Elementary OS 8 - It's Getting Worse

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  • @SubTroppo
    @SubTroppo หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    On the positive side an OS that will not install properly on hardware has the advantage that it is completely secure.

    • @tonywise198
      @tonywise198 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      LOL 🤣

    • @phoqueme
      @phoqueme หลายเดือนก่อน

      Can't be in danger... If you're already dead 💀🤣

    • @AlphanPeter
      @AlphanPeter 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      just like windows 11 will not install if hardware not right

  • @MichaelMossmanNZ
    @MichaelMossmanNZ หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    This is the first time seeing your channel, and I like what I see. I've tried Elementary a few times over the years & after watching your video, I thought I should try it again, just to see what all the fuss was about. After downloading & verifying the .iso, I wrote it to my Ventoy memory stick & booted it. First time around, after selecting keyboard/language, etc., I was presented with 3 options: LiveUSB, WipeEntireDisk, and Advanced/Custom ... I chose Custom and a new dialog appearing saying Analyzing current config, or similar. That dialog immediately disappeared, then absolutely NOTHING, just the blurred wallpaper. After a while, I rebooted and tried LiveUSB this time, which I prefer anyway so I can run Gparted myself & get oriented before running Installer manually. Once desktop appeared, I ran Gparted, formatted the partition I was willing to sacrifice, then ran the installer. Again, I chose Custom, and was immediately logged out, only to have to go through the exact same rigmarole as the first time 'round. Okay, that's it ... I do have patience, but what I do NOT have is TOLERANCE for shite distros/software that fail straight out of the box. How could anyone expect to trust that their daily driver is going to be reliable/stable if it can't even be installed without having to jump through hoops?
    Anyway, enough ranting ... I gave it a go so that I could be reliably informed (on top of what I learned through your insightful video), enough to actually be able to contribute to the discussion. As well as the poor install experience, I found the UI to be laughable, as you demonstated ... for instance, having the Font Size slider in that main menu seems ridiculous to me. In my experience, that's something I would change ONCE (if at all) thus it could be hidden away in Settings. The entire exercise seemed like a total waste of space, but I had to give it a go!
    Thanks for the great content. It has definitely earned a sub ... I'll look forward to your next one =)

    • @SwitchedtoLinux
      @SwitchedtoLinux  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Welcome and I'm glad you found the channel.

    • @JPs-q1o
      @JPs-q1o หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That sounds like ElementaryOS alright!

  • @grantkruger3689
    @grantkruger3689 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I installed it quite a few years ago. It was supposed to be something a friend could work on. I had to get the wifi working multiple times because Elementary would forget the settings every time the laptop was shut down. Thinking about it now, I should have just stuck Mint on it.

    • @JPs-q1o
      @JPs-q1o หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Elementary OS was always half-baked TBH, back in 2013 it didn't even have a lock screen option 😂

  • @murraydawson8407
    @murraydawson8407 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    It's a well-known distro, despite all the issues. I'm boring and have stuck with Mint for many years.

    • @farm7379
      @farm7379 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      during my distro hopping days, I found many guide videos for noobs saying " you like windows? go with zorin, you like mac, go with elementaryos".

    • @JPs-q1o
      @JPs-q1o หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ElementaryOS was always half-baked TBH

  • @rchltmedia
    @rchltmedia หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    problems i found when using pantheon desktop in Ubuntu:
    1*. theme & icons must using default one, otherwise themes will look broken in some GTK3 apps including GNOME Terminal (I don't like using their default apps) & missing icons in some places.
    2. when using gnome console (that primitive terminal emulator), the window cannot be closed until logout.
    3. most apps (.desktop in /usr/share/applications) are hidden in Pantheon & it must be modified to make it appear (for example, GNOME Terminal).
    4. why GNOME Web, Document Viewer, file-roller, Capnet Assist & font viewer uses flatpak versions? it causes lot of issues for me when using APT. it takes so long due of installing flatpaks.
    * this issue is present way back to version 5.1 & they will not fix it.

  • @kk-linux-rocks7269
    @kk-linux-rocks7269 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I literally attempted to install Elementary OS 8 directly on my Lenovo Thinkpad T480 and the installer displays an error message stating that the install process failed due to a hardware error. Now keep in mind that I have successfully installed and used no less than 6 different distros on this laptop over the years without ANY issues. In fact, I'm currently using the latest version of Solus installed on it.
    Elementary has never been a good choice for me and v8 is no different.

