubuntu, which doesn't have a very useful wiki.
- swiley 6y agoThe man pages are the documentation for users? I would say stay away from gnome if your fans are running all the time, it’s a terrible DE and you don’t need it. Just install eg fvwm or xfce (or lxde or whatever you like.) >I only set up once and don't want to go through the trouble understanding how it works, e.g. wifi) That’s going to cause issues no matter which OS you run. Just read the wpa_supplicant man page (or the appropriate documentation if your distro uses something else and you don’t want to change it.) You can skim for just the things you need and grab an example config, it’s not a hard tool to use and it only takes a couple minutes. After you do this you won’t be surprised when it breaks in a way you don’t understand.