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Linux on the desktop is utopian. Even in 2024, it is plagued with millions of bugs. I can't use Linux for an hour on a desktop PC without encountering some issu

Linux on the desktop is utopian. Even in 2024, it is plagued with millions of bugs. I can't use Linux for an hour on a desktop PC without encountering some issue. On the other hand, MacBooks and Windows PCs just work seamlessly, without any problems whatsoever. This is solely the fault of Linux developers, who, instead of developing one system well, create dozens of half-baked package managers, desktop environments, and other components. Unfortunately, none of these work well.

apexalpha 2y ago
"Since the cocky, self absorbed, nerds at Canonical have decided to rotate their logo 90 degrees clockwise in the 'about' menu of Nautilus we have decided enough is enough and will fork the entire distro. We are pleased to announce <abc...xyz>buntu fork #87126378215!"
pjmlp 2y ago
As someone that learned UNIX when Microsoft still sold Xenix, and used multiple flavours of it, was a Linux Journal subscriber since its early days, I occasionanly go down into one of those Desktop Linux rabbit holes only to repent myself afterwards. Latest adventure an UEFI only motherboard (no BIOS backwards compatibility available), that no matter what, refuses to reckognise SSD NVMe that hold Linux instead of Windows. Yes, one can complain the pesky OEMs still not being Linux Desktop friendly after 30 years, which in pratice doesn't matter to the regular consumer.
javcasas 2y ago
Windows on the desktop is dystopian. It works seamlessly when it's not installing candy crush pretending it's a security update, or when it decides to search the web for that word document you wrote yesterday, or when it decides your browser is bad because it's not edge. So yeah, it works flawlessly, but only for Microsoft.
npteljes 2y ago
Most of these statements are false. Linux on the desktop is a reality. I'm on one, it's my main OS, I even play my games on it. It having bugs is nothing special. Other systems have them as well. Windows is not seamless at all. And if you'd like to debug, you're SOL, because often it's not helpful at all. The state of things is not up to developers. Developers are part of a project, and the projects are part of a culture. Companies have projects and culture too, producing the same effects, for example take a look at how many UI styles Windows has, or how Microsoft's one project supports and contributes to open source, while another part of them actively destroys it.

apexalpha 2y ago

"Since the cocky, self absorbed, nerds at Canonical have decided to rotate their logo 90 degrees clockwise in the 'about' menu of Nautilus we have decided enough is enough and will fork the entire distro. We are pleased to announce <abc...xyz>buntu fork #87126378215!"

pjmlp 2y ago

As someone that learned UNIX when Microsoft still sold Xenix, and used multiple flavours of it, was a Linux Journal subscriber since its early days, I occasionanly go down into one of those Desktop Linux rabbit holes only to repent myself afterwards. Latest adventure an UEFI only motherboard (no BIOS backwards compatibility available), that no matter what, refuses to reckognise SSD NVMe that hold Linux instead of Windows. Yes, one can complain the pesky OEMs still not being Linux Desktop friendly after 30 years, which in pratice doesn't matter to the regular consumer.

javcasas 2y ago

Windows on the desktop is dystopian. It works seamlessly when it's not installing candy crush pretending it's a security update, or when it decides to search the web for that word document you wrote yesterday, or when it decides your browser is bad because it's not edge. So yeah, it works flawlessly, but only for Microsoft.

npteljes 2y ago

Most of these statements are false. Linux on the desktop is a reality. I'm on one, it's my main OS, I even play my games on it. It having bugs is nothing special. Other systems have them as well. Windows is not seamless at all. And if you'd like to debug, you're SOL, because often it's not helpful at all. The state of things is not up to developers. Developers are part of a project, and the projects are part of a culture. Companies have projects and culture too, producing the same effects, for example take a look at how many UI styles Windows has, or how Microsoft's one project supports and contributes to open source, while another part of them actively destroys it.