    • @rajeevpunnalil2118
      @rajeevpunnalil2118 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Usually it's issue with inter raid just need to disable it on bios and then it works well

  • @riseabove3082
    @riseabove3082 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I've had problems with Ventoy so instead of being stuck in doing it "your way", have you actually tried doing it another way like slapping the .iso on a normal USB stick and go from there. I bet there isn't any issues. Not trying to defend Elementary as it's not for me but let's be fair.

  • @n.m4497
    @n.m4497 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    At this point its good distros are cementing their positions: Opensuse, Fedora, Ubuntu/Debian/Mint, Arch/Endeavour.
    Anything else is not worth it

  • @DalmationProductions
    @DalmationProductions หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Oof just read that Elementary OS 8 is super buggy since a bunch of other people are having the same issues so your not the only one there
    Just makes me wonder if they didn't test it long enough to iron out all of the bugs hoping that the developers can fix this

    • @snowflakemelter7171
      @snowflakemelter7171 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Maybe it just does not identify as an operating system. Stop being a bigot 😂

    • @Winnetou17
      @Winnetou17 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I do think it will fix those decently quick (say, this week)

    • @JPs-q1o
      @JPs-q1o หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ElementaryOS was always half-baked TBH

  • @AshNonokPlays
    @AshNonokPlays หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I thought I was the only one having that issue.

  • @hiYouareaclown
    @hiYouareaclown หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The principles of macos and Linux desktop implementation are similar, both are Xorg (wayland, XQuartz) + DE (kde, gnome, cinnamon, aqua), but unlike macos, Linux has never paid attention to the development of the desktop.

    • @joetreadonme
      @joetreadonme หลายเดือนก่อน

      I always wonder why people think we need yet another Debian-based distro with a custom theme. At least elementary made a DE. They should halt the introduction of new distributions and tell people to go work on a DE instead if they need a project.

  • @peterjansen4826
    @peterjansen4826 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Elementary is much too limiting for me. For me Ubuntu already is too limiting on its own because the repositories lose packages every year, including essential packages, because Canonical removes the packages when it considers the Snap good enough, their standard of good enough vastly differs from mine. Elementary itself puts extra limitations on top of that. On itself that is not neccesarily a problem, limiting options to make it easy for a user to figure out how to use the DE can help some users under some conditions. But are the conditions such that those users are actually helped by it? Maybe other users, for me it is just limiting.

    • @Winnetou17
      @Winnetou17 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Of course it's limiting, it's mimicking MacOS. It's meant to be easy to use, decently intuitive, but barely customizable. Some like that.

    • @peterjansen4826
      @peterjansen4826 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Winnetou17 Where I live most people never had an Apple-PC. I can count the number of times that I used an Apple-PC on the fingers of mytwo hands, not including my thumbs: a few times because a mate had an Apple-laptop (he was like "try this out, it is great") and 1 time I used an Apple all in one myself, that one runs the FreeBSD-based macOS. It is foreign to me: there is a key on the keyboard which functions like the ctrl-key but it is much further to the right, there is a mismatch between the program its menu and some Apple-menu and you seem to miss a lot of usual hotkeys (to immediately go to another program instead of using the mouse) and windowsnapping behavior. I might have missed features but it striked me as being designed with the intention of having few features and being 'easy' for novice users.

    • @MarkHobbes
      @MarkHobbes หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Winnetou17 If it's trying to mimic macOS I can say they've been doing a bad work. It doesn't even look like the actual macOS and it's not as easy as macOS is. They're not getting the point and making life of the user worse by limiting the store and the need to deal with so many bugs seems to be as clunky system.

    • @Winnetou17
      @Winnetou17 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MarkHobbes The bugs are mostly an ElementaryOS 8, I think, since I haven't heard complaints before.
      ElementaryOS is one if not the first to implement gestures and have good accessibility in general.
      The decision to rather not have an app than to risk having a bad app is totally in Apple spirit.

