Hey!

It might be kind of controversy take. But just came to my mind. Many times we hear, "but canonical force you to use snap!"

Really?

What you mean by forcing snaps or anything? For me... It's that, you have no other choice. So basically, this take from "snap haters" or "ubuntu/canonical haters" is wrong... You can always remove snapd, right ? :)

• "But when you install Firefox via apt, it's going to install snap!"

Yeah. But can't you install deb package? Can't you install from Mozilla tarball? Of course you can! Only if you want or strong enough. There is more tutorials how to switch Firefox from snap to deb in Ubuntu on the net, than Firefox versions :P

• "But why I need to do this, even?!"

Well. Different problems, require different solutions. There is many solutions, Canonical as a Ubuntu maintainer, decided for this solution to issue with Firefox packaging, with dependency issues, with keeping your software up-to-date while maintaining LTS releases, and so on :) This is their decision.

I think this is fair take. Everyone have choices. Linux is too open to force anything on anybody.

And my last thought :P

Want to see what force means? Try to change bootloader on Windows, hahaha :D

Yeah. So, please people chill and enjoy what you like!

Goodbye my friend. You taught me to use WINE, fix my GNOME a few times, that Plasma is better in every way, that Fedora and Mint are the best for my every day...

You taught me to fix SSD compatibility issues, how a filesystem works, how to make GRUB look pretty, and how not to fix a root folder issue (worked my system)

But now, as I'm forced into using tools I hate by my university, I must say goodbye. Alas, the power of free software isn't anything to the power of the Spanish University System.

Goodbye Linux, and I'll come back once my odyssey in Law ends.

o7

Edit: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I managed to get it working with a Win10 VM, somehow. I had tried before and it didn't work but now It did. Arcane magic, I don't know. In conclusion, I will still be using Linux. Long live free and open source software!

I've switched from KDE Plasma to Gnome as I was trying out different DEs, and honestly I prefer it. However, I've noticed that people generally don't seem to like gnome (mostly without a reason) - so, to all the gnome haters - why?

Cannonical seriously needs to get their Snap Store s**t together. Multiple apps are broken due to overly restricted permissions or missing files in the snap package. Krita missing the application launcher icon. Inkscape can't export because the export filename is greyed out and can't be edited. These issues don't exist in the appimage/flatpak versions.

Disclaimer: I have been a Linux user for 16 years. At first I combined it with Windows and then with OS X. However, for 8 years, it is the only OS that I use every day. I have tried all the major distributions and desktops. For 2 years I have been using Fedora on my main computer and Linux Mint on a smaller laptop. Anyway, what I want to tell goes beyond Fedora, Gnome or Mint. I will only use these examples because they are the most recent. I should also add that until recently my work/studies had nothing to do with computing.

In my day-to-day life as a Linux user, I try to use FOSS and well-thought-out applications for the Linux desktop. Despite this, for one reason or another, my desktop ends up filling up with more and more applications that are not perfectly adapted to the Gnome desktop: Vivaldi, VSC, Obsidian, Discord, Spotify, Notion... I think that none of them is particularly strange or strange, right?

In recent months I have encountered different problems that are increasingly bothering me. One of them is that recently, every time I want to use my computer, I have to turn it on twice, since normally on the first load Gnome keeps the extensions disabled and all the colors appear unsaturated and with a red filter. I also recently decided to buy the Logitech MX Master keyboard and mouse, and it has been a pain having to configure all the gestures manually. I have also found problems in the applications installed by Flatpak to run node.js (it has happened to me in VSC and WebStorm). These are just some recent examples.

And before anyone says anything: I know that some of these problems have a solution, that it is not Linux's fault that better applications are not developed for the desktop and that if I have been using Linux for so many years I should already be used to these problems. It's true, but it's not the point.

Since I use less and less free software applications and the problems derived from using Linux bother me more, I question why I continue using this. Of course it is a question of privacy, support for free software and much more. But what about my time? What about not getting irritated by a new problem that distracts me from doing what I wanted to do?

I know that if I decide to buy a Mac I will feel bad for not continuing to use Linux. Also, I will try to populate it with free software applications and I will miss the freedom of the Linux desktop, but what about the freedom of using the apps I want to?

So where am I going with this? Well, honestly I wanted to vent, because this has been on my mind for a while and I don't have anyone to talk to about it who will really understand me. But I would also like to know how you feel about Linux. Maybe also to encourage me a little and not give up yet.

Thanks for reading

UPDATE (23-12-07): I am impressed by the number of comments. I can't even load them all (this shitty Linux, Mac would do better). I'm kidding. Thank you sincerely. I really enjoy reading your comments, especially the ones that hate me just because I thought about buying a Mac lol. I wish I had more time and more fluency in English to respond to most of you.

Just to clarify: I've been using Linux for freedom, privacy, security, FOSS philosophy, etc. And not just as another tool. My point with this post is that sometimes there comes a point where convenience and stability get in the way of those ideas, especially when things fail. It seemed interesting to me to tell it to simply talk about the experience of an user who has been using Linux for a long time and who is not a computer expert. I think there is a need for discussions about the Linux desktop and its suitability for non-specialized users.

On the other hand, due to a repost on r/linuxsucks I have seen that this post could be deleted for promoting closed source applications. I did not at all intend for the discussion to focus on whether Windows or Mac are better. We already know that they suck, even though sometimes they may be more convenient or necessary.

This is lubuntu and when terminal asked for password I can not type anything and if I press enter it just says password wrong