Live data from Hacker News

Major Linux Problems on the Desktop, 2016 Edition

linuxfonts.narod.ru

191–200 of 384 posts

Re: Major Linux Problems on the Desktop, 2016 Edition

#191

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Kernel debuggers exist. Of course, we're all aware of Linus' opinion on the matter.

I'm not, does he not like kernel debuggers or something?

"No" would be an understatement: https://lwn.net/2000/0914/a/lt-debugger.php3

Re: Major Linux Problems on the Desktop, 2016 Edition

#192
oh linux, don't listen to them... there will always be people who say your desktop experience isn't good enough. the reality for most of the computing world is that linux has already won, it's just that they're using everywhere but the desktop. it's in robots, servers, billions of devices, every android phone, the boxes that power our tv's, inside our tv's now too, and it keeps spreading. if it isn't already, it'll be powering cars soon enough.

so linux... don't sweat the people who still don't have a working nvidia driver. it doesn't matter. not even a little bit. you do you, linux, and just go where ever people writing code take you.

Re: Major Linux Problems on the Desktop, 2016 Edition

#193

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a barebones re-implementation of QnX for the 32 bit x86, I don't have time enough to clean it up or port it to the 64 bit model. It blew the doors off the competition back in the day (about 2 decades ago), 200K context switches per second on a 33 MHz 486. Fast enough for real time control of all kinds of hardware and with a seamless path from a self hosting desktop environment to embedded hardware. I never got…

Is there source available for this or QNX?

Not for my stuff, I do have it (obviously) but it is definitely not worth sharing in the state it is in. Essentially it is a kernel, some userland device drivers and a rudimentary (but functional) network stack cobbled together from various bits and pieces. The toolchain was GCC and djgpp to bootstrap the development until it was capable of self hosting. It would need serious work (several man-months) before it could be opened up.

QnX had an open source program going for a while but it was shut down again. See: http://www.qnx.com/news/pr_2471_1.html

Re: Major Linux Problems on the Desktop, 2016 Edition

#194

Hopefully the author is reading this: fix your ads! I can't even read 1 sentence on an android phone before your ads do full page redirects to spam. Completely unusable.

Not to excuse the owner but a friendly tip - use adblocking (Android uses a hosts file too!). Also helps with the rest of the Internet.

Re: Major Linux Problems on the Desktop, 2016 Edition

#195

Linux users often take the idea of 'self-examination' way too far and it turns into 'self-disparagement'. The fact is, if you vet your hardware and use a major distro (Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, Fedora) you'll wind up with a perfectly functioning Linux desktop or laptop. You think about it, OSX only runs on a few laptops. Linux runs perfectly on more laptops than exist for OSX. Windows run on many laptops, more often than not…

Exactly, I've always used whatever hardware I wanted, and Linux mostly just worked.

The occasional hiccups are proprietary Nvidia drivers, and some wifi chips being too recent and needing an open source driver readily available.

I use Ubuntu on a dual boot, I hardly ever boot Windows. And I'm a gamer! Steam + wine is enough for me.

Re: Major Linux Problems on the Desktop, 2016 Edition

#196

I've been using Ubuntu Linux as my primary OS since 2006, and I can't disagree with many of the annoyances. Especially with regards to graphics drivers and the switch to the Unity desktop. I tried Linux Mint with the Cinnamon desktop and it is nicer, but couldn't commit to it I guess. But everytime I use Windows and Macs again, I get even more annoyed. Mainly with how slow things are. Even on a new Windows 10 desktop…

my macbook pro is easily the fastest, most responsive system I have ever used.

Re: Major Linux Problems on the Desktop, 2016 Edition

#197
post #173

When visiting this blog post on my Android phone, the ads (or something) redirect me to a page with popups telling me my phone has a virus and encouraging me to install an app to 'clean' it, using Google branding on some dodgy domain. I seem to get a different one each time. Reported it at https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/ but mentioning here so that others don't fall victim to it.

Easy to see for yourself that this happens by using user agent spoofing in your browser's dev tools: http://i.imgur.com/vlLV8PW.png

Hard to track what exactly is causing this because of the ~200 requests this website makes before redirecting your browser.

The article itself links archive.org's copy of the article which I would recommend using over the original website since it appears to be free of malicious redirects:

http://web.archive.org/web/20151230152933/http://linuxfonts....

Re: Major Linux Problems on the Desktop, 2016 Edition

#198
post #5

As a daily user of Linux on the desktop for over 15 years, I can appreciate many of these complaints, but despite it's flaws Linux on the desktop is a pleasure to use and is better than any other options. This is a nice resource for kernel developers and OSS contributors who wish to make a difference and solve tough problems.

Agreed. I've been using Linux as my only desktop OS for over a decade, and if you pick the right hardware it's just great. Usually it takes a bit to get it working just right, but once you do that, a well configured Linux box with Gnome is a superb desktop environment.

Re: Major Linux Problems on the Desktop, 2016 Edition

#200
post #117

It's not like this guy is biased. He's just thorough and I appreciate that. See more: http://linuxfonts.narod.ru/best-linux-distro-this-year.html http://linuxfonts.narod.ru/why-windows-10-sucks.html http://linuxfonts.narod.ru/why-iphones-and-ipads-suck.html http://linuxfonts.narod.ru/why-android-sucks.html

Gotta say I agree with the basic gist (certainly haven't read this very long, excellently-detailed article yet), and I've run linux as my primary OS on various ultrabooks for the past sereral years. Just skimming, I found this bit on-point and amusing: > It's worth noting that the most vocal participants of the Open Source community are extremely bitchy and overly idealistic people peremptorily requiring everything t…

I must not be a vocal participant of Linux, then. Adobe! Shut up and take my money, already!
Post reply on HN