Linux Sucks 2020 [video]

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Post by tosh » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 9:41 AM UTC

Linux Sucks 2020 [video]
youtube.com

Re: Linux Sucks 2020 [video]

#2

Post by foobar_ » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 10:12 AM UTC

Reasons start ~ 30 min mark.

Linux backward compatibility really sucks. I still don't understand why fedora binaries can't run that easily on debian.

Re: Linux Sucks 2020 [video]

#3

Post by mattbillenstein » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 10:16 AM UTC

foobar_ wrote: post #2

Reasons start ~ 30 min mark. Linux backward compatibility really sucks. I still don't understand why fedora binaries can't run that easily on debian.

They all package different versions of the shared libs...

Re: Linux Sucks 2020 [video]

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Post by Paianni » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 10:16 AM UTC

foobar_ wrote: post #2

Reasons start ~ 30 min mark. Linux backward compatibility really sucks. I still don't understand why fedora binaries can't run that easily on debian.

Because they are two separate operating systems.

Re: Linux Sucks 2020 [video]

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Post by kgraves » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 10:18 AM UTC

Whats the state of Linux on the desktop in 2020? What distribution do you recommend for a normal person to use?

Re: Linux Sucks 2020 [video]

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Post by mattbillenstein » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 10:18 AM UTC

I watched this a couple weeks ago and it just seems to have so little information density - like this guy talks and talks and talks and the actual content is like 15 minutes of this.

Re: Linux Sucks 2020 [video]

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Post by mattbillenstein » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 10:19 AM UTC

kgraves wrote: post #5

Whats the state of Linux on the desktop in 2020? What distribution do you recommend for a normal person to use?

Ubuntu - you have a wide choice of desktops - kde, gnome, etc.

Re: Linux Sucks 2020 [video]

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Post by 0x006A » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 10:27 AM UTC

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23346567

Re: Linux Sucks 2020 [video]

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Post by andy_ppp » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 10:29 AM UTC

mattbillenstein wrote: post #6

I watched this a couple weeks ago and it just seems to have so little information density - like this guy talks and talks and talks and the actual content is like 15 minutes of this.

Agree, I had to switch off the video, it was all talk and no content. I mean he’d got to “cover Linux on desktop only” and “search interest for Linux is declining since 2004” and that was 50% through the video. He should consider a career in politics being able to use this many words to say nothing...

Re: Linux Sucks 2020 [video]

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Post by andy_ppp » Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 10:31 AM UTC

mattbillenstein wrote: post #3

foobar_ wrote: post #2

Reasons start ~ 30 min mark. Linux backward compatibility really sucks. I still don't understand why fedora binaries can't run that easily on debian.

They all package different versions of the shared libs...

Why are shared libs so unstable? I thought the point of library code was that it was stable and reusable... maybe all these libraries are just too big and people should be including the source inside their apps instead?