Problems with Linux/X window system

[n3tfury]

...or instead of yet another topic such as this, post in a thread that's recent and on the first page:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=572158

[Nano Geek]

I'll list some linux problems for you.

1. Hardware support. It just sucks.
2. Lack of some essential software that I need:
-Office. Openoffice is just not as good as MS office.
-Audio programs. Nothing on linux is as good as WMP11/winamp/or Itunes.
- Photoshop.
- Dreamweaver
- Games

3. I dont know about all distro's but most of them load websites really ugly when it comes to buttons and things. I tried the widget thing and it was still ugly.

4. Very poor documentation. It always seems outdated and it hardly ever explains things step by step. Just look at MS' documentation.

5. Must use command line. As much as people want to say this is an asset, in actuality it just turns average users away.

I could list more but that alone is enough to keep me where I'm at.

Ugh, I shouldn't do this, but here it goes.

1. How so? It is stupendous for me and most people that I see around here.
2. Then use Office with Wine.
3. Rhythmbox, Amarok, Banshee, just to name a few
4. Adobe won't port Photoshop and Dreamweaver to Linux. Use them with Wine instead.
5. Again, companys aren't planning on porting their games to Linux yet. Can't do anything about it.
6. Buttons and things? Could you be more specific?
7. Check the Ubuntu help site. help.ubuntu.com
8. If you don't want to use the command line, then usually you don't have to.

Again, if you don't like Linux, then don't use it.

[perce]

I was always lucky with hardware support
I don't care about commercial software - I wouldn't use it anyway
(but please stop answering "use it with wine", I was never able to run anything with it)
I don't want MS Office, and I have no use for Openoffice either: LaTeX is grate.
I'm not scared about the command line.
I don't mind downloading multimedia codecs separately

What really pisses me off are a lot of little annoying bugs spread here and there. Some examples:
having to run dpkg-reconfigure to make an external monitor working (hopefully getting better with Gutsy)
vedeo playback usually not working in beryl
realplayer excluding all other applications from using the soundcard
not being able to connect on about 10% of wireless networks for no apparent reason
Network manager overwriting the DNS servers of my ISP with its wrong defaults
not being able to chose what plugging to use in Firefox
firefox'x plugin installer never finding plugins, even when they exist
random freezes - yes, it freezes, not a lot, but more than it should.