About a month ago I switched to Linux mint from windows 11.
The first thing I noticed was mint being faster and less bloated than windows 11.
I also liked having actual control over my settings without a corporation being able to undo them at will.
Another thing I noticed was not having to add extensions to text files to run as a program instead having the option in properties.
For certain windows programs and games I was able to use wine which was great because I like to use gamemaker 8.1 which was made before they added linux support.
I tried different wine environments starting with bottles then trying Steam proton and Lutris. With Lutris being the one I ended up using due to it being the only one that I could get to run every program I needed.
The ms paint alternative called drawing took some use to due to it automatically cropping out parts of the image outside of the line when pasting in a screenshot from the clipboard.
Although I do still miss ms paint but that is mostly nostalgia.
Fortunately there is an option to save the screenshot after taking it.
Migrating from windows I appreciate the SUPER key bringing up a menu on the bottom left which brings up some apps and the search bar. Which always searches on the OS unlike windows 11 which sometimes searches the internet instead.
Another detail I noticed is if you type paint or notepad in the search it brings up drawing and the text editor which is nice for people transitioning to Linux.
Being able to move the panel or add new ones was also a breath of fresh air from windows 11 making the task bar more restrictive.
Having the option of deb packages and flatpacks is really useful as well.
I also no longer have to worry about telemetry or microsoft trying to show me ads or pop ups.
TL:DR Mint is a way better experience than windows 11.
Now list all the bad things.
Need to launch DaVinci Resolve Studio from the CLI to figure out why it won’t launch from the GUI, and then launch it again with a list of libraries to exclude in order to get it working.
Really weird errors if you try to use a USB stick formatted with FAT after applying a kernel update but before rebooting.
Multiple password prompts when attempting to update Flatpak applications over ssh in its default configuration.
Basic applications included with commercial operating systems often missing (e.g. paint application missing from Pop!_OS).
Good luck figuring out emergency mode if you don’t know what fstab is. And changing kernel parameters on Rocky 9 must be handled via grubby, not by editing configs like in Debian, Arch, or Pop.
Can’t emulate SSD on VM qcow2 files on Debian unless you use the version in backports; can emulate SSD but can’t use anything involving spice in RHEL9+clones unless you add a copr repo because it’s been removed. This makes desktop virtualization annoying.
Can’t participate in Microsoft Teams calls if the input and output audio devices are the same device or the call disconnects/reconnects every few seconds. Microphone and speaker must be separate devices for optimal experience.
Can’t use OBS Virtual Camera in Teams on Firefox.
That’s the stuff I’ve dealt with in the past 3 weeks.
This is satire, right?
After reading the following thread: If you don’t have anything of value to add, why comment?
What one person views as a problem/inconvenience will vary from person to person. Just because you have 25 years of experience doesn’t mean you get to dictate what constitutes as a problem or inconvenience for another.
This was from a month ago. If you think I’m combing back through all of this to defend my comment, you’re insane.
I don’t care to read a “defense” from you. We don’t need gatekeeping, belittling, or general arrogance in any Linux community. This isn’t an attack, this is simply a friendly reminder to do better.
Maybe you could also remind the person bending over backwards to shit on Linux in general that they can read a post about Linux without shitting on it?
Stating issues you have with something isn’t “shitting” on anything.
I use Linux, and have for many years, but that doesn’t make it perfect or free of issues.
No one is saying it’s “free of issues”. I just don’t really take kindly to someone’s opinion who lists multiple instances of MS teams being shit as reasons linux is unusable.
I don’t see why it would be. These problems seem pretty ordinary to me.
They sound made up to me and not at all indicative of my last 3 years daily driving Linux. The cherry on top is blaming Linux for multiple cases of teams being ass
Launching a program from cli is a basic first troubleshooting step, davinci resolve being such a big program means a bug will happen at some point.
Fat being a bitch to deal with is old news.
Flatpack password prompt problem was easily verified with google. So was popos missing a paint application by default. Same with rocky 9 kernal paremeters being changed in grub.
Ignoring the part of this where the context makes no sense for a satire post, why would you assume your experience, being a positive one, would be the same as everyone else?
So you’re saying that using a desktop shortcut makes an app inherently less buggy? wtf
Have rarely had any issues in the last 25 years but when I have it’s been on MacOS.
So in your mind I’m going to google a list of 10 random weird issues?
That was a choice, an easily fixed one, and everyone’s definition of “basic apps” will vary a bit so this was a stretch to list as a “problem”.
Well firstly, I tend to have a lot more weird issues than others. Secondly, I’ve tried a few different distros on two different graphics cards. And thirdly, I’ve been dealing with hardware and software issues for 25 years so when someone comes in hot like that with a bunch of rare issues/non-issues/issues I’ve never heard of, I tend to think that at best they are exaggerating because they are mad about something. And no, I don’t assume everyone has the same experience.
Obviously not. Now i’m wondering if you’re fucking with me. Running a program through the console lets you see the debug log it spits out when it fails to run.
No, but I was hoping you’d put in a little more effort before jumping straight to conclusions.
Can’t say i disagree, but i’m not in the habit of invalidating other people’s gripes because i think theyre kinda petty either.
I’ve got less experience than that, having started 15 years ago instead of 25. Clearly that makes your opinion inherently better than mine. /s
This list of problems was a direct answer to someone asking for a list of problems. Sometimes, people just need to vent about their favorite thing. No need to get onto them for it.
I’m not fucking with you. I tend to stick up for “the underdog”. Even on Lemmy I rarely see a list of 15 obscure windows issues, and imo that would be extremely fair to see.
There’s an idea that just won’t die that Linux is extremely difficult to use/maintain/troubleshoot. It’s certainly often a lot easier than windows, so it just gets to me to see that idea propagated. It’s friggin’ annoying to see ideas spread that just aren’t truly accurate, while the obvious issues in everyone’s face (windows being 100 times worse than it ought to be) are ignored most of the time.
It especially annoyed me on a post trying to spread a positive message about a linux variant. You make some fair points, but yeah that was my psychology here, in case it matters.
Blaming anyone is a waste of breath.
It doesn’t matter whose fault it is. What matters is that it doesn’t work.
Surprise! Absolute trash software doesn’t work. And guess what, Teams is total dogshit on mac as well.
Not OP but about the same amount of time:
Mint refused to put sound out through my sound card. It saw my card, knew the exact brand and card and driver version, could see when I plugged and unplugged things from each of the jacks, but would not output any audio. I eventually solved this by just using the DAC on my new speakers and tossing the sound card lol.
Text scaling with an nVidia card is broken and looks god awful. 1440p monitor scrolling the Mint website and the text is gray/yellow jaggy mess. Installing an experimental driver and scaling up a bit fixes it for the most part but is a sub-ideal solution as I don’t like scaling.
There’s no perfect replacement for the Snip tool. I want to just spr+shift+s, click/drag a box, and done. So far the closest I’ve gotten is shift+prntscrn, click/drag, enter, which is more annoying by far.
There’s no dark theme for mint-Y. I love the look of the XP/7ish theme it’s got going on but it’s light mode only. Travesty.
Too many password prompts when updating flatpaks. I should have used a way shorter password for this OS.
Plugging in 2 monitors of different screen resolutions can cause some serious issues if I alt/tab. Fixed by unplugging and plugging in one of the monitors but it’s fucking annoying.