[Discuss] Debian Buster is the worst desktop OS

[gmongardi at napc.com (Grant Mongardi)]

Ok, so this is more of a rant than anything. After several years of using
Debian at work (Debian 9 stretch), and after my LTS version of Linux Mint
at home stopped receiving updates, I decided to upgrade it to Debian 10
buster. I have to say that this is the worst desktop linux OS I've ever
used. It's as though they went out of their way to make it difficult to
use, customize or manage. Here's what I've encountered so far:
1. Software Update reboots the computer - seriously, it just rebooted my
computer to install a Firefox update! Who does that?
2. Stupid, unmovable, pop-up "favorites" tool bar - this is a toolbar, on
the left side of the screen that pops up when you move your mouse there.
This might be ok, except I have a screen to my left, so it grabs focus 1
out of every 3 times I move my mouse to my second screen. I have yet to
figure out a way to move that to the right, but because of the workspace
switcher on the right I'm not even sure where I can put it.
3. No toolbox that I can find - I've tried installing things in the repo
that would seem to be toolboxes, but to no avail. So now every time I need
to check Slack I have to open it from the main menu. I did figure out I
could add it to favorites and it would be on the stupid tool bar though, so
I have that anyway.
4. Date, sound, power, and network icons moved to the top
5. No quick-launch bar that I can find.

I've been using Debian stretch for years now without any of these issues.
So yeah, I'm pretty upset by this.
Thanks for listening,
Grant M.
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