{"id":16671,"date":"2012-09-04T12:59:29","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T10:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=16671"},"modified":"2012-09-04T12:59:29","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T10:59:29","slug":"major-linux-problems-or-why-linux-is-not-yet-ready-for-the-desktop-2012-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/04\/major-linux-problems-or-why-linux-is-not-yet-ready-for-the-desktop-2012-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Linux Problems or Why Linux is not (yet) Ready for the Desktop, 2012 edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Major Linux Problems or Why Linux is not (yet) Ready for the Desktop, 2012 edition<\/a><\/p>\n

Every operating system has its problems. \u00a0Some things work better than in others, some do worse. \u00a0Here is an interesting (and very up-to-date) overview of the problems in the Linux space. \u00a0The good thing about it is that it’s not just bashing Linux over Windows or Mac and it doesn’tjust wine about minor things here and there. \u00a0There are issues all over, some are being worked on, and some are not, for a variety of reasons. \u00a0But just knowning these issues is already a good start in fixing them.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Major Linux Problems or Why Linux is not (yet) Ready for the Desktop, 2012 edition Every operating system has its problems. \u00a0Some things work better than in others, some do worse. \u00a0Here is an interesting (and very up-to-date) overview of the problems in the Linux space. \u00a0The good thing about it is that it’s not … Continue reading Major Linux Problems or Why Linux is not (yet) Ready for the Desktop, 2012 edition<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,6,62],"tags":[1532,2912,1531,989],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-16671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-general","category-linux","category-technology","tag-distributions","tag-open-source","tag-operating-systems","tag-troubleshooting","post_format-post-format-link"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13118,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/05\/where-did-all-the-linux-netbooks-go\/","url_meta":{"origin":16671,"position":0},"title":"Where did all the Linux netbooks go?","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"August 5, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Adam Williamson asks the question after doing a bit of research across several major vendors and online shops. where the hell did all the Linux netbooks go? 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