Linux desktop appreciation post

Lojcs@lemm.ee to Linux@lemmy.ml – 149 points –

I recently had to use windows for stuff and after a year of using Linux, it made me realise how janky windows is in comparison. Even on a top spec pc unminimized (or resized) windows flash white before their contents appear. Super-d to minimize/maximize doesn't bring all windows back up or in the same order. And these are greatly amplified when the computer isn't that powerful, so much so that you can see individual regions of some programs render one by one. In addition, moving the kde connect window sometimes made the screen stutter and flicker (???) and at some point my mouse stopped working (touchpad was fine), I tried reinstalling drivers and stuff but ultimately I had to reboot for it to work again.

Brings back memories of my laptop loudly booting up in the middle of the night for no apparent cause or reason and mouse cursor going invisible upon random boots that made me save a file in the middle of the desktop about how to fix it.

It's incredible how Linux is both free and a more stable experience, even as a nvidia+wayland user.

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Let's not pretend Linux isn't without its own jank. Currently broken on my install

  • importing open vpn certificates
  • USB file transfers
  • after monitors time out and go to sleep resolution, refresh rate and screen positioning resets
  • sometimes fails to go to sleep
  • have to change /proc/acpi/wakeup after every boot or the nvme ssd immediately wakes the system up from sleep
  • Chrome can't update

I know I'll get down voted for saying this because lemmy is a Linux circlejerk. But if we want Linux to proliferate we can't keep ignoring its problems. And sure, if I could be bothered I could probably fix most of these things with enough time. But I don't want to spend my limited free time fixing stuff that really should just work out of the box

Mate, your gonna get downvoted because these absolutely aren't universal problems lol. Chrome can't update? USB file transfers are broken? Ssd waking a system? These are not problems I've experienced in years of Linux distros across a rainbow of hardware..

Ssd wake is a bios issue. Monitor issue has happened on every distro I've tried. Vpn cert import is a distro issue as its been fine in other distros. Idk what's going on with chrome. It's not bothered me enough to look into yet. When I do have to use windows there are non of these issues.

It sounds like you need to jump over to !linuxquestions@lemmy.zip (disclaimer: I'm the mod)

I'm going to try to respond to each of your bullet points. (I don't know everthing)

  • This should theoretically be easy to setup. I found a old post for your reference. https://superuser.com/questions/271740/how-to-set-up-vpn-connection-with-p12-and-ovpn-file You should be able to import keys via your desktop settings but if you can't do it via the command line
  • I don't know why USB transfers wouldn't work. I need more information.
  • For your sleep in display issues I need logs. I can't help you without more information. If your on Nvidia it is probably Nvidia
  • Chrome shouldn't be updating. You should use your package manager (either flatpak or native)

Thanks for trying to help. I have already managed to import the ovpn certs using the CLI. It's just the Gnome import wizard that was not working. I suspect one of my monitors is incorrectly reporting its native resolution and refresh rate as its an issue that occurrs with both nvidia and AMD gpus. I'm on vacation now but I'll visit linuxquestions when I'm back because it's a really annoying issue lol.

You are saying these like it is every Linux OS. Mine has been good, even hibernate and nVidia work great when others complain about this stuff.

I've been dailying Linux for 6 or 7 years with a variety of hardware configurations and there's always been something that's broken or not working correctly

Have you tried OpenSUSE? I have been running since 2017...everything is working, all distro upgrades have been fine. Either I'm super lucky or SUSE/OpenSUSE has things figured out