[ubuntu-za] NEWS: Main Linux problems on the desktop, 2015 edition

[Wesley Werner]

It is good news hearing of revived hardware, Soren :)

I enjoyed Bryan Lunduke's talk "why linux sucks" and the second part "why
linux does not suck". Good stuff!

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Wesley

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Søren Aalto <soren.aalto at gmail.com> wrote:

> So...I wanted to chime in that "nothing is really ready for the
> desktop"...I've
> become more of a generalist...and Linux, OS/X and Win 7 and 8.x have all
> managed to annoy and delight me in strange and unpredictable ways.
>
> And then the article basically says as much "I want to make one thing
> crystal clear - Windows, in some regards, is even worse than Linux and
> it's
> definitely *not ready for the desktop either*."  And then goes on to list
> a lot
> of my bugbears.
>
> On the upside -- due to a burglary, I had to dig out an ancient Lenovo
> Celeron laptop (the R2999 Hello Kitty model from a few years back).
> Whatever version of Ubuntu was on it was now too old to run apt
> without annoying surgery, so I put on 14.04LTS.
>
> And am pleased to report that this laptop now:
>
> - succesfully connects to our WPA2 enterprise hidden SSID campus network.
>   (and I did it myself...whereas the last windows laptop I connected, my
>    attempt to figure-it-out-myself failed, and I had to religiously follow
> the
>    *23 step procedure* that is on our campus portal.)
> - the Broadcom WiFi interface has stopped acting as a WiFi jammer for
>   other devices on the same SSID/channel?
> - the ethernet interface now works...and stays working.
>
> These were major issues I had ~2 years ago when I put the thing in
> a closet.  If I upgrade from 2GB RAM, I might be able to use it for
> useful things...
>
> ...I does have a USB wifi dongle in it as well (due to the previous
> WiFi jammer issue).  I will use this machine as a automated port/
> vulnerability scan on our various SSIDs.
>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 7:54 PM, Hilton Gibson <hilton.gibson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> In this regularly updated article, which is without doubt the most
>> comprehensive list of Linux distributions' problems on the entire Internet,
>> we only discuss their main problems and deficiencies (which may be the
>> reason why some people say Linux distros are not ready for the desktop)
>> while everyone should keep in mind that there are areas where Linux has
>> excelled other OSes: excellent package management, multiple platforms and
>> architectures support out of the box, usually excellent stability, no
>> widely circulating viruses or malware, complete system reinstallation is
>> almost never required, besides Linux is extremely customizable, easily
>> scripted and it's free as a beer.
>>
>> *Again, let me reiterate it, this article is primarily about Linux
>> distributions, however many issues listed below affect the Linux kernel as
>> well.*
>>
>>
>> http://linuxfonts.narod.ru/why.linux.is.not.ready.for.the.desktop.current.html
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