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shit as it is at least windows remains functional after regediting the bullshit out
I could not agree with this more. Linux desperately needs standardisation. Like, the main distros should hold a conference where they decide on the standard software packages they ship. We dont have to remove anything or delete anything. Just, standardise what a distro ships.
Also for the love of god we should just adpot Flatpak on every distro already, it makes Linux so much more usable. You can always uninstall if you don't want it.
Build from source or Command Line Install distros are considered niche in this case because they will likely never follow the standards set out in this hypothetical conference.
I adore Linux but if we ever want mass adoption, standardisation is a requirement, not a request.
this comment sounded normal until the "distros shipping the same packages" part. that's definitely going too far in the opposite direction.
Flatpak does not solve any of the problems, it creates more problems by entombing multiple copies of everything along with every user program into individual silos balanced precariously on top of the existing flawed system
it's a fantastic way to "solve" a problem by kicking the can down the road of tech debt another 10 years. this kind of thinking is why windows got so fucked
i used various linux distros as my primary OS for over a decade, but these days i just use Windows bc its a pain in the ass to get all the software i need to work on it, and im sick of spending my weekends fighting with pulse or bumblebee or what have you
i use my windows laptop and my ms surface for 90% of what i do, and ssh onto my ubuntu server to write code
There are some efforts towards standardization now, but it's still gonna take a while. The actually interesting distributions for non-developers are all based on Debian (or Ubuntu which itself is based on Debian), and use Flatpak for desktop applications.
PopOS, ElementaryOS, VanillaOS, Linux Mint (or LMDE) all share those traits and it's pretty great! The issue is that this standardization isn't exciting, and linux publications always want to focus on the hot new disruption.
this is exactly why i stopped using Linux as my main OS after 8 years. i eventually uninstalled it because i figured out how to do software dev in windows, which meant i could code and game flawlessly without dual boot
i wish linux was winning but everything you said plus wasted effort of all these people doing almost the same thing
yeah, so many people doing repeated work for decades, its frustrating.
It could have totally been a me issue, but the first time I used Linux I found it extremely frustrating and not at all user friendly. I ended up just doing what I needed on Windows with 0 struggle.
Like the general public can't find their downloads folder on a normal windows computer (even before windows 11). Linux will struggle to ever catch on it things aren't better standardized.
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