cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/34255100
Thought I’d create a distinct thread from the previous one asking about daily use, because I really do want to hear more on people’s pain points. Great to know people are generally sounding pretty positive in those posts who recently switched, but want to know your difficulties as well! This way old and new users can share their thoughts, hopefully to inspire a respectful discussion.
my memory isn’t great, so trying to remember all the terminal commands is pretty tough for me (personal issue).
but also, flatpaks can be frustrating to work with. for example, i’ve been trying to run a DAW set up on my PC, and getting it to read a MIDI keyboard, or run most plugins (flatpak or not) is a headache. i have even tried messing with flatseal, but even that can break applications, and as an end user, even the flatseal GUI is hard to wrap my head around. perhaps another personal issue.
not as bad, but modding games can be rough in a similar way. i think it’s sandboxing or bwrap that can cause issues with mod managers, which often forces me to manually add/install files to the desired game, and pray that i didn’t add the wrong file to the wrong folder. unmodded games are a breeze to play, however.
but other than that, i’m pretty happy! i’ll take these issues over my previous windows issues any day.