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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.
(Score: 2) by inertnet on Wednesday February 22 2017, @01:53PM
Way back I started with a Commodore PET 2001, later went to Amiga and Atari (for fun), then MSDOS and Windows (for business).
I became a Windows refugee only about a year ago when I installed Linux Mint Debian Edition, on a new disk. I kept my Windows 7 disk intact, but haven't booted it since last March. Instead I run Windows in a virtual machine whenever I need to. I couldn't get copy/paste to work between Linux and virtual machines. None of the hundreds of solutions work so I gave up and instead copy files back and forth through a shared directory. Same with USB, I couldn't get USB through to the VM either. I learned to live with it. The thing that bothers me most is the poor graphics performance in VM's, because everything is done in software. Hardware acceleration won't work either, so my expensive graphics card doesn't get to do much when inside a VM. Scrolling is a pain. Early on I spent days trying to get things to work, but now I just give up and find another way or live with it.
What still really annoys me is the fact that when a password window pops up and the mouse isn't located on that window, the password gets typed into the window that happens to be under the mouse, even if it's a VM. I get that this behavior can be handy, but please don't do this with password windows.
But I still prefer my Linux over any Windows version and don't think I'll ever go back (nor to Apple).
(Score: 2) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Wednesday February 22 2017, @03:19PM
There is probably a setting in your window manager called "focus follows mouse". "Click to focus" is also common (and what Windows generally uses).
(Score: 2) by inertnet on Wednesday February 22 2017, @07:18PM
There is probably a setting in your window manager called "focus follows mouse".
Could be. It must be well hidden though. I tried to get the settings as best I could, but some texts are logically backwards and English is not my first language. I get lost with things like "Disable focus stealing prevention for XV", because it's a triple negative to me without explanation what "XV" is, so I don't even know if it's relevant here.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Wednesday February 22 2017, @07:54PM
Xv would be X video. Probably only relevant for media players.
"focus stealing prevention" presumably prevents other applications from drawing on top of a video, but am not sure myself.
(Score: 4, Informative) by WillR on Wednesday February 22 2017, @09:46PM