Ranking and Trashing some Linux Softwares

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I have been suffering with trash software, well, ever since I switched to windows 8.1 I think.

Mainly because since then, the enshitification movement became a thing, and there was hardly any resistance.

However, what's interesting is the enshitification of linux software, here I want to simply express by disgust for some of it, starting with:

1-Software

The title isn't wrong, the literal name of the software is "Software", which is a GNOME store you are suppose to use to easily install applications you need.


The thing consumes around ~150 mb of ram, RUNNING IN THE BACKGROUND, and it autostarts (at least as in Gnome version 48).

This software is more broken than Joe Biden speechs, it half functions, stalls, stucks at loading screen, barebone, slow, and overall, sucks at even its goal, using it is harder than using the terminal.

I rate it 0/5, Scum tier.

2-labplot


KDE labplot may be new thing to many, it is a ploting software that allows you to display, calculate and overall do some data analysis.

Much like anything KDE makes, it crashs more often than average drunk person in florida, and much like anything KDE makes, it has crap UX, and some bugs.

One thing I can't understand is, why it lacks 3D plotting? if I started developing my own 3D plotter I would have done long ago.

Anyhow the thing does do its job, altho I would have expected a more respecting software giving how important it is for researchers, scientists, engineers.

For anyone looking for alternative, try to master matplotlib.

I rate it 2/5, Dumpster

3-Image Viewer

Another GNOME software, this software job is very simple, display the image, and ironically, it does.

However when you right click and "copy" the image, it says "Image copied to clipboard", what they really mean is the image path copied to clipboard, not the actual image.

So posting it toward an image form, does nothing...

That's annoying and crap, I rate it 3/5, Troll

4-VS Code (Modern)

Yah yah I know, however I do have reason for using it instead of some advanced nvim configuration, mainly because I like using C/C++ and dealing with your average C/C++ errors requires pills I don't have currently.

Never the less, VS Code is a good coding software, it don't recall it crashing like KDE stuff, it still consumes your average electron application but we are used to that, however my critisisim begins with introduction of copilot and megagarbage (MS) shoving it like its a tax increase.

Updates are moving towards making it an "Agent coder" or something related to A.I crap, if I would use such thing I would use an actually software meant to be that from the start, like cursor.

Anyhow, it served me well, despite all it is hardly the software itself issue, but the company/people behind it issue.

I rate it 3/5, Sad


5-Flatpak

You may have heard that Flatpak has won the packaging race. No more wars between distrbution packages, a developer could simply package his craft onto Flatpak application center and be done, finally, linus torvalds dream came true.

The main critisizism is, flatpak itself is a package that needs to be delt with, flatpak effectively sandbox the software your run through it, and this causes many software that relays on native functionalities to break, and unless you know how to fix these, you are basically dealing with same issues as package dependency circles.

Not to mention that by sandboxing, you are slowing down the software, I haven't tested the difference myself, so this remains theoratical.

I don't work with flatpak a lot, but I do see its usefulness (currently using debian btw), so... well... just fix that UX issue and we are done.

I rate it 4/5, has potential.


6-Olive

The thing feels more like a scam now, for those who don't know, here is the story of it:

Back on the day, Kdenlive, ok you know the rest....

Jokes aside, Kdenlive, developed by KDE team, was number 1 most crashing software in whole linux world, it was slow, buggy, UX crap, complete troll, I rate that version 0/5, garbage.

So Olive came as an alternative to kdenlive, with fresh start and fresh mindset, version 0.1v was good, fast, and does basic stuff.

Development version 0.2v introduced more.. stuff like non destructive workflow and node graph, it also has caching (I didn't like the future but whatever)

And years later, it is still on version 0.2v, last commit on github was 2 years ago, and its patreon says it is earning "$282.3/month"

where does that money go to? and why did it stop? this makes it feel like a scam rather then a good editing software.

I rate it 2/5, sad ending.

7-Kdenlive

We just mentioned how garbage it was sometime ago (at least at Kdenlieve version 18), back then the demand was simple, fix bugs and optimize performance, but KDE devs, ignored all these requests and went adding more features, impressive mindset they got.

They also made a fundraising, I hoped by then I will hear more improvements, but whatever.

It seems KDE devs have the mindset of "features over stability and performance", that's why most of their software crash more often then my brain cells whenever they crashs.

Also some of the UX is next level of crapness, espically the text inserting UX, you have to create like an object call text IN A SAPERATE WINDOW SO YOU GOT NO REFERENCE TO WHERE THIS THING APPEARS, then you insert it as if it was a video.

However, my last expereiences weren't so bad, PROBABLY not thanks to any update KDE make, which in theory should make it more crash prone than anything, I will give it the benefit of doubt and say it was thanks to KDE doing their job the right way.

I rate it 2.5/5, Whatever

[laki]

Use VSCodium as am alternative to VSCode. It is basically the same except it removes nonfree and AI aspects.

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Use VSCodium as am alternative to VSCode. It is basically the same except it removes nonfree and AI aspects.

It also removes the microsoft C/C++ extension and you cant install it.

Lets face it, that extension is, well... ammmm. Well its good.

Ironic since it was made by macrogarbage.

I would rather use configured nvim over vs code without that extension.

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It also removes the microsoft C/C++ extension and you cant install it.

it's true that microsoft's C/C++ extension doesn't work but you could use the clangd extension. now, I don't use VSCode or VSCodium, but I do use clangd and I think it's really good, you might want to try it!
hope you manage to escape from the microslop hell!

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it's true that microsoft's C/C++ extension doesn't work but you could use the clangd extension. now, I don't use VSCode or VSCodium, but I do use clangd and I think it's really good, you might want to try it!
hope you manage to escape from the microslop hell!

I recall using it with my nvim setup i once used, but as i stated i am not using it because currently I don't seek good solutions over working ones that don't require effort.

I even mentioned using debian, I am using It because I don't want to deal with instability, just apply that everywhere.


If I want to go back, then gentoo with custom neovim latest version with clangd and dwm would be my dev setup, I also heard of "zed editor" https://zed.dev/

Not sure if I liked it, i would need a real project to work on it to give my conclusion.

[LarrySwinger]

I actually like the KDE approach. A lot of open source software is straight out incomplete, almost an excuse for the developer to say that he made something. It's understandable for an initial release but they never go on to extend it. So there is a saturation of useless software as a result. Compare this to a commercial developer who needs to deliver an actual product. He's going to add features that users demand. KDE breaks the curse and demonstrates that open source programs can be feature complete as well. (I am not saying they are the only example. ) This allows me to just launch any kde program for the given task since it's installed by default on my Slackware system and to just use it. I don't need to spend an hour beforehand comparing the options and wading through shit. Kdenlive was an example of this. I have used professional video editing software before but decided an editor doesn't care about the tool, it's about the creative input of the individual, so long as the software provides a certain baseline if features. With kdenlive I didn't even notice a difference in terms of quality. It was just getting used to different software the same way you would when switching between two commercial programs. I could simply focus on video editing and I didn't need to torrent shit as a requirement.

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I actually like the KDE approach.

Simply ask, when is software feature complete?

was kdenlive 18 feature complete? if so, why they didnt maintain it and fixed its bugs and crashing?

There is no way to tell if a software is feature complete, you could add features on and on until you basically make an entire OS (browsers for example).

So no, KDE approach is definitly bad.