Why Desktop Linux Sucks (Hey, Action Retro! ;) )

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Very interesting video. Let me know what you folks think. (Particularly Mr. Action Retro, Sean )

 

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I think there are quite a few polished distros in 2024 that are really easy entry points for folks who just want it to work like Ubuntu for example. Polished UI, regular updates, decent snap repo, annd community etc. Now the fragmentation he speaks to I think is a natural byproduct of an open idea like Linux. You’re going to get a bazillion different visions, with different standards and yeah folks are going to try to break or at least bend the rules lol. It’s human nature to innovate and that more often than not requires breaking rules or thinking around the box. It exponentially grows experimentation and innovation which is fantastic but at the cost of adhering to a single functional idea or standard, so is also much slower to react & adapt to than a single closed and controlled vision/product like Windows or MacOS. Being open in this way makes coalescence of idea and standard slower and is a point that hampers market adoption. Still, I think Linux can get there. It just takes longer to get everyone on the same general page and put everything together