Linux Desktop: A Collective Delusion
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Linux has made significant strides, and in 2023, it's better than ever. However, there are still individuals perpetuating a delusion: that desktop Linux is as user-friendly and productive as its mainstream counterparts. After a few discussions on Lemmy, I believe it's important to provide a clear review of where Linux falls short as a daily driver for average users.

Linux has made significant strides, and in 2023, it’s better than ever. However, there are still individuals perpetuating a delusion: that desktop Linux is as user-friendly and productive as its mainstream counterparts. After a few discussions on Lemmy, I believe it’s important to provide a clear review of where Linux falls short as a daily driver for average users.

EDIT: can I just make it clear I don’t agree with this article one bit and think it’s an unhinged polemic?

  • Random Dent
    532·
    1 year ago

    This one too:

    Linux desktop will, most likely, fail for:

    People that just installed a password manager (KeePassXC) and a browser (Firefox/Ungoogled) via flatpak only to find out that the KeePassXC app can’t communicate with the browser extension because people are “beating around the bush” on GitHub instead of fixing the issue;

    Desktop Linux is a failure because this one specific thing doesn’t work right now in only the Flatpak version of this one specific application. Good thing every Windows app has 100% functionality and works perfectly as soon as it’s released lol.

    • Eager Eagle@lemmy.world
      10·
      1 year ago

      lol - let’s also ignore the other installation methods of keepassxc that work for this specific use case

      • Random Dent
        61·
        1 year ago

        Also I’m not sure why it doesn’t work, but if it’s just a file access thing (which is usually the issue for me whenever a flatpak is acting up) then it’s like one toggle in Flatseal to unfuck it lol.

        • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Because… it’s NOT just a file access thing. There are dozens of issues discussion that problem - that affects other browser extensions that also need to communicate other desktop apps - and no universal solution. Not even a working solution in most cases.

          More info here: https://lemmy.world/comment/4678009