{"id":267615,"date":"2026-06-08T13:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/after-30-years-using-linux-i-have-only-4-complaints-and-2-send-me-back-to-my-macbook\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T14:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T18:35:18","slug":"after-30-years-using-linux-i-have-only-4-complaints-and-2-send-me-back-to-my-macbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/after-30-years-using-linux-i-have-only-4-complaints-and-2-send-me-back-to-my-macbook\/","title":{"rendered":"After 30 years using Linux, I have only 4 complaints &#8211; and 2 send me back to my MacBook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/after-30-years-using-linux-i-have-few-complaints\/\">After 30 years using Linux, I have only 4 complaints &#8211; and 2 send me back to my MacBook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/after-30-years-using-linux-i-have-few-complaints\/\">https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/after-30-years-using-linux-i-have-few-complaints\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-08 13:41:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.zdnet.com\">www.zdnet.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall u-block\">Jack Wallen\/ZDNET<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Follow ZDNET: <span class=\"c-commerceLink\"><span>Add us as a preferred source<\/span><\/span> on Google.<\/p>\n<h3>ZDNET&#8217;s key takeaways<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Linux has been my default OS for decades.<\/li>\n<li>Although it&#8217;s been an amazing journey, it&#8217;s not always perfect.<\/li>\n<li>Here are a few gripes I still have about the open-source OS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Since 1997, my experience with Linux has been nearly all positive. It&#8217;s very rare for me to run into an issue, and when I do, it&#8217;s usually easy to resolve. I&#8217;ve used Linux for desktops, laptops, tablets, phones, servers, and just about everything you can imagine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But that doesn&#8217;t mean everything has been perfect. Linux has a few lingering issues. In some cases, those issues have improved but have yet to be fully resolved.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also: After 30 years with Linux, I gave Windows 11 a chance &#8211; and found 9 clear problems<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two of the issues below have caused me recurring problems over the years; I even once had to say goodbye to one of my favorite distributions, Bodhi Linux, because of sound issues. One issue is merely a matter of taste (but it really bothers me).<\/p>\n<p>Enough with the setup; let&#8217;s get to the issues.<\/p>\n<h2>1. Audio recording can be glitchy<\/h2>\n<p>This is probably the issue that has plagued me more than any other. Given that I work with a lot of audio and video, I&#8217;ve had to struggle with sound issues on Linux for years. Now, I&#8217;m not talking about average sound usage here. Nearly all Linux distributions are straight-up plug-and-play when you want to listen to your favorite tunes on Spotify.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s when you dive into the world of recording sound that things can get frustrating. From stuttering, dropping out, or simply not playing, sound can be problematic. Years ago, I had a side gig as an audiobook narrator, and Audacity on Linux gave me fits trying to get it to work with any regularity. I would have to restart the system and jump through all sorts of hoops.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also: I&#8217;m a creator and my new favorite Linux distro is multimedia perfection &#8211; here&#8217;s why<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to last year, when I went to record another audiobook, and the same&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/after-30-years-using-linux-i-have-few-complaints\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 30 years using Linux, I have only 4 complaints &#8211; and 2 send me&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":267616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/5c19b1e20ca3bcbb0a6dae74595c8e24b54e9a20\/2026\/06\/08\/f2c0a12e-7e57-48d0-b446-ed2d9ba33843\/gripeshero.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[71],"class_list":["post-267615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-linux","tag-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267615"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":267617,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267615\/revisions\/267617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}