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We all know how good Linux is. But, let's discuss some of its weak points. 🐧

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Developers putting their software's stuff in ~/.<app-name> instead of the intended directory. I know that there are ways to fix this tho, but haven't looked into that yet.
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Hmm, maybe that still many manufacturers don't take the platform seriously and only offer their products for Windows and macOS? Or maybe fragmentation, e.g. with packages (Flatpak, Snaps, distributions, etc.)?
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It depends a lot on the WM and DE, but some apps feel a lot different under different distros.
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Not about Linux, about the distributions based on Linux
"Fragmentation".

Too many distributions.

We need to merge most of these communities in order to:
1. To present a clear and simple project
2. To provide services (training, maintenance...)

Just my opinion 😀

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the graphical stack. KDE and Gnome are great but the rest is experimental
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Linux still doesn't have proper ARM suppor as on x86_64.
If we could have standard like on x86_64, the linux would be very perspective thing)
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The goddamn NVIDIA drivers.

Every single time there's an issue on Linux it's always their fault.

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"Home users" are usually at a loss when Linux problems occurs. As long as one needs the shell for troubleshooting, it remains a system for "specialists". Even "experts" struggle with difficult Linux problems.
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Tech News coverage about Linux being focused on non-news.

Such as "waooh look, a new kernel release". (or distro, or whatever) just to grab easy clics.

It leaves a bad impression for non Linux users of moving target fragmentation nightmare.

Totally missing the point that : these are just neither issues nor news nor matter of concern for any end-user.

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snap, flatpak, binary packaging, the time it takes for the kernel to compile. In that order.
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I'm trying. I'm really trying. ...uuuummmmm.... I'm not a fan of systemd, and I'm not a fan of Canonical's "snaps". I don't like what RedHat did to CentOS. I kinda feel like that's about it.
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Fighting wars about things like which packaging format or init system is the best and why some others should burn in hell. Try to explain these sh*tstorms to a non-tech person.
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shorter battery life, maybe. I like Linux a lot!!!
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Networking, especially wifi. This is not exactly a kernel issue, but the difficulty of establishing simple network connections with base level GNU Linux setup has always irked me. And it also means that, when something goes wrong in you network setup at higher levels, there is no simple working fallback. Average users need wifi, especially when trying to fix a borked system.
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My work won't let me use it because it's "free and unsafe"
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desktop environment getting resource hungry, while lightweight options seem lack of development

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