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Things I hate about linux
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back
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Even as a Linux user I can see some flaws in Linux design and the actions
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the maintainers are taking, how corporate Linux is getting
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and in general Linux itself.
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I like Linux, but I hate few things
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<strong>
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I hate the corporate involvement
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, even though BSD people
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are also getting funding from
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<a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/28683/microsoft-funds-openbsd/">
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companies like Microsoft, google and Facebook
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, Linux
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is most definably more corporate with
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<a href="https://www.crunchbase.com/hub/linux-companies">
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over 300 companies funding
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and
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<a href="https://screen.pherpi.com/linux/how-many-companies-use-linux.html">
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over 1500 companies contributing to Linux
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(
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<a href="https://enlyft.com/tech/products/linux">
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full report
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)
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compared to BSD with barely any corporate involvement (
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<a href="https://enlyft.com/tech/products/freebsd">
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full report
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</a>
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)
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<strong>
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I hate how huge it is
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, Linux has
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<a href="https://www.linux.com/news/linux-in-2020-27-8-million-lines-of-code-in-the-kernel-1-3-million-in-systemd/">
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over 27 million lines of code
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where
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<a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/712308/">
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BSD has 32 million
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, BSD might seem
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bigger, but that is because Linux does not have to handle any coreutils and in general a bunch of extra stuff BSD has to deal with and BSD kernel images turn out to be times smaller than Linux (
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<a href="https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/is-is-freebsds-kernel-cleaner-and-smaller-than-linux.47173/">
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source
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) because the kernel itself is smaller than Linux if you did not count the extra stuff BSD has to deal with.
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Linux... Is not secure?
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Linux is getting more popular, more malware and in general
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Don't get me wrong, windows is way less secure but it's surprising how many
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security issues Linux has... Just kinda sad to see, but you can harden it and
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it gets noticed by people quite fast so it's kinda a 50/50?
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Linux is extremely painful to develop and features are just getting crammed
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,
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Linux being a huge kernel means that it is
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<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150214230010/http://codemonkey.org.uk/2014/11/03/thoughts-crashdumps/">
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horribly painful
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to develop and debug, again, a very sad thing as a developer who one day maybe
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potentially wants to contribute to Linux
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<strong>
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Linux ignores bugs
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even though our community is big and notices bugs quickly
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Linux is centralised into few people who can merge and actually solve issues
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related to Linux.
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Linux has bad documentation
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, all said, just
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<a href="https://www.linuxtoday.com/blog/linux-bug-1-bad-documentation/">
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bad docs in software
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adding on top of my pre-previous point in a way, but core kernel
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seems well enough documented to "figure it out on your own", but what I can
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say from personal experience that kernel panics are very useless and
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very very hard to find anything about
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Linux is not backwards compatible
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as many people (including me) used (and some are) still thinking
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Linux instead chooses to support long-dead used by nobody protocols, hardware and in general
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bloating stuff that can be majorly deleted without causing any issues instead
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on working on better
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<a href="http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2379392&cid=37090032">
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backwards
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and
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<a href="https://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2820335&cid=39847015">
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forwards
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compatibility
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These are my "main" issues with Linux, I could have also included some points like
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bad hardware support but BSD is not better at that either,
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<p>
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So my goal for 2023 is switching to BSD full time, BSD has making bug steps in development in its OS (FreeBSD mainly) and it's looking better, but I am still quite
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questioning about the tinkerability of BSD as I am the type of person who will go out
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of their way to customise their kernel from the bottom up where I am not sure
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if this is really advised in BSD, which sucks...
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So the conclusion is that Linux is the best worst OS...
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But this will not stop me from using Linux, it's an amazing OS, it does
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not suck that much, most points I made might not make a huge difference for you
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so don't doubt to try it :D even though
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<strong>
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I
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</strong>
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might not like
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<em>
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some
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</em>
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stuff about it
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</p>
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<h2>
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Sources
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</h2>
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<a href="https://www.cvedetails.com/google-search-results.php?q=FreeBSD&sa=Search">
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https://www.cvedetails.com/gooe-search-results.php?q=FreeBSD&sa=Search
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</a>
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<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150214230010/http://codemonkey.org.uk/2014/11/03/thoughts-crashdumps/">
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https://web.archive.org/web/20150214230010/http://codemonkey.org.uk/2014/11/03/thoughts-crashdumps/
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<a href="https://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2379392&cid=37090032">
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https://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2379392&cid=37090032
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<a href="https://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2820335&cid=39847015">
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https://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2820335&cid=39847015
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<a href="https://libv.livejournal.com/22968.html">
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https://libv.livejournal.com/22968.html
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</a>
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<a href="https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/is-is-freebsds-kernel-cleaner-and-smaller-than-linux.47173/">
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https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/is-is-freebsds-kernel-cleaner-and-smaller-than-linux.47173/
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</a>
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<a href="https://enlyft.com/tech/products/linux">
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https://enlyft.com/tech/products/linux
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</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBSD">
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBSD
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<a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/28683/microsoft-funds-openbsd/">
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https://www.osnews.com/story/28683/microsoft-funds-openbsd/
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</a>
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<a href="https://devrant.com/rants/1281859/linux-sucks-now-now-chill-im-using-it-as-my-main-os-for-a-few-years-now-i-know-w">
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https://devrant.com/rants/1281859/linux-sucks-now-now-chill-im-using-it-as-my-main-os-for-a-few-years-now-i-know-w
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<a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/">
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</a>
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<a href="https://www.heiko-sieger.info/why-linux-sucks/">
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https://www.heiko-sieger.info/why-linux-sucks/
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</a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Linux">
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Linux
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