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Where is Linux not working well in your daily usage? Share your pain points as of 2026, so we can respectfully discuss (discuss.online)
submitted 5 days ago by kiol@discuss.online to c/linux@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] drkt@scribe.disroot.org 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

A few select games, Notably Watch Dogs 2 and Fallout: New Vegas, probably because of Proton bugs, occasionally freeze my (Debian+i3wm) desktop. My computer is not frozen, but my desktop session is. I can take my smartphone and SSH into my desktop to kill the game's process (or Steam, which will take the game with it when it dies).

I've come to enjoy this process because I feel like some kinda movie hacker.

[–] Baggie@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

How much ram you hauling? I've had similar issues when voices of the void sprung a memory leak in an earlier build, completely froze my KDE until I nuked it.

[–] drkt@scribe.disroot.org 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

48G but that's not. I have plenty left over whenever it happens, and running out of memory has never frozen my desktop.

[–] Baggie@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

Shit that's crazy. I guess the syslog might help but I know it won't give you wine/proton logs, and I've not worked out how to get at those myself yet.

[–] Durandal@lemmy.today 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You should be able to switch tty to access the system directly from the pc. If you're unaware... ctrl alt f3 will switch to another terminal where you can login and access things. Generally your default sessions is in f2 (ymmv) so ctrl alt f2 should return you to your desktop where you left off once you nuke the offending pid.

[–] drkt@scribe.disroot.org 3 points 4 days ago

Yes, I am aware, but my keyboard can't do that shortcut

PSA Don't buy a 60% keyboard for use with Linux...