GoboLinux

Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 8 years (2017–2024), in 3 threads.

People raised many different problems with GoboLinux, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 5 complaints

Typing capitalized directory names needs Shift every time, slowing command line navigation2024-02-28
Typing capitalized directory names requires holding Shift for every keystroke, adding extra work2024-02-28
Installing a missing package requires chasing dependencies, versions and URLs manually before writing a recipe2024-02-28
Compiling software from source is painful, and uninstalling it is a horrible pain2021-02-02
Setup docs link to wrong scripts; downloads fail with permission denied and undocumented login prompt2017-08-04