  • @slimkid0225
    @slimkid0225 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I can't find my partitions to install it😢

  • @eddieoconnor4466
    @eddieoconnor4466 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'm seriously thinking that I'll have to abandon this OS on my Dell XPS. There's no "upgrade path"...and with all the customization and tweaks?....yeah...I'm thinking I might switch to OpenSuSE KDE Edition. While I realize its only a few people?...an upgrade path?...some script or command that would allow someone to go from ElementaryOS 7 to ElementaryOS 8 somehow CAN'T be done? (And no....before y'all come at me with "Why Don't YOU Do It?"...
    I'M NOT A CODER....THAT'S why!...)
    But I give them much props,....they came along and created something that is phenomenal!! I will give it until like...March / April / May of '25?....to see if they come up with an upgrade path that doesn't require a full re-install, if not?...then these next few coming months?....could be the last this system sees my hardware.

  • @JPs-q1o
    @JPs-q1o 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    It may be terrible technically and not even boot but it's made exclusively by blaquez, whamenz, and tranzformerz!

  • @petergrin3629
    @petergrin3629 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The Pantheon desktop is beautiful, but the package management is terrible.

  • @Dutch-linux
    @Dutch-linux หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sounds like they need to mark it as unstable alpha !!! my fav is mint anyway

  • @albundy7718
    @albundy7718 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    A Distro for people feeling a transformation is coming ;)

  • @OtakuGenx
    @OtakuGenx หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Michael Tunnel said he had AMD issues. Not sure if he meant AMD proc or gpu or both.

  • @kychemclass5850
    @kychemclass5850 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I had a similar problem with LinuxLite. On booting it just wouldn't recognize the SSD. I tried Sparky Linux and it worked. Interestingly Linux mint didn't. Most of the time AntiX worked.

  • @chriswinters-ca
    @chriswinters-ca หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    Imagine that. When you spend more time being an internet activist than you do developing your software, the quality of your software suffers... who'd have thunk it?

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Plus by doing that kind of BS they drove others away from wanting to help with the distro, so I'm not surprised this distro is dying!!

    • @electricalbatross5797
      @electricalbatross5797 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      “Elementary, my dear Watson”

    • @50-50_Grind
      @50-50_Grind หลายเดือนก่อน

      🌨❄

  • @rchltmedia
    @rchltmedia หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Nick was using this distro until recently. he now uses fedora nor tuxedo os (allegedly)

  • @cap_eath
    @cap_eath หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    If this is the direction Wayland is moving Linux, count me as very unimpressed. I use Deb files because I trust them. If I have driver issues, I figure out that Mint installed the flatpak version. All the pop-ups for permissions would get old quick. I guess part of first run is to set all permissions to on. Why am I blocking permissions from my word processor?
    I guess on a workstation, corporate IT would like all the clamps, but on the personal PC it is a nuisance.
    But, since it probably wouldn't install on my non-standard e5 based system, I'll stay with Mint and hope it takes a really long time to drop X

  • @alfredkennedy816
    @alfredkennedy816 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just got a notification that HP data recovery is a new startup App.

  • @immortalcyanogen779
    @immortalcyanogen779 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You look a real gentleman in Beard 💪💪

  • @Kq4hcuDan
    @Kq4hcuDan หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Makes glad i dont run elementary os anymore, im considering going with haiku OS and freebsd next on a thin client.

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      My biggest issues with Haiku OS is the lack of software right now with things like the lack of a truly standout web browser, and proper hardware drivers for things like GPU's, but I do think it has a lot of promise if these can be worked out over time, and if they can I'd love to run it on some of the older aging Lenovo Thinkpads in my collection given how efficient it is.

    • @jimcabezola3051
      @jimcabezola3051 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I can only wish I could install HaikuOS on my crappy laptop with an eMMC drive.... A driver for "mmcblk" still doesn't seem to exist.

    • @MarkHobbes
      @MarkHobbes หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You'll be even more limited than eOS using these systems, get something better.
      There are tons of decent distros around. If none of them is good, just go back to Windows, that's not wrong. I know Linux isn't for everyone.

    • @jimcabezola3051
      @jimcabezola3051 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@MarkHobbes You're right.
      However, my little AMD A4/4GB RAM/64GB storage craptop is slow at running even bare bones Linux with, say, a windows manager such as Openbox and without a full desktop environment.
      I have many other Linux boxes to run my real work.
      Speaking only as a hobbyist, I'm just curious to see HaikuOS running from the internal drive. Full stop. It's okay running it live from the install USB, but I wish I had the skills to write my own emmc driver for Haiku so I could install it natively.

