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List of Major Linux Desktop Problems Updated For 2016 (narod.ru)

Posted by Soulskill on from the not-enough-zombie-protection dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Phoronix reports that Artem S. Tashkinov's Major Linux Problems on the Desktop has been updated for 2016. It is a comprehensive list of various papercut issues and other inconveniences of Linux on the PC desktop. Among the issues cited for Linux not being ready for the desktop include graphics driver issues, audio problems, hardware compatibility problems, X11 troubles, a few issues with Wayland, and font problems. At the project management side, there is also cited a lack of cooperation among open source developers and fragmentation of desktops. Let's discuss.

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  1. Hmpf. Probably 90% of the problems also apply ... by aix+tom · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... to other OSes.

    For example:

    It should be possible to configure pretty much everything via GUI (in the end Windows and Mac OS allow this) which is still not a case for some situations and operations.

    If "Configurable via GUI" in Windows means you "add some arcane registry key via the registry editor", then *maybe*.

  2. Re:Common Dialogs by Nemyst · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Every major GUI toolkit on Linux has a file chooser. Tk has one. GTK+ has one. Qt has one. Winelib has one.

    Yeah, so that's already three different file choosers, and there's more because a lot of Linux software has NIH syndrome. You're reinforcing the GP's point here.