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Archived My problems with Linux by a webserver administrator that develops in PHP on Windows and casually dips into Linux to perform maintenance tasks. (Linux)
submitted 4.8 years ago by moginspace
These are the reasons Linux is not for me.
Games, not tetris or sudoku, but actual FPS games with actual visuals. I play Planetside2, XCOM, RocketLeague games like that. Can linux run those? This is why I don't run linux at home.
Windows dialog boxes are extremely useful and let me truly multi-task. Want to rename a different file while trying to save something? Or move a group of files into a another folder before you save. Windows lets you pretty much do anything in the save or open dialog box. even open another file into another program before opening a file in the current program. It's super convenient.
common example for the doubters: While saving a new css file I want to move the old css file that I copied code from into an archive folder, I click save and in the dialog box I drag the old file to the templates folder, then continue with the save of this file. So simple and quick.
In my experience with Linux you can only do what the original command said. This is a big problem. I organize my documents. I delete unused crap. I know a lot of you might not, but I do. It keeps me efficient, Linux does not make me efficient. It makes me work for my organization.
Need to run as SU to do pretty much anything besides read access. I know what I'm doing let me do it. If I break it it's my fault not the PCs, don't handcuff me when I want to configure stuff which is pretty much all the time. At least Windows lets me turn of UAC with a couple clicks.
Only customizable by running scripts and commands that you have to look up every time. Also my favorite, oh you want to turn on a feature, open the config file, first you have to find it in the nonsensical hierarchy (and the only reason linux lovers know where stuff is, is by rote- can't tell me otherwise ), then uncomment line 25 - 30 if you're on version 1 or lines 35 - 40 if you're on version version 1.1 wtf I don't have time for that nonsense. Give me some simple checkboxes in a gui. Oh and you want to open the config, you better sudo that shit first b/c you don't have write privileges. It makes administering take longer than it should.
Buggy software with little support save a cryptic man page. Specifically I'm looking at you GFTPpro. I changed one password and you flake out like a total bitch can corrupt that user account inside GFTPpro. Now it's corrupted with no help getting it back to normal. Anyone know anyone that uses that software? I don't know why the guy before me installed that POS software but I inherited it and it's garbage.
Also we have a citrix xen center (moving to hyper V but anyway). Why can't ubuntu 14 display normal say 1024x768 or larger display in the xen center console? Answer: Really there is no good reason. I tell you what display I want and you do it. "Nope. I won't do what you tell me." So we have to use Webmin to manage our virtual linux install because it's resolution is too low in Xen center console. 800x600 I can't see anything and half the screens are off the viewable and can't be dragged or resized over to the viewable area. Nobody wants to write a driver for it because why would they, all the windows ones work fine though...
Why do cron jobs have to be so cryptic? Sure if you do cron scheduling all day everyday it's not a problem but for the casual admin that's not writing cron jobs every day give me a simple GUI. Or maybe there is a one, but I bet I have to go out to a repository, run some install command, making sure to sudo and put your password in before you do anything mind you.
back to number 3 again. The sudo thing is really a pain in neck. For my circumstance anyway. I don't work from a laptop and I don't work in an environment where other people are using my PC. So if someone is on my PC installing shit I have bigger problems than them installing stuff. I logged in when I started. I don't want to be prompted again. If I leave my computer I'll lock it and let you know I'm done. Don't tell me I can damage my computer when I use it, it comes with the territory. Don't treat me a child and lock me in a padded digital cell.
Good things about Linux:
1. Apache support
Doesn't spy on you.
Better on resources.
Cron jobs work (after getting them set up once)
So please tell me why I'm wrong about Linux in my points above if possible. I don't want to hate Linux but it makes it so goddamned easy to do so.
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[–] Kleyno 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) 4.8 years ago
Wait wait wait, so you're saying you actually want to make your OS less secure, so you can save a few seconds typing a password? Dear God man.
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[–] Kleyno 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Wait wait wait, so you're saying you actually want to make your OS less secure, so you can save a few seconds typing a password? Dear God man.