  • @web4453
    @web4453 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I installed this system for my laptop (im newbe in linux just try to find good system for my mother). At very first system run i have probem with drivers already, dockpanel take too much space when you run window in full screen mode, you have no minimize window functionality, screenshots doesn't work. But design looks good, i wish this design in linux Mint. It would perfect colaboration

    • @SwitchedtoLinux
      @SwitchedtoLinux  หลายเดือนก่อน

      You can reduce the size of the dock so it takes up less room. Also, you can check if there is a driver update in the settings.

  • @sylvershadow1247
    @sylvershadow1247 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I don't use VirtualBox anymore
    I stick to my trusty QEMU/KVM with Virt Manager

  • @josephnorris4095
    @josephnorris4095 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So, it is 2024 and Linux desktop is moving backwards 😅 I like and have used it for the last 30 years but my go to is now Mac OS and the M4 Pro Mini.

  • @JPs-q1o
    @JPs-q1o หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    ElementaryOS was always half-baked TBH

    • @Tokiasiguchi
      @Tokiasiguchi หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was already stagnant before pre-fallout. Post-fallout although I didn't think it could get worse

  • @kocokan
    @kocokan หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Yet people are still clowning ubuntu

  • @GeorgiMurdzheff
    @GeorgiMurdzheff หลายเดือนก่อน +58

    The devs are actually one person that pushes politics more than actually developing the distro. Pantheon is cool, but this distro is dead.

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Agreed 100%, & as I said before I think it's a waste of Tom's time, and energy to even bother covering this POS any longer.

    • @petem.3719
      @petem.3719 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Politics is re-defining words to refer to a fake pejorative "inclusivity". Accessbility is just a part of that, despite the maga effort to make inclusivity a dirty word.

  • @tomasarfert
    @tomasarfert หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hmm … I just downloaded it and installed it on my old Dell laptop. No problem whatsoever. And I am a Linux noob. I have just tried Ubuntu a couple of years ago, and the Terminal scares me. ;)

  • @josmoify
    @josmoify หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    already shows the all 'inclusive' priority over excellence .it will go the dodo

  • @gidi1899
    @gidi1899 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I noticed (Daah) that we make up a list of how we feel about a certain object/thing that changes over time even if the object stays the same.
    I know it's off-subject, but,
    I am curious how do you feel about Laws ??
    (how do you use this tool in a general manner?!)
    Because recently I decided to treat a Law
    as a Guide first,
    and means for approval second.
    (* considering no law is added by accident, and some where written in __ *)
    I ask you because, I don't see ppl on youtube use the Law as a Guide, only as a defense/attack mechanism to personal intentions. well, except this show, in which we see the connection between the law and company related conflicts (I really appreciate it btw, thanks :).

  • @roborob347
    @roborob347 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    On top of all these questionable decisions, this distro doesn't have a valid reason to exist. If you want a good, stable Ubuntu based distro, use something like Linux Mint or Zorin.

  • @goodoleme747
    @goodoleme747 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    A lot of people are getting real sick of politics being pushed down their throats.

  • @graysonpeddie
    @graysonpeddie หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Not buying that "classic session" and "secure session" nonsense, but hey. It's good to keep it "layman's terms." I just don't want permission management to get in my way even in CachyOS.
    I am security-savvy and the permission system in Linux is just overkill for me. Of course, it may not be overkill for users who get their computers infected left and right.

  • @Your_Degenerate
    @Your_Degenerate หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Well the wallpapers are nice. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @fabricio4794
    @fabricio4794 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Abraham Lyncon vibes here...

    • @SwitchedtoLinux
      @SwitchedtoLinux  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Four-score and seven years ago...

  • @k.chriscaldwell4141
    @k.chriscaldwell4141 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Sounds like it’s malware.

    • @xgui4-studios
      @xgui4-studios หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      yeah and it is woke

  • @anthonywalker6268
    @anthonywalker6268 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Ventoy never works for me. It's costing me more than I like.

