Yes, I know. My point was that if I wanted to use fvwm, I'd have to limit myself to applications compiled for fvwm (or command line).
No. You can run every app you want on it. But you have to live with the fact that if you want to install e.g. KDE apps on it, your package manager will install half of KDE. I think only the QT library uses a few hundred MB already.
I was using a KDE desktop and the application was KDE! (on OpenSUSE 11) I can't remember what text editor it was, but it really REALLY sucked.
I agree that OpenSuSe sucks. And KDE aswell ;-)
All I wanted was a simple text editor. The few I found couldn't even compare to a 1989 Amiga editor... and that is pathetic. I'm positive Linux has some kick-ass editors somewhere, but all the ones in the depository (suppository?) sucked hard!
There's a sh*tload out there. Personally, I use gvim (which was written on the Amiga originally).
Not just that, but the reason I needed to find a text editor was that the supplied editor kept refusing to open files (permission crap - another pain in the ass) and didn't prompt me for a password. At least Gnome has an editor that prompts and eventually allows access. (and yes, I know I could go into a shell, cd to the directory and sudo every time)
Well, Linux is a multi user OS. And one that has a certain focus on security. You can't compare that to a toy like Windows.
It was Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10. I had multiple partitions on multiple computers. Ubuntu 9.04 had lots of problems too. Even running one of the supplied screensavers could crash it consistently (couldn't even shut down using power button, had to pull plug!). I once had a program crash and it opened a crash report and when I clicked on it, it failed and said "The problem report is damaged" (psyche!) and told me to reboot.
Sounds like broken hardware to me. If you can't power your system off by pressing the power button for a few seconds then something is seriously wrong.
But even that is nothing compared to the problems I had with the crap known as grub. You can quote me on this: "Grub is quite possibly the worst piece of shit ever programmed!".
Nah, you just need to know how to use it. PS: It nicely boots Aros aswell ;-)
What is the point of having multiple partitons as backup when the boot manager fails completely when just one is corrupt??
You need a usable /boot partition and a correct GRUB config (BTW: you can edit the boot options on the fine by pressing 'e' and 'ctrl-x' after your changes.)
What else to hate... forced FSCK checks,
I think it is a good feature to see problems early. But of course you can turn it off easily if you don't like it.
manually editing things like xorg.conf to add monitor sync rates just to change screenmode or refresh rate,
Again I suspect bad or badly supported hardware (e.g. a monitor that has no / incorrect EDID output).
unbelievably long boot times
Are you REALLY really sure that your hardware wasn't broken? I just measured with a stop watch. My ~5 years old Toshiba notebook (Centrino 1.6) with Ubuntu 9.04 boots within 27 seconds (with fully encrypted hard disk!) to the login screen. Another 15 seconds to a fully working desktop.
incredibly stupid directory structure which can't be changed,
A matter of taste... I think it's clever. :-)
programs altering grub - screwing up manual edits,
wot? O_0
I TRIED to like Linux... I really did. I really REALLY did. I really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really REALLY did. (But I don't.)
If you don't like it, that's fine with me. Maybe you had bad luck / picked a wrong distro, whatever. Or it really just doesn't suit your needs, dunno. Still I think everyone should give it a try.
