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Linux desktop sucks 2025!!!
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Let me start with desktop environments. KDE Plasma what a joke, full of constant bugs and you have to have a degree in computer science to find anything in the settings. Gnome not any better, you need to use extensions to add basic functionality that Windows has out of the box, Cinnamon and LXQT look likey the came from before 2010. Now come the worst ones, LXDE, Xfce and Mate they look like they are from the time when Richard Stallman had just graduated from college. Software stores are crap, most of the time they break and when you ask on a forum like linux.org of how to fix your system they tell you to open a terminal and run some random command. Like what age are we living in the 90's, terminal's shouldn't be needed anymore there should be good working GUI's for everything! … Packaging and package managers on Linux are a disaster. rpm, apt, pacman, zypper, portage, nix. Why the need for so many, all distributions should just pick one that way there is more standardization between distributions Also security on Linux what a joke, no desktop application containerization package managers the packages are installed by root, what happens if the source gets compromized and you run an infected package as root on your system. … We we get to some form of desktop application containerization. Snaps, are a seucrity risk because of the Snapstore and had already had snaps there were infected. Flatpaks are trash and install libraries dependencies double for each Flatpak application and on top of that also not to mention what is already installed on your system by native packaging. Appimages? Shut the frontdoor, these are a laughing joke most of them don't automatically update and they don't even integrate correctly with your desktop environment so you have to manually create shortcuts for them so that you can use them as shortcut or find some abscure program that one person manages for it to be done automatically. Gaming on Linux? Is utter trash, your depending on the Steam client, Lutris or HGL. Some games work others don't and when you want to play your favorite fps shooter or competative game you can't because of Kernel Anti-cheat not working on Linux. You need to look up launch options on ProtonDB or use random install scripts from Lutris. Now you are stuck to opensource games, they are worse that dos games from back in the 90's! Oh wait you can write your own game on Linux because everyone is a super nerde code hacker … P.S Image cropped by GIMP. Let me start with desktop environments. ... Software stores are crap, most of the time they break and when you ask on a forum like linux.org of how to fix your system they tell you to open a terminal and run some random command. Like what age are we living in the 90's, terminal's shouldn't be needed anymore there should be good working GUI's for everything! ... Packaging and package managers on Linux are a disaster. rpm, apt, pacman, zypper, portage, nix. Why the need for so many, all distributions should just pick one that way there is more standardization between distributions Also security on Linux what a joke, no desktop application containerization package managers the packages are installed by root, what happens if the source gets compromized and you run an infected package as root on your system. … We we get to some form of desktop application containerization. Snaps, are a seucrity risk because of the Snapstore and had already had snaps there were infected. Flatpaks are trash and install libraries dependencies double for each Flatpak application and on top of that also not to mention what is already installed on your system by native packaging. … Gaming on Linux? Is utter trash, your depending on the Steam client, Lutris or HGL. Some games work others don't and when you want to play your favorite fps shooter or competative game you can't because of Kernel Anti-cheat not working on Linux. You need to look up launch options on ProtonDB or use random install scripts from Lutris. Now you are stuck to opensource games, they are worse that dos games from back in the 90's! Oh wait you can write your own game on Linux because everyone is a super nerde code hacker
Related Pain Points
System breakage from routine operations
8Simple updates, package installations, or configuration changes can render a Linux system completely broken with no clear recovery path. Users are forced to debug using obscure forum posts and terminal commands they don't understand.
Package manager roots privilege for security-critical operations
8Linux package managers install packages with root privileges, creating a security risk where a compromised package source can execute arbitrary code with full system access without proper sandboxing or isolation.
Fragmented packaging and distribution across distributions
7Different Linux distributions use incompatible package formats (RPM, .deb, Pacman) and package managers, forcing developers to maintain separate builds and repackage for each distro. This creates significant resource overhead, especially for small teams.
No self-updating applications on Linux desktop
7Desktop users expect applications to auto-update like on Windows/macOS, but Linux lacks this capability. Users must rely on fragmented package managers with outdated versions, or manually manage AppImages, Flatpaks, and obscure dependencies.
Gaming on Linux is unreliable with poor compatibility
7Linux gaming depends on Steam, Lutris, or Proton with inconsistent game support. Kernel anti-cheat incompatibility prevents competitive gaming. Users must look up launch options on ProtonDB or use random install scripts, resulting in unreliable experiences.
Desktop environment degradation and poor UI/UX on Linux
5Major Linux desktop environments (Unity, GNOME 3, KDE 4/5) have either declined in quality or become overly heavyweight. UI antipatterns are common, and the overall desktop experience has worsened in recent years.