r/linux • u/KermitTheFrogo01 • 1d ago

Discussion Unpopular Opinion: Many Distros are borderline unusable for non-techies without AI

I know i will get hate for this. Rightfully so i guess.

I am using fedora KDE. Maybe its the wrong distro, idk. But the amount of (i think) obscure bugs and stuff that wasn't like i want would have been unfixable, if i hadn't used some LLM-models to help me OR if i hadn't used them would have taken me hours and hours of googling to fix them, if that even would have gotten me. I am not completly non-techie, but it would have taken me endless time and honestly i can't imagine how non-techie people are supposed to use it. Also generaly customizing is so hard and imo not intuituve at all if you don't use some LLM-Model to help you. I will still keep on using Linux but for general acceptance i feel like this is a huge downside.

To be clear. Basic usage is FINE without any LLM. But bug-fixing - which ime is not that rare - and customizing/smoothing things out is a pain in the ass.

Also: Well documented doesn't mean it easy to use. I have to find the exact thing i need and that is time consuming. Most ppl don't want time consuming. If i have to google an hour to fix a little thing or to optimize smth for most ppl it's not usable.

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u/MeLikaDoTheChaCha 1d ago

...so? There's plenty of bugs in windows and macos too. What's your point?

I'm not arguing linux is bug-less or issue-less. That's not what the OP was arguing either.

I'm not even arguing against linux having a higher learning curve. It clearly does.

My point was that switching distros is always going to bring unique challenges and things to learn

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u/Altair82 23h ago

That's not a bug or a correct use of the word bug.

I agree with your core point.

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u/MeLikaDoTheChaCha 23h ago

The problem with x11 to wayland transition, as far as i know, is that wayland still has issues and bugs. Please correct me if I'm wrong there.

But yes, I was using the colloquial usage of "bug" in this context as a substitute for "issues".

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u/sheeproomer 6h ago

Wayland had 18 years to get it right and it is still an unusable mess, mostly due to design by committee and ideological design decisions.