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  • Ibaudia@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.mlThe future of Linux
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    1 year ago

    I think it’s already a great system, its philosophical foundation of being built around user freedom is fantastic. It just has a few things that are definitely still problems for desktop users. Namely,

    • Sensible defaults
    • Proprietary driver management
    • Distros needing to distribute software in their repos instead of authors doing it themselves
    • Too many competing application formats, each with glaring issues
    • Inconsistent theming with GTK vs QT (mostly app developers’ faults tho)
    • Both popular display servers have huge issues
    • Lack of manufacturer support for hardware (this will come with time if Linux continues to become more popular)
    • Incompatibility with existing standards, especially Microsoft products
    • Lacking proper professional applications for things like video editing that actually work consistently
    • Gaming anti-cheat compatibility
    • Generally being easy to break the whole system on accident
    • Power consumption on mobile devices

    I guess that’s a lot, but it’s still a great system ha.