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when you copy a file, there is no popup window showing a progress bar of "file Copy"... apparently that's too tall an ask for linux.
Yes there is. Its not a garish stupid popup, but a progress icon at the top of the file manager (which is actually doing the copy). If you click on it, it expands to show you a breakdown of all of the different copy operations in progress.
Display scaling. Most distro's don't even have display scaling or have very blurry ones. Limitation of linux. Imagine that in 2022. Only a few distro's have a half decent option (Ubuntu, Zorin, Mint, POPos).
Set the resolution correctly and you won't need to scale.
mounting a partition permanently and having it show up in the right place. Good luck.
fstab file.
finding an app that gives you control over network traffic that is not command line.
Control over specific network traffic is a sensitive operation that should only be worked on by people who know what they're doing, which means that there is not ANY USE for a gui that does this. There is control for network interfaces and basic settings in every linux UI.
Most VPN clients are command line. You wanna change a servers? good luck. Command line.
You mean except if you actually install the UI for them?
Wanna optimize your SSD for trim? good luck.
fstab file.
Wanna setup a custom partition scheme and not go with default installation partitioning... good luck.
If you want to use custom partition scheme, you need to first understand how the filesystem works and what basics are expected. Once you get this figured out, its pretty trivial to set it up in the installer however is actually needed.
Wanna not use a swap partition and use a swap file instead? well... good luck.
fstab file.
want to install a software in a custom location? ..If you find out how let me know too.
If you install from your package manager, obviously it will install in the predetermined location. For everything else, just extract the archive wherever you like. For example, I have Android Studio located at /home/{my user name}/Programs/android-studio/
God forbid something breaks down. Good luck getting the support or finding the article to fix it.
If you want support, maybe you should PAY FOR A SUPPORT PACKAGE, like from Red Hat -- they sell support.
Every issue is a multiple hour or multiple day ordeal, before you can learn the solution.
And with windoze, after the better part of a week, you usually find out that there is NO solution.
General menu designs: bad
Hell of a lot better than the alternatives.
Despite the claims that "linux is Sooo customizable"... this is not so. Unless you wanna delve into config files that require programming level understanding.
You don't need programming level understanding to make changes in a documented configuration file. You need programming level understanding to WRITE THE PROGRAM. If you can't handle a little text file, then I'd suggest that you aren't qualified to make those changes at all, even with pretty buttons.
Wanna customize your start menu? You can't.
Lots of plugins for gnome to alter the way the menus are displayed. Note "Start" is only in windoze.
The list just goes on and on.
You can write a list as long as you like and it doesn't matter if its full of only nonsense.