Re:Reasons to Abandon Windows for Linux
by sebazzz on Sunday April 07, 2019 @01:25PM
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> Highly customizable, especially the desktop interface
That entirely depends on the desktop environment. I know GNOME 3 was very hard to tweak when it just came out. I always enjoyed GNOME 2 with Compiz though.
> A curated software catalog like mobile platforms
That has some things to iron out regarding the usability perspective. I removed some office apps from my xfce4 desktop, and Ubuntu also decided to remove other apps like xcfe4-session-logout, so I couldn't logout anymore. These things shouldn't happen.
My fresh xfce4 desktop always shows a "system error". Why? I don't know.
Years after years I tried Linux (Ubuntu actually, which I expect to be the most stable) desktop but it still is not polished. As a sysops/devops I know what to do, but the average user doesn't. But even then, I don't want to troubleshoot my desktop after I have just installed it.
That entirely depends on the desktop environment. I know GNOME 3 was very hard to tweak when it just came out. I always enjoyed GNOME 2 with Compiz though.
> A curated software catalog like mobile platforms
That has some things to iron out regarding the usability perspective. I removed some office apps from my xfce4 desktop, and Ubuntu also decided to remove other apps like xcfe4-session-logout, so I couldn't logout anymore. These things shouldn't happen.
My fresh xfce4 desktop always shows a "system error". Why? I don't know.
Years after years I tried Linux (Ubuntu actually, which I expect to be the most stable) desktop but it still is not polished. As a sysops/devops I know what to do, but the average user doesn't. But even then, I don't want to troubleshoot my desktop after I have just installed it.