Linux is not good for Desktop

[Paul Cartwright]

On 01/30/2014 12:53 AM, John R. Sowden wrote:
> It seems that all we are hearing is vague thought about the fact that
> someone us unhappy with the Linux Desktop.  My question is why?  What
> are the specific reasons that Linux is undesirable?  There may be
> existing solutions to these issues.  These issues expressed may be
> motivation by the Linux developing community to improve it.  I use
> 13.10, and I did not like the Unity interface when I first saw it,
> plus I wanted less fluff, so I went to xUbuntu with the xfce desktop.
>
> This feedback is how we make the OS better.  We are not locked into
> one file system, user interface, etc.
 my pet peave is when you go to install something and:
1. you have to download source code & compile it, and you are missing
many, many libraries that you have to try & figure out what you need and
it takes forever & sometimes it hoses your system up with lots of crap
or makes it unstable OR it just never installs because you didn't
download the right magic file.
2. you download a *.deb that says you are missing dependencies OR it is
the wrong 386 vs amd_64, or it requires something else...

I love it when you go to a website to download & it says linux
discovered, and points you to the correct file that downloads & installs
without an issue. as a bad example E17 is for crazy people. I remember
spending 2 days compiling each of the required packages and their
dependencies, and it finally hosed my video setup to the point I had to
reinstall.

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Paul Cartwright
Registered Linux User #367800 and new counter #561587