Worst Linux Annoyances?

greenrd writes "Ever spent hours trying (and failing) to get a printer driver to work on Linux? Struggled to configure something ever-so-slightly out-of-the-ordinary? What have been your biggest annoyances when using Linux? Three O'Reilly authors are compiling a book on Linux annoyances - and their suggested solutions - and they've started a mailing list here. I can't help but think, though, that such a book will be dated quite quickly. Sure, some problems do languish unfixed for years - but equally, I suspect many of the problems will be fixed before, or soon after, the book's publication date. Still, increased visibility might motivate developers to create fixes or workarounds for some of the problems, so maybe this is an ideal opportunity to get your pet peeve finally addressed!"

Comments

RTFM

[slyxter]

My biggest annoyance is the fat guy in a penguin shirt yelling RTFM lamer.

Re:RTFM

[_KiTA_]

Ah, I see you've met the people in #Linux on EFNet. :)

"I need help..."
"RTFM you goddamn newbie or go get WinXP."
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Most Common Linux Annoyance

[Joe Jordan]

"Where's the Start button????"

Easy...

[ryanvm]

What have been your biggest annoyances when using Linux?

Easy - you guys.

Worst Linux annoyance EVER

[levik]

I got three letters for you:

S .... C ... O

Now who can beat that?

Re:Worst Linux annoyance-

[endeitzslash]

You won't find that with BeOS users.

Yeah, those two guys are nice. =)

Re:Annoyances

[C0vardeAn0nim0]

It annoys me that Linux is inexpensive, because I don't get the satisfaction of bragging to my neighbors about how much I paid for it.

send a $699 check to SCO and come back here to brag about it

It annoys me that I can upgrade Linux without having to purchase state-of-the-art expensive PC hardware, so my hardware is always outdated.

install Winex and star gaming. since Winex sometimes cause a 30% loss in framerate, it'll be a good reason to buy a Radeon 9800 pro

It annoys me that I don't have to reboot frequently, so I never know how fresh the bytes of code are in memory.

linux 2.6 pre1

It annoys me that I can easily solve my Linux problems in the Google groups section, instead of getting to speak with a real live tech support person, who might be a really cute blonde chick.

pay for it (also answers #1) and call redhat's tech support instead.

It annoys me that I don't have a mascot like Clippy the paperclip in the vi text editor.

vigor. www.userfriendly.org for back reference on it. then apt-get install vigor if you have debian.

Re:Distros just don't do proper integration testin

[xanadu-xtroot.com]

I honestly don't know how to reply to this other than to say:

(yes, yes, I know /. conformaty...) Yes, I really do use Gentoo. I have for about 2 years now. I used MDK before that for quite a while (3 or so years). Personally, I don't use the two distros you mention in your post. I got my teeth cut on RH, and I sunk the 80 bucks into the SuSE 8.0 Pro-Pack, but since I had decided to try Gentoo, I haven't looked back at anything (other than to suggest to n00bs MDK because of ease of use...).
Really, I know it sounds really cliche and all, but, I prefer to use the UNALTERED souce that the developers released. Sure it sucks rather large moose nards to take so damn long to get a box running (when you compile EVERYTHING from source - but the Gentoo 1.4 Live CD takes care of that part of it... :-) ), but I end up with a machine that is top notch. Hell it's even "designed" for *MY* machine.

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Most Common Windows Annoyance

[C_nemo]

Where's the command line?