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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 3 months ago by kiol@discuss.online to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] bless@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Mine is pretty ridiculous, but if solved the presentation would improve tenfold:

The booting process, specifically the different screens.

Screen 1: select boot Screen 2: some text Screen 3: brief logo Screen 4: black Screen 5: login Screen 6: black/splash Screen 7: desktop

Some of these could be consolidated.

I'm aware that this depends on the distro, but it still looks ugly

[–] mech@feddit.org 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I always set the timeout to 0 in /etc/default/grub, that gets rid of the first screen.
And with plymouth installed, add "quiet splash" to the kernel parameters in the same file, that improves the rest (although it's still not perfect).
Some distros have this set up out of the box. Ubuntu even compiled their own grub version to make booting look better (and Mint uses it too).

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

Use quiet splash grub options or change bootloader?

[–] Auth@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Take a look at systemd boot then plymouth for a nice splash. I find it to be much better than grub for just simply booting 1 distro quickly. Try systemd-analyze blame to see whats slowing down the boot. Sometimes there are drives that take awhile to mount and speed can be improved by adding them into fstab by UUID.