Linux is not good for Desktop

[Kenny V]

Hrm, that interesting you've experienced that, Paul.  I've have quite the
opposite experience, i.e. Ubuntu is TOO 'do it for you'.  I want a software
package, I can just select it, the download kicks off, installation is
nearly always uninterrupted, and done.  My challenge is that Ubuntu
generally tends to remove the ability to control your installations,
everything is automatic.  I've lost the feel of being in control of my
system.
I've never had to compile anything on Ubuntu unless I was trying to install
something bleeding edge, either a release that was not yet in the repos, or
something that was not officially supported by Ubuntu.
Just my $.02
Peace.


On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 6:52 AM, Paul Cartwright <pbcartwright at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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