Linux Desktop: A Collective Delusion
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Linux has made significant strides, and in 2023, it's better than ever. However, there are still individuals perpetuating a delusion: that desktop Linux is as user-friendly and productive as its mainstream counterparts. After a few discussions on Lemmy, I believe it's important to provide a clear review of where Linux falls short as a daily driver for average users.

Linux has made significant strides, and in 2023, it’s better than ever. However, there are still individuals perpetuating a delusion: that desktop Linux is as user-friendly and productive as its mainstream counterparts. After a few discussions on Lemmy, I believe it’s important to provide a clear review of where Linux falls short as a daily driver for average users.

EDIT: can I just make it clear I don’t agree with this article one bit and think it’s an unhinged polemic?

  • 9point6@lemmy.world
    17·
    2 years ago

    Like I can’t remember the last time I actually needed an FTP client, but FileZilla was fine on Linux a decade ago, I can’t imagine it’s got worse

    • sab@kbin.social
      161·
      2 years ago

      I’m just connecting to FTP directly from Nautilus, it’s so user friendly it feels like I’m cheating.

    • war@kbin.social
      1·
      2 years ago

      I’ve been using FileZilla as an SFTP client for well over a decade, so imagine my surprise to learn that it’s impossible. All these years I’ve been fooling myself. Time for some soul searching.