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by BiteCode_dev 2278 days ago
Yes, it's imperfect and irritating in many ways. Many other actually (BT, Wifi, battery life, they all have their problems).

But your alternative is one totally locked on ecosystem and one provided with embedded spywares.

It's good enough, and since we are not giving millions of dollars to the editors like we do with products disrespecting us, I understand we can't ask for perfection.
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AnIdiotOnTheNet 2278 days ago
> It's good enough

I've been hearing that for between 15 and 20 years now. I believe this mentality is part of the reason it never seems to get any better.

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BiteCode_dev 2278 days ago
Oh it did become better.

I've been using linux for 15 years. It's better in every way.

My mother has been using Ubuntu for 7 years now. It would have been impossible in the early 2000.

It is better. It is productive. It is even a good experience. I'm no a masochist, I buy and use proprietary software. I use Linux because I want to.

I'm not just not blind to it's many shortcommins.

Last week I used Windows with a client. I had to disable Windows update because it was eating all the Ram. Some people are literally buying a new mac because the mechanical keyboard is unusable on some models.

There are systems you complain about. And systems nobody use.

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agumonkey 2277 days ago
That's true, web standard made OS less critical for an average user, and time let some other native apps improve and polish (things like krita and blender comes to mind)
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hpkuarg 2278 days ago
Funnily enough, my 3-year-old Macbook Pro just died, and times being what they are with your usual build-to-order options being severely backordered, I stepped into a local store and bought a laptop off the shelf -- an LG Gram 17.

It's not even a brand that's well-known for Linux compatibility (like Thinkpads), but all I've had to do to get Lubuntu 18.04 running more or less flawlessly was disable Secure Boot in the BIOS. Wifi, sound, and webcam all worked without needing tinkering. Bluetooth appears to work based on it being detected, but I haven't tried pairing anything yet. The only thing I hear doesn't work is the fingerprint sensor, but I wasn't going to use it, anyway.

Suspend on lid down and wake on lid up hasn't been an issue at all. I'm actually very pleasantly surprised at how well this LTS version from 2018 runs on a 2020 model laptop.

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catblast 2278 days ago
> I believe this mentality is part of the reason it never seems to get any better.

Or maybe it’s that authoring and supporting drivers for actual hardware is tremendous effort that is mostly thankless.

Even Microsoft can’t get something much better and they literally have billions they need to throw at it.

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AnIdiotOnTheNet 2278 days ago
> Or maybe it’s that authoring and supporting drivers for actual hardware is tremendous effort that is mostly thankless.

Oh, if only drivers were the only part of Linux Desktop that was broken...

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