No support to enable Full-Disk Encryption after the System install: This is something baked into Windows Bitlocker. You might say “But you can set it up during installation by just checking th checkbox!”. Yes, you are right. But why can’t I check this checkbox after installation? I know why a lot of people will say “this is not necessary or possible”. In the end the only real reason is “nobody bothered implementing this propperly yet”. But that’s the problem.
Secure Boot support is still rough arround the edges: I don’t know if LVFS is now able to update the keys for booting shim. But this would help improve the situation. Users should not be bothered with “checking this on their own”. Nobody is talking about “Will my Windows machine be able to boot after this?”. Everyone is just expecting it to work out just fine. Which it proppably will. I would expect it to be the same on Linux.
Proprietary Software for managing/configuring hardware: I am looking at PC-Peripheral Manufacturers like Logitech, Corsair (Keyboards), etc. Why do I need to use your Software to change Key-Bindings? I know there is VIA/QMK. But not everyone supports it and it is very bothersome to check for everything “Will I be able to use their Software for the product I bought?”. And especially fingerprint readers and IR cameras… Why do they need to be soooo complicated…
No easy way to synchronize account settings between machines: Say about MacOS what you want…but switching between one machine and another is pretty easy if you are willig to use iCloud. And it is baked into a lot of applications like Safari. There doe snot exist something on Linux that has the same level of integration and is as polished as iCloud.
NVidia Drivers: Situation has improved. But if you want to still use and old but working Card (1060 for example) on a new Kernel it will get problematic to find the right package to install to get the correct driver. This took my a whole day on OpenSuse Tumbleweed… A lot easier on the AMD side, but they have problems too.
AMD Hardware acceleration: Whose idea was it to not include the VCE drivers in the open source driver? Shame on you! Why do I need to install the proprietary driver (which will replace the opensource driver) to use this? But then this proprietary driver has its own limitations. So I can’t use my device to the fullest. This situation does not exist on Windows. Are you kidding me?
Propper systemwide logging for all Apps: Nobody system has this solved. But I would like it so much! It would be so easy when helping people to say “Go to the Logging system, hit clear, do the thing that is broken on your system and send me the logs afterwards”. This could help so much if you are helping multiple people using different systems with different applications. Why no SysLog integration everywhere?
But on the other hand why I am using Linux:
It still best fits my needs. It does what I want when I want. I don’t need to navigate through 3 Menus and multiple selection to store MY FILES on MY SYSTEM. You shall be damned OneDrive! A system update happens when I say so, and no sooner. You can download everything in the background, I am cool with that. But if you dare to restart my system during my workday…then you are part of the problem(s), not the solution!
For me the Cons are:
But on the other hand why I am using Linux:
It still best fits my needs. It does what I want when I want. I don’t need to navigate through 3 Menus and multiple selection to store MY FILES on MY SYSTEM. You shall be damned OneDrive! A system update happens when I say so, and no sooner. You can download everything in the background, I am cool with that. But if you dare to restart my system during my workday…then you are part of the problem(s), not the solution!