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posted by on Wednesday February 22 2017, @09:56AM   Printer-friendly
from the it's-already-perfect-is-not-the-right-answer dept.

We all know about Microsoft's latest OS, so I won't rehash. A lot of us intensely dislike it, to put it politely. Those of us who can, use other operating systems. This is Soylent, so let's focus on the one that is the most important to us: Linux.

I have been using Windows as my OS since right after Atari times. A few years ago I bought an ARM (ARMHF/ARMv7) netbook and put Lubuntu on it. I had problems with my first Linux experience, mainly in the area of installing software: missing packages in Synaptic, small dependency hells, installing a package at a time by hand, some broken stuff. I put it down mainly to the architecture I have been using, which can't be supported as well as x86-64.

Now, we all know that no software is perfect, and neither is Linux, even though it is now my main OS. We support it in spirit and financially, but there is always room for improvement.

So, the question is: What are your problems with Linux and how can we fix them? How do we better it? Maybe it's filesystems, maybe it's the famous/infamous systemd. Let's have at it.


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  • (Score: 2) by stretch611 on Wednesday February 22 2017, @11:34AM

    by stretch611 (6199) on Wednesday February 22 2017, @11:34AM (#470113)

    I have considered a System 76 laptop... But they are a little out of my budget. I do get a machine with decent specs, and I am willing to pay more than just bargain basement prices, but System 76 is a bit expensive in comparison.

    For example, I have been looking at prices lately... A 15.6" laptop with a quad core i7, 16gb ram, 256gb SSD, 1tb HD, nVidia 1060/3GB ram, 1920x1080 display... I can get it for $999 (after a $100 rebate), a different brand with the same specs and a 17" display for $1100 and no rebate... However a similar laptop on system 76 I just priced was $1593. Thats a 50% price increase which is a bit too steep for me... especially since I really don't want ubuntu at this time and will have to re-install the OS in either case.

    And lets just say I know without looking that the price for an apple notebook would be worse.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 22 2017, @03:22PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 22 2017, @03:22PM (#470215)

    https://shop.libiquity.com/product/taurinus-x200 [libiquity.com]

    If you want a free machine, this is your best bet at the moment.

    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday February 22 2017, @05:14PM

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday February 22 2017, @05:14PM (#470281) Journal

      Good concept, great price. But, isn't that just a little underpowered, for this day and age? Yeah, it's a laptop, and most people don't need real fast CPU, and truckloads of memory. But, still . . . with an i7 and 16 gig of memory, you can do more, and do it faster.

      Ehhh - I guess it depends on taste, budget, and personal preference. I prefer to have a lot more CPU and memory than I'll ever need, than to find that I just don't have quite enough power to do what I want to do.