- apt - Sometimes metapackages require too much, leading to wanted packages being marked for autoremoval when removing unwanted packages.
- GNU sometimes uses random file content to determine its type, leading to not being able to print on Tuesdays.
- Gnome
- Clicking the active media notification does not focus the relevant Firefox window/tab.
- Terminal 3.52.0 broke when trying to copy my PS1 using the mouse. (Random letters on cursor blink, lag, and scrolling with Chromium window?! I switched to Ghostty, but that lacks a scroll bar!)
- Themes are a mess. Dash-to-panel is the only thing that seems user stylable anymore.
- To waste less space by using a single system bar,
sudo apt install gnome-shell-extensionsand install Dash to Panel. - Window management kinda sucks; can't simply super+arrow windows to external monitor. Shift+Super+arrow worked again after dconf shortcut view/edit.
- 2nd Thunderbolt display and 1st one's mouse randomly stop working.
- KDE:
- Opens context menus on mousedown and menu entries on mouseup, so many terminal windows were closed by opening the context menu too low on the screen while accidentally moving the mouse a few pixels.
- Knows it's rebooting yet panics about it shutting down Konsole unexpectedly.
- Linux distros in general:
- Can't keep your data while reinstalling after dist upgrade failed due to not checking for sufficient free disk space first.
- Conflicts with key ring service for Chrome passwords when trying a different desktop after Gnome.
- Poor UHD support in Gimp (tiny icons).
- Elitist users who tell you to not expect anything for free.
- Devs too lazy to fix critical exploits.
- S0 sleep randomly fails in Ubuntu 24.04.
- Ubuntu
- Kernel updates are hard in Ubuntu, but Mint has a nice GUI for that, but company policy is Ubuntu due to paid lobbying/marketing/business support, and main Mint lagging behind Ubuntu.
See also other tech fails.