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I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn't Love Me Back

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Re: I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn't Love Me Back

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Post by andrewmcwatters »

To be fair, I've never once read or heard someone describe the Linux ecosystem as "it just works." The entire time I've grown up with computing, Linux was something you tinkered with as a nerd.

Debian and Ubuntu were like the distros you used if you wanted a semblance of a life as a GNU/Linux user.

Re: I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn't Love Me Back

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Post by chronid »

As a non-blind user, the title expresses my feelings too. And I feel like it's getting worse over time, not better.

From little things to kernel lockdown breaking hibernate on a fully encrypted system just because you should be happy to get your laptop battery killed by s2idle or disable secure boot. Yay, security.

I can only imagine the pain of all the accessibility issues on top of what I experience.

Re: I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn't Love Me Back

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Post by benoau »

andrewmcwatters wrote: post #3

To be fair, I've never once read or heard someone describe the Linux ecosystem as "it just works." The entire time I've grown up with computing, Linux was something you tinkered with as a nerd. Debian and Ubuntu were like the distros you used if you wanted a semblance of a life as a GNU/Linux user.

I don't think "tinkered with" is the right description for using Linux as a daily driver.

It's more like a cartoon character plugging holes in a boat with their fingers and toes and running out of digits - they're trying not to drown.

Of course the alternatives are even worse, Apple, Microsoft and Google's "super trawlers" busily sucking the life out of the ocean itself.

Re: I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn't Love Me Back

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Post by justinrubek »

benoau wrote: post #7
andrewmcwatters wrote: post #3

To be fair, I've never once read or heard someone describe the Linux ecosystem as "it just works." The entire time I've grown up with computing, Linux was something you tinkered with as a nerd. Debian and Ubuntu were like the distros you used if you wanted a semblance of a life as a GNU/Linux user.

I don't think "tinkered with" is the right description for using Linux as a daily driver. It's more like a cartoon character plugging holes in a boat with their fingers and toes and running out of digits - they're trying not to drown. Of course the alternatives are even worse, Apple, Microsoft and Google's "super trawlers" busily sucking the life out of the ocean itself.

I've never had this bad of an experience with linux, and certainly not now.
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