Hello everyone,
I've been a LINUX user for nearly 14 years. I started slowly with "Puppy Linux", then XUBUNTU, LINUX MINT, FEDORA, then with my new computer, I enjoyed KUBUNTU then I wanted to try KDE NEON. After several months, several bugs appeared which I tried to follow up, but to no avail. For example, as a user of DOLPHIN as a file explorer, it would bug whenever I removed an external disk. The relevant tab would go into error. Despite several reminders, this was never corrected.
Then, after 14 months of use, the "pseudo-fabulous giga-update" of February 2024 created numerous bugs. Several KDE-specific software programs no longer functioned correctly or were unstable.
With all the patience one must have and the good will one must deliver, I'm still fascinated that a new version of an environment is released without taking all the necessary precautions, and that we wait for user feedback to correct the defects. Maybe it's silly of me, but I find it disrespectful.
After several weeks of research and attempts at correction, I decided to switch to a version of Linux that would allow me to stop reinstalling a new version of the environment every two years.
So I decided to switch to SOLUS 8 days ago. And I was very surprised at how light, fast and stable it was. The only bug I found was the night-time brightness, which didn't activate automatically each time I started up.
Today, after the March 29, 2024 update, I'm confronted with the bugs I wanted to escape: the information center crashes, the explorer asks me to make a new manipulation just to create a new folder (before: F10, now: ctrl+shift+N)!!!! And I fear the worst... And that's without mentioning the visual tricks like the floating panel, whose technical uselessness appalls me. The developers' ability to make people believe they've reinvented the wheel is fascinating!
Like everyone else, I find criticism easy, but what's disarming is to see that other distributions like yours apply the KDE community's updates too early. But that's just my point of view. However, the list of bugs I observe tells me that I'm not far from the truth. This isn't virulence on my part, it's just an expression of my disappointment.
Nevertheless, I still think that the work you're doing to build a distribution from scratch is extraordinary, and I can only encourage you to continue, despite these few remarks I wanted to make at least once. I'm going to continue my discovery of SOLUS and wish you all the best!
