# Tough Linux Love

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/469/
> Is the Linux desktop hard to love? A long-time user experience developer argues it is, and we respond to his criticisms.

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 469
- Date: 2022-07-31
- Hosts: chris, brent
- Duration: 00:59:55
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/385c8e22-59e1-4334-9938-8cfb01c3aceb.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/a5EzitHKGX4



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### Episode Links

  * [JPL Lottery](https://linuxunplugged.com/jpl "JPL Lottery") — Join the JB Crew at JPL! We only have 15 spots. Please enter your info, and our happy little python script might just pick your name from the virtual hat. - If you don't get picked, don't worry. We're having another meetup while we are in town!
  * [Jupiter Broadcasting - Meetup.com](https://www.meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting/ "Jupiter Broadcasting - Meetup.com")
  * [London Meetup, Fri, Aug 5, 2022 - Meetup.com](https://www.meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting/events/286056077/ "London Meetup, Fri, Aug 5, 2022 - Meetup.com")
  * [Google’s in-house desktop Linux - Computerworld](https://www.computerworld.com/article/3668548/the-story-behind-google-s-in-house-desktop-linux.html "Google’s in-house desktop Linux - Computerworld") — The best-known Google operating system is Chrome OS, but inside Google itself, the company also uses its own Linux desktop distro — gLinux.
  * [X220 - ThinkWiki](https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X220 "X220 - ThinkWiki") — An overview of the ThinkPad X220
  * [The Linux Desktop is Hard to Love](https://tdarb.org/blog/linux-love.html "The Linux Desktop is Hard to Love") — I want to love the “Linux Desktop”. I really do. But I’ve come to the realization that what I love is the idea of the Linux Desktop. But I just can’t stick with it. I always end up back on macOS. And I’m starting to understand why.
  * [Run Chrome in Toolbox on Silverblue](https://opensourcetechtrn.blogspot.com/2021/08/run-chrome-in-toolbox-on-silverblue.html "Run Chrome in Toolbox on Silverblue")
  * [Distrobox](https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox "Distrobox") — Use any linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with.
  * [Rclone](https://rclone.org/ "Rclone") — Rclone is a command-line program to manage files on cloud storage.
  * [Cryptomator - Free Cloud Encryption for Dropbox & Co](https://cryptomator.org/ "Cryptomator - Free Cloud Encryption for Dropbox & Co") — Cryptomator encrypts your data quickly and easily. Afterwards you upload them protected to your favorite cloud service.
  * [Cryptomator— Linux Apps on Flathub](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.cryptomator.Cryptomator "Cryptomator— Linux Apps on Flathub")
  * [New Podcast Apps](https://podcastindex.org/apps?appTypes=app&elements=Value "New Podcast Apps")