Don’t get me wrong. I love Linux and FOSS. I have been using and installing distros on my own since I was 12. Now that I’m working in tech-related positions, after the Reddit migration happened, etc. I recovered my interest in all the Linux environment. I use Ubuntu as my main operating system in my Desktop, but I always end up feeling very limited. There’s always software I can’t use properly (and not just Windows stuff), some stuff badly configured with weird error messages… last time I was not able to even use the apt command. Sometimes I lack time and energy for troubleshooting and sometimes I just fail at it.

I usually end up in need of redoing a fresh install until it breaks up again. Maybe Linux is not good for beginners working full time? Maybe we should do something like that Cisco course that teaches you the basic commands?

  • shapis@lemmy.ml
    23·
    11 months ago

    Because you can’t update your system at all. How’s that not a problem?

    • amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz
      2·
      11 months ago

      … from a live environment. Thats not a problem because almost no one does that, and certainly not a problem because no one relies on updating a live environment for their desktop usage.

      • shapis@lemmy.ml
        31·
        11 months ago

        That’s not it. If you install on your hardware with the live image. Apt upgrade is broken. On your hardware. Not on the live image.

        • amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz
          1·
          11 months ago

          Ah, well that is a serious issue! I’ve never experienced a bug even close to that bad on distros with a reputation of being less stable than Debian, so that surprises me.