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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 4 days 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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[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 24 points 4 days ago (2 children)

It is probably because I am a moron and just took a long time to figure it out, but its always harder to set up network shares with my linux desktop than any other machine in my house. At this point I know how to do it pretty well, but its a LOT more involved because none of the GUI tools seem to really work right.

Like I will share a folder from my server (also running linux BTW) and its instantly viewable on my windows laptop and even my streaming devices, but to discover it on my other linux machine is always a chore that involves editing a few config files and just kinda randomly poking around until it works.

[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

but to discover it on my other linux machine is always a chore that involves editing a few config files and just kinda randomly poking around until it works.

What's your desktop environment? On KDE you can just enter smb://serverhost/path in the Dolphin navigation bar and it will open it.

[–] fatcat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Haha, you can! But other programs which don't have built in network share support can't use those. Also a bit annoyed by this, but it's an easy fix.

[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 2 points 2 days ago

Yes, that's still a bit annoying unfortunately.

Editing the fstab to properly mount a network share also currently has no UI available in KDE and has to be done manually.

[–] piranhaconda@mander.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

The Dolphin file browser picked mine up pretty quick. In the left folder tab I think I just had to click on the Network folder and then my shares were there, and I could right click and pin them to the sidebar