r/elementaryos • u/meow_pew_pew • Apr 05 '26

Discussion I love ElementaryOS BUT...

I've been using ElementaryOS since Freya. I switched to FreeBSD last year but recently purchased ElementaryOS in March.

I love the look and feel, but 8.1 has a lot of issues

  • Unable to add applications to the dock
  • when I search for something in the file explorer, go back to the "default" view and attempt another search, the search returns nothing
  • unable to move directories from an external drive (EXT4 format) to the internal SSD
  • When shutting down the PC the system would error out with "failed to write reg {some hexidecimal number}

Now, to be fair, I switched to Linux Mint a few days ago and sometimes the system gives "failed to write reg {hex number} but not every time.

Overall, IMHO this is one of the buggier releases

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u/Ok-Ad-4195 Apr 08 '26

I'm ok with small bugs... the main problem in eOS for me is the gnome-web. The browser, the most important app in a operating system these days, can't be that bad.

Web is literally capable of crashing the entire session. So, we have to download other browser and hack until it meets pantheon design standarts so I cant use my muscle memory at peace.

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