Not only speaking about the kernel. For example things that distros are doing wrong or lack of a specific piece of software. Mine are lack of Adobe suit and the fact that separate distros have different binary packages(Debian has whatever but it's not on Slackware). How bout you guys?
My complaint has less to do with Linux and more to do with developers not developing for it, or half assing their development for it.
Adobe suite, half-assed native Linux games, lack of one standard repo, lack of development in general. And graphics driver issues.
the fact every distro has everything i need, except one thing that seems unobtainable in that distro.
its always an 80% happy situation.
Lack of HART and Modbus support
The only thing I dislike about linux is that it's not understood.
Examples:
- people don't see the benefit of having choice and freedom, they think open source is fragmented instead, because it's a less terrifying thought given the alternative they cling on to;
- if you go through certain security checks with nothing but linux on your laptop, you get the evil eye, and they call in an "IT specialist" to check out your laptop, even if they all use linux more than anythig else themselves (their security scanners, their smartphones, their ID card readers....);
- journalists keep making articles about how "potentially unsafe" linux is (because they don't understand it and can't grasp the security features), whilst making none such articles about software consoles, instead, they "review the GUI" of software consoles, and praise the drop in price and the new interface with less settings to worry about...
- even well-reputed tech sites still say things like: "we don't use linux and bitch about it because we want it to get better", whilst using software consoles that are waaaaaaaaaaaaay lower quality and performance, and whilst making videos about how much software consoles have improved... which is of course total bullshit because the way to make open source even better is to use it, because every user actively contributes to the improvement, whereas closed source software doesn't even get a got better after paying millions in license fees and billions of petabytes in data mined from users behind their backs...
- people keep bitching about Adobe products not being made available on linux, whereas Adobe products are pathetic amateur products, that deliver the kind of result that everyone that uses it, gets the same result as any other amateur with an Adobe application. Real pros use systems that are MUCH more advanced, have MUCH more features, and give MUCH more creative and artistic results, that produce MUCH better VALUE.
Other than that, I also dislike that linux is so stable and safe, if I want to play around with software problem solving, I have to actually go through a lot of trouble breaking stuff voluntarily first, or go through the trouble of installing some commercial shit distro like Ubuntu or derivatives thereof. I also want to use an antivirus again once, I haven't used one since last century.
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Heavy Gamer and Adobe Suite/Cloud user so linux is only appealing for my mobile devices. Linux is great for laptops if you don't edit or game on them that is what i use it for.
To all you gamers that "can't" use linux for gaming for whatever reason;
I play borderlands 2 and Pre-Sequel at an average of 90FPS on ultra settings @ 1080. I only have 160 linux games in my steam catalogue, and have almost played 1/16th of them :P
Honestly, people who whinge about gaming on linux, either have all the time in the fucking world to game, ie; have no life, or no job. - To these people I say, "Aspyr may or may not be working on porting Bioshock infinite, and COD games to linux withing the next 6 months, I can't really say."
The Dunning-Kruger effect is my least favourite thing about "consumers" that like to use computers.
When after a large package update, all my system is in french. How does than even happen?
QT and GTK. Pick one for pete's sake. And now KDE is possible going to create a new one.
No per-drive file systems like in Windows.
No 64bit support on large programs eg Steam
There's too many package managers to support
I feel there isn't enough abstraction between the GNU programs and user programs. While in Windows you have to learn a big language to create useful programs, you can achieve most things in a Bash script if you want to in Linux. This is arguably better but I don't like it.
I can probably think of more.
Pertaining to Bash scripts, I can't find ANY documentation on how to make them. I find these large weird looking Bash scripts but I have no clue how to read or make them myself.
I don't really have a least favorite thing about Linux. It is in my opinion the best operating system available at them moment in the areas that to me seem objectively significant. That said I am not going to go Linux only anytime soon. I prefer being able to pick and choose the games and software I want to play/use.
- no proper Power management tool - like in windows power settings (min/max cpu - plugged in/battery)
- WPA2 issues with certain distros/network managers
- little TRIM support
- most of the games I play dont have linux support yet.
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Abysmal support from hardware vendors, namely wireless NICs, APUs and graphics cards. Most vendors just can't keep up with mainline kernel so all their drivers end up lagging behind a lot (I'm looking at you AMD).
If you're into white hot hardware, gaming and have the money to pay for proprietary end-user software, then Linux is probably not for you. If you've tried and tested hardware, hard up and into open source software and servers, then Linux is definitely the way to go.
Personally I run Linux for everything and Windows virtually when I have to. You can get all versions of Windows from XP to 8.1 completely free and legal from Microsoft to run in Virtualbox, in Linux. Click on link for more info: https://www.modern.ie/en-gb/virtualization-tools
SH files homie also man bash.
Fragmentation.
Lack of standardized package format.
Lack of backwards and forwards compatibility (no, having sources doesn't make this issue disappear).
Low-ish quality of software in general, as a consequence of not having enough developers (which is not just an issue of popularity, desktop linux doesn't make it easy). Lack of testing in general.
I think when(if) first three issues are fixed, there will be more support from hardware and software developers which desktop linux desperately lacks.
There is nothing I dislike about it because I have the understanding that its the right tool for the job. It can be a bit confusing at times causing all types of time to be consumed when setting stuff up new. I am somewhat of a gamer and since Steam came along even my Linux box can even dabble around with that. However certain games won't work and emulation is not an option on newer games so Linux is not always the answer. But for what I mainly do its the right choice. Linux keeps my older machines running good. Its even given life to my old macintosh power pc(s) (have 4 running now) that would otherwise sit and rot.
Fragmentation? Windoas has way more problem with that than Linux. NTFS is a very fragmented file system.
Can't tell if serious.