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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 2 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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[–] synestia@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Out of interest, which printer? Anycubic Kobra by any chance?

Regarding the camera: you could probably script this with ffmpeg and let it output the cropped stream as a virtual camera but I am nog going to pretend this sounds very appealing to most people.

Regarding scanning. Maybe you can scan to PDF and then use this: https://github.com/alam00000/bentopdf . does seem to do OCR also but havent tried it myself.

[–] jaalu@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Printer: FlashForge AD5X (more in this comment)

Camera and scanning: Yes, I could put together some sort of solution, but "you can get it working by spending time putting a solution together that entails more manual steps (or scripting or whatever) and/or requires the CPU/GPU to do more of the work" is something I'd prefer to not have to do. And this makes it less compelling to advocate to others if they also have any such peripherals or workflows.