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Same, I always have issues with it, and just end up keeping a couple USB keys clipped to my EDC laptop bag with my 2 most used distros on them I've written with Etcher being Manjaro Gnome, and Solus Budgie, & another key encrypted for data backup.

    • @rchltmedia
      @rchltmedia หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      secure boot still a issue with ventoy.

  • @ralphmcmahan2139
    @ralphmcmahan2139 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Xir is this for?

    • @iennefaLsh
      @iennefaLsh 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He is this for?

  • @gutter_onion7855
    @gutter_onion7855 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Idk what problems you were having.... But I just installed it on Qemu, in like 5 minutes, and it boots to desktop no problem. Maybe your ISO is corrupt?
    Not that I wanted to install this trash, but I was just curious. Have a nice day!

    • @SwitchedtoLinux
      @SwitchedtoLinux  หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      No, ISO is properly verified and it did install on the VMs without issue. I was just having issues with real hardware.

  • @anonytuser711
    @anonytuser711 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Deviancy took over at Elementary OS. It's no wonder it's a POS.

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Agreed, and I can't see this one lasting too much longer if the main "DEI" dev can't even make a decent installer that works on bare metal hardware.

  • @menzokruizinga
    @menzokruizinga หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's complete Trash rc 2 works some what better
    It still is Trash i had to work that i can install it and install
    My flatpaks then it got far wors it is a unstable mess

    • @SwitchedtoLinux
      @SwitchedtoLinux  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Curiously, the official download that you get from the home page, says "rc2" in the file name.

    • @menzokruizinga
      @menzokruizinga หลายเดือนก่อน

      @ i got it to work but its still is bad i install it and set it up but i had most problems with it i install Steam to try to Play games it wont even download it

  • @CommodoreFan64
    @CommodoreFan64 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    You couldn't pay me to touch this distro with a barge pole with all the issues it has, and all the issues with it's devs, so just a suggestion Tom to please stop covering this trash distro for such low view counts, and wasting your time, and our time!!! ✌

    • @cybernit3
      @cybernit3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Elementary OS got Lunduke'd basically, heh. I just installed CachyOS yesterday and runs fine; so easy to install.

    • @Winnetou17
      @Winnetou17 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      You're exagerating. Tom totally should review these kind of distros. And I appreciate he didn't go into the developer drama here.

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@Winnetou17That's because he already has talked about the developer drama calling for harm, and death to certain groups that don't fall into their twisted ideology. So no I'm not exaggerating, I'm just saying it like I see it, as I don't see this distro being around too much longer if even Tom can't get it to instal on real hardware.

    • @binaryboyo9674
      @binaryboyo9674 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@Winnetou17 I agree. And what Lunduke said is just rude & totally disrespectful and kept referring the creator Danielle by her Wrong name!!
      Maybe she would benefit from more help & Devs but considering it's the output of virtually one person of course there will be some bugs! 🐛
      Perhaps he should put his Red hat back on and find some manners when doing such ultra right vlogs! 😠😤😡

    • @SwitchedtoLinux
      @SwitchedtoLinux  หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      They had a team of people until DEI split up the team

  • @no-stresscat1519
    @no-stresscat1519 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Meh...I'll pass.

  • @joetreadonme
    @joetreadonme หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    They mean inclusivity because it is accessible to people with disabilities and therefore isn't discriminating against them. That's become a new corporate talking point you'll see a lot these days. Inclusivity is picking fonts and color palettes that can be read by users with vision problems 🤷. It's a thing.

    • @SwitchedtoLinux
      @SwitchedtoLinux  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Inclusivity and Accessibility have different legal definitions

  • @tridens6708
    @tridens6708 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Trash Distro and you have to pay to use it 😢

    • @rchltmedia
      @rchltmedia หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      set $0. it still be downloadable freely. you just don't know the tricks.

    • @biskitpagla
      @biskitpagla หลายเดือนก่อน

      joke website for a joke distro lmao you can set to zero but the placement of that payment section is so damn explicit lmao

    • @MarkHobbes
      @MarkHobbes หลายเดือนก่อน

      If at least it were something good, I wouldn't care about paying them, but they created a very crappy software that doesn't deserve even our free downloads. It's a total waste of time.

  • @petem.3719
    @petem.3719 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The concept of inclusivity pertains also to accessibility. Words mean what they mean, not the pejorative definitions given to them by maga.