Why is Linux so frustrating for some people? - eviltoast

Don’t get me wrong. I love Linux and FOSS. I have been using and installing distros on my own since I was 12. Now that I’m working in tech-related positions, after the Reddit migration happened, etc. I recovered my interest in all the Linux environment. I use Ubuntu as my main operating system in my Desktop, but I always end up feeling very limited. There’s always software I can’t use properly (and not just Windows stuff), some stuff badly configured with weird error messages… last time I was not able to even use the apt command. Sometimes I lack time and energy for troubleshooting and sometimes I just fail at it.

I usually end up in need of redoing a fresh install until it breaks up again. Maybe Linux is not good for beginners working full time? Maybe we should do something like that Cisco course that teaches you the basic commands?

    • Cypher@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Attacking people because there are valid criticisms of Linux, which you haven’t refuted at all, shows how utterly stupid you are.

      Yes there are valid criticisms of Windows. No that does not give you a pass to attack people who use it, they have made their own choice.

      One device, which you admit works with the correct drivers, doesn’t remotely compare to a glaring flaw with audio that I can find first mentioned in 2002 still impacting Linux today.

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      1 year ago

      It goes both ways, that’s what Windows plebs don’t understand. All the issues Windows plebs …

      Does it make you a patrician to use Linux? Are you a father figure now to society?

      We plebeians are just waiting on your glory to shine upon us, o high one.