{"id":269222,"date":"2026-06-08T20:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T00:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/ive-used-linux-for-30-years\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T08:40:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:40:48","slug":"ive-used-linux-for-30-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/ive-used-linux-for-30-years\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ve used Linux for 30 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/computing\/articles\/ive-used-linux-30-years-000100629.html\">I&#8217;ve used Linux for 30 years<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/computing\/articles\/ive-used-linux-30-years-000100629.html\">https:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/computing\/articles\/ive-used-linux-30-years-000100629.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-08 20:01:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"tech.yahoo.com\">tech.yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"heading-mb col-body text-[1.125rem]\/[1.375rem] font-bold charcoal-color\">ZDNET&#8217;s key takeaways<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"col-body mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">Linux has been my default OS for decades.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">Although it&#8217;s been an amazing journey, it&#8217;s not always perfect.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">Here are a few gripes I still have about the open-source OS.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">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 class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">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>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\"><strong>Also: <\/strong><strong>After 30 years with Linux, I gave Windows 11 a chance &#8211; and found 9 clear problems<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">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 class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">Enough with the setup; let&#8217;s get to the issues.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading-mb col-body heading-text-style font-bold charcoal-color\">1. Audio recording can be glitchy<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">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>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">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 class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\"><strong>Also: <\/strong><strong>I&#8217;m a creator and my new favorite Linux distro is multimedia perfection &#8211; here&#8217;s why<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">Fast forward to last year, when I went to record another audiobook, and the same problem hit me&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/computing\/articles\/ive-used-linux-30-years-000100629.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve used Linux for 30 years https:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/computing\/articles\/ive-used-linux-30-years-000100629.html Publish Date: 2026-06-08 20:01:00 Source Domain: tech.yahoo.com ZDNET&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":269223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/4df4b1e8ab1d6197aa3253c829d7ade84456c02722f055d0af8fd31344b6be50\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w1200;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fzdnet_articles_730%2F8fc9fb3821600f0244a650ca3026a1b7","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[71],"class_list":["post-269222","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\/269222"}],"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=269222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":269224,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269222\/revisions\/269224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}