I have used linux for a couple of years now and it was one of the most bumpy beginnings (and ends) i ever had with software. There was little a moment that wasnt marred by some kind of problem.

I could write a book on all the problems i had encountered and some of them happen several times, but here are some highlights:

  1. monitors not being all recognized unless its plugged in in a VERY specific order
  2. monitor 2 not having the correct colors
  3. audio not coming out of the correct source, the default source changing when something else that can sue it is plugged in, and also changing after a restart
  4. gaming, proton barely EVER worked, rated gold or platinum on protondb? fuck you it wont even start for you
  5. wine is not much better, lutris also fucked up several times

What broke the camels back today:

I stream, on wednesday my controller stopped working so i couldnt continue to stream, an hour after i stopped? the controller started working again great right? no, today the same shit, controller doesnt work.

Linux continues to have awful roadblocks that make even the most stubborn user (me) switch back to windows for now

But ah i am not dont yet, getting support from other users is about as much a fools errand as it is for windows, just sprinkled in with a lot more brown nosing elitism. And i imagine i will get similar comments here cause lemmy has the same circlejerks reddit has.

As long as linux continues having the most mundane problems with NO solution anywhere it wont get anywhere, if it werent for steamdeck it would still hover around at below 3%

See i like linux, i like how the ui feels and all, but i just cant anymore, i want shit to actually work and linux just cant provide that yet

  • @[email protected]
    18•7 months ago

    Your opinion OK, but what makes it really unpopular, even like lukewarm-shit-unpopular, is the fact that it is some very poorly substantiated criticism.

    • @ElderWendigo
      21•7 months ago

      What gets me is that this person is making very specific complaints about a very specific distro and setup, but then uses these complaints to shit on ALL OF LINUX.

      • be_excellent_to_each_other
        9•7 months ago

        When it fails on windows, it’s a stuff problem, but when it’s on Linux it’s a Linux problem somehow…

        what makes it really unpopular, even like lukewarm-shit-unpopular, is the fact that it is some very poorly substantiated criticism.

        What gets me is that this person is making very specific complaints about a very specific distro and setup, but then uses these complaints to shit on ALL OF LINUX.

        And if we disagree with some of OP’s conclusions we’re the problem because “can’t speak bad about linux on lemmy now can we.”

        OP will make another post about how unwelcoming the Linux community is next, and never wonder why their experience might be different than someone else’s.