LQ Poll: What is still missing from Linux for you?

ivo2376 · 04-19-2018, 04:01 AM

overlays for most pupular latest mirror packagemanagers
is missing in most clfs cross custom linux from source

Robert200 · 04-19-2018, 07:15 AM

Linux as an operating system needs to get more software. Open source is nice but we need some closed source that are available on windows. It wouldn't have to be Microsoft Word or PowerPoint but something windows users can find to make themselves at home. That and if I want to play a Steam game that I bought and played on a Windows machine before it should work without a package installation of Wine.

qui · 04-19-2018, 07:17 AM

A tool like wine, but completely user friendly, who make us able to easily use windows applications
Not for my own usage, I have all that I need with Linux. But just because I think that many more people would use Linux if they will be able to use MSOffice for example.

dugan · 04-19-2018, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by qui

A tool like wine, but completely user friendly, who make us able to easily use windows applications
Not for my own usage, I have all that I need with Linux. But just because I think that many more people would use Linux if they will be able to use MSOffice for example.

MS Office works on Linux. At least, the current web-based version does. No WINE needed.

slacky_coyote · 04-19-2018, 09:11 AM

Easy configurable vpn client and universal packages.

iBrinks · 04-19-2018, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by pwalden

Tax software.

Turbo Tax specifically I would like to see. However in Linux's defence TurboTax and I discussed this deficiency and they passed to me that they will not write a package for Linux because there are so few of us; better advertising on Linux's part..

jsbjsb001 · 04-19-2018, 12:26 PM

I was going to reply to this thread before and say, hibernation/suspend that actually works! But I'm glad I didn't tho...

To cut a long story short, the root cause of 3 problems I've just solved yesterday/today was ACPI interrupt routing errors; being for my hibernation/suspend issues, my PC sitting there 9 times out of 10 during the shutdown process "thinking about it" and then beeping to voice it's disapproval at being shutdown, and within the last couple of days X failing to load - because it couldn't load the NVIDIA driver because (and from it's log):

Code:

(--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:1244:1462:2610 rev 161, Mem @ 0xf8000000/33554432, 0xe8000000/134217728, 0xf0000000/67108864, I/O @ 0x0000e000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
...
(EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): The NVIDIA kernel module does not appear to be receiving
(EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0):     interrupts generated by the NVIDIA GPU at PCI:1:0:0.
...

All I had to do all along was remove 1 dodgy hard drive, that recently started dieing on me.

What was the first post I saw when I loaded up LQ today/tonight? This one. I am not kidding!

Anyway, I'd personally say better driver support for certain types of hardware like TV tuners, which is a very good example of where you MUST do your research BEFORE buying!

And while I can't really see it happening any time soon (if ever), some DECENT NATIVE games for Linux! And as said before, games that I do NOT have to thinker with wine or install the Steam client!

Yeah, I know... it's nice to dream...

ivo2376 · 04-19-2018, 01:06 PM

Better crosscompile option for buildroot so i can build psp and psvita roots from raspberry overlay

Crippled · 04-19-2018, 01:50 PM

A G.U.I. that is so complete that it will replace the command line interface.

Ahk1N2 · 04-19-2018, 03:36 PM

Being able to install Mac apps from dmg. (At least I have not seen a way to do that.)

ChuangTzu · 04-19-2018, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Crippled

A G.U.I. that is so complete that it will replace the command line interface.

Surely this was a joke. A GUI that "complete" would be rejected not only by the community but by the failure of its own design.

PS: you may want to look up "YAST", SUSE/openSUSE already did that, and there is a reason why no other distro. picked it up.

Nobutarou · 04-19-2018, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Crippled

A G.U.I. that is so complete that it will replace the command line interface.

That's interesting. I remember it,
https://japan.googleblog.com/2010/04/google.html

I think it is rather each software issue than Linux issue. Some software has perfect GUI but some software never have. I don't use "perfect" as user friendly or easy of use. I just means it provide all functions of the software.

I like vim. But if vim provided all functions by buttons, the buttons will cover all of my screen, I cannot see my text and I will dislike vim.

Thanks,

fatmac · 04-20-2018, 02:56 AM

A lot of people are still expecting Linux to be Microsoft Windows, it's not, & never will be, get used to it!

Linux is better, & much more user friendly, compared to MS, once you get to know it - the trouble is, most of you were brought up using MS products, if you had started out using Linux, you wouldn't like MS Windows.

JZL240I-U · 04-20-2018, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by ChuangTzu

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PS: you may want to look up "YAST", SUSE/openSUSE already did that, and there is a reason why no other distro. picked it up.

YAST never was intended as a replacement for the command line. It is a very nifty piece of software and comes in handily for beginners, not withstanding their eventual use of the command line, if they so wish.

gnanambal · 04-20-2018, 05:03 AM

This is helpful to learn the issues of the internet age, dilemmas emerging out of the dominance of the Digital but the need to constantly adapt and evolve
is proving to be quite taxing.
As a beginner I would say there is too much in Linux for me!