Linux

No, I've never been disappointed.

The plasma drawing tablet calibration tool does the opposite of what its supposed to and it only has one job.

While Linux is ~~imperfect~~ perfect, choosing the right distro makes the rest of the experience ~~straightforward~~ complicated.

/s

Not so much in Linux as in tools I want on Linux being Windows only (or X11).

1. Microsoft's Terminal App is my favourite console application, there are a ton of other applications to use but nothing hits just right in the way their application does.
2. GOG Galaxy. There is Heroic which is an excellent application the integrates really well with GOG but (the last time I used it) cloud sync was Windows only, so you had to run proton/wine to get cloud sync support even though the game had native Linux support. In the end, I just wish GOG could if not port their client to Linux, at least help Heroic Launcher make cloud sync work with Linux.
3. xdotool - I used it to automate hiding/showing my terminal window. I tried ydotool but could not get it to work.

All the time but then I remember it's my fault because it's open source and I am not fixing it either.

I am disappointed we still don't have a solid FOSS smartphone OS that can compete with the 2 monopolies who have cornered the market.

I don"t want ro sell my soul to Google or Apple just to use my bank (even on my computer thanks to mandatory 2fa apps) or to renew my government issued ID or to buy a train ticket on European public transport.

Mostly before proton and wine got really good tbh. I also have a ton of the old free Ubuntu CDs and we can see where that went 😔

with windows i can just blame m$, but on linux it's my fault

Gestures vaguely at Ubuntu.......

I'm annoyed at modern Gnome's hostility towards user customisability. Their refusal to support server side decorations has trickled down to Cinnamon's Wayland compositor and it looks like it's going to be a barrier in Wayland Cinnamon.

During the early days of Pulse Audio. Sound sometimes would stop working for inexplicable reasons.

Oh sure, all the time.

A computer running public auditable software refined by some of history's top computer scientists...is still just a computer.

We taught spicy electrified rocks how to help us fill out tax forms.

It's going to fall short every so often.

More the people behind it than the distro, but CachyOS. Aside from the performance improvements only being marginal, I was happy with the convenience after a decade of using Vanilla Arch. It was the first distro ever to tempt me away in that decade. I was really, really disappointed by the response to the age verification bs. The mods did a terrible job with discussion on the forums and the devs never made a formal response. The upside is I learned more about Systemd and now happily using Artix. So at least some good came out of my disappointment.

The moments I have been disappointed by Linux were the moments I learned most about hardware and software.

Linux made me switch the WiFi card of my computer, which is something I’ve never done before and would have deemed “impossible”.

Linux is like a teacher that sometimes slaps you on the hands, but who is always helping you to expand your knowledge.

After a recent update, I started getting prompts for using a having controller. I know there's a way to fix, it probably has to do with UDEF rules or something, but I just can't quite care enough to figure it out.

On the other hand, I know there's a fix. There's always a fix.

And nothing is ever added just to fuck with me. So, yes, but more on the level of "eh 🤷‍♂️"

It happens. But when I boot into Windows those disappointments ease up.

It's difficult to be disappointed with something that is free.

Actually, one shouldn't be disappointed with things. Only people can disappoint you.

I was disappointed in the Debian crew when they standardized on systemd when it clearly wasn't ready yet.

And I was disappointed in the people running some distros that made Wayland the standard when it clearly wasn't ready yet (a few apps I rely on don't support it or run poorly on Wayland even now).

Other than that, free software, free choice, and a lot of learning possibilities. You just have to adapt your expectations. Change hardware, change software, change distros, and learn.

Yes, I installed Fedora and everything was working OOTB. Nothing to tinker with, no issue with sound, WiFi, Bluetooth or external screens. Then I moved this SSD to a new AMD laptop and it worked perfectly. It even switched from Intel to AMD utils by itself.

So disappointing.

I am disappointed at professional application support, but not with Linux specifically. In my professional life I have needed to use products like Visio, Adobe Suite, Autodesk software, and others.

I am often forced to use Windows for my work computer because of these limitations, and while I realize its not the fault of Linux, the lack of install base demanding professional applications run on Linux is a community issue. While I always prefer FOSS over PROP software, sometimes I really do need to run PROP software on linux, and that means convincing enough people to demand that support from the developer.