To people not sure about switching to Linux, what are your reasons?

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Dysuww@reddit

Switched back to Windows from Linux recently. I need to use some proprietary software which doesn't run well on Linux (some straight don't work, some work with a huge performance loss). I believe this is the case for a lot of people.

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Icy-Childhood1728@reddit

Why didn't you consider running a VM for work ? It's quite decent these days

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Naive-Low-9770@reddit

I want to be the first toxic fedora shiller

I will start with saying these people haven't used fedora yet and are used to the soy distros which is why they aren't sure

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schizzoid@reddit

Linus uses Fedora btw :) :) :)

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Shap6@reddit

Last I heard he uses Asashi on an M1 or M2 macbook, i forget which

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Top-Classroom-6994@reddit

Latest Asahi is just Fedora with custom kernel. They stopped being based on Arch a while ago.

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Icy-Childhood1728@reddit

Shame !

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silenceimpaired@reddit

Oh? Where is that stated? And I assume you mean Kernel guy and not Linus tech tips ;)

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Thetargos@reddit

Yes. Linus Torvalds uses (or used) Fedora and gasp even prefers KDE!

Linus Sebastian of LTT couldn't even successfully run a Fisher Price distro like PopOS (and I do not hold it against Pop or any other distro for that matter, only that the fundamental concepts between OSes [Win/Lin] is different)

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520throwaway@reddit

I mean, you can kind of hold certain incidents over PopOS.

Why on earth should installing steam mean removing OS-critical components?

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Adventurous-Put5718@reddit

Linus had to aggressively refuse to read anything during the installation process or after. It's the only way he could have messed it up that badly.

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Miserable_System_522@reddit

Yeah he tried to install Steam and it uninstalled his desktop environment because he typed yes when the wall of text asked him if he wanted to continue to uninstall gnome-cosmic. LOL what an idiot, it's like he didn't even try. He could simply have googled what every package mentioned were doing and why they were being removed. Then googled all the packages being installed and why they were needed. Then learn why there was a conflict and how to solve it. Then try another distro when he found out that the conflict had to be fixed upstream.

It's like, what the hell, did he even try to use Linux? Windows users are so dumb amirite?

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TheBendit@reddit

Pop OS mess fuck up though. This kind of thing is why there are protected packages and atomic distributions.

Linux has become a lot easier to get right and a lot harder to mess up lately. Once Nvidia gets their driver situation sorted (and they're working hard on that), proper Linux will be almost as unbreakable as Android.

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pea_gravel@reddit

Fisher Price distro had me rolling 😂

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silenceimpaired@reddit

I was okay with Gnome with a few tweaks but a recent Kernel update caused Gnome to never load across different distributions so I switched to KDE. It doesn’t feel as polished to me, but I like the versatility.

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Thetargos@reddit

Personally, I prefer GNOME for a number of reasons. Among them, it is unlike either Windows or Mac (lack of global menu of the latter, for instance).

KDE, on the other hand, offers a much familiar UI/UX to those recently getting their feet wet, and yet has the flexibility to be anything... what I do not like about it, however, is it's clutter, especially settings (reminds way too much of older Win 3.x/9x clutter)... There have to be better ways to abstract those settings (not that they are not useful or meaningful, but having all at the same level, all the time... I think they could prioritize better... and avoid going GNOME lackluster [dive into gsettings and registry-like type of madness)

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silenceimpaired@reddit

I’m excited for COSMIC but it’s probably a few years from being something I will use.

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Naive-Low-9770@reddit

Lmfao "fisher price distro" that's legit the funniest thing I've heard all day

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silenceimpaired@reddit

I was hoping someone cast shade … only good thing coming out of that channel was me discovering PopOS

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cluxes@reddit

Well I USE ARCH BTW ;)

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Adventurous-Put5718@reddit

I have zero evidence to back up this claim, but I imagine many Linux admins like myself use Fedora at home simply because they spend all day in RHEL and it's familiar.

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ClashOrCrashman@reddit

The i3 spin of Fedora is pretty dope, provided you can find the installer.

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LordNoah73YT@reddit (OP)

23333333

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Icy-Childhood1728@reddit

My main reasons ?

I don't want to have any chance to fry any part of my 8k setup.

(a bit of flex :

- i9 14900KF
- RTX4090 gainward
- 128 Gb DDR5
- 4Tb NVME
- PD49 (49' ultrawide oled 5120x1440@244) + G7 (32' ultrawide 2560x1440@144)
- Some peripherals that won't work out of the box (Razer stuff mostly)

I know for sure Nvidia drivers are shittier for my RTX4090
I know for sure my fans will spin harder
I know for sure I won't gain any performance over a W11 setup
I won't be able to game online because of anticheats
I know making all this stuff work decently will take me hours, work as fine as on windows will take me days

And lastly, on a high end hardware, any OS runs smooth as hell, no need to switch. And nowadays, with a bit of tweaks, a windows shell can be used decently

as hard as I love Linux (MBP laptop under arch, WSL2 runs everyday, I manage dozens of Linux servers, I tweaked my Synology NAS, I have like 7 raspberry PI doing various stuff) I can't use it as my main OS

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Death9208@reddit

I use linux for about a month now, but I had a pretty long not sure period because I saw some somewhat old linus tech tips video about a daily drive linux challenge where he deleted the entire OS while trying to install steam... That was a funny one

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joedotphp@reddit

That was unfortunately because Linus ignored the warnings. In fairness, the only reason that happened is because of an issue with the package manager and Pop_OS. But at least it was trying to warn him that he's about to nuke the desktop environment.

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LordNoah73YT@reddit (OP)

Lol you are referring to the Yes, do as I say incident

That’s on Pop_OS!

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Death9208@reddit

indeed I am! still a bit traumatized from that one so I just went for ubuntu first then switched to fedora kde spin and now it feels like home :D

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LordNoah73YT@reddit (OP)

Fedora is one of the easiest distros that work out of the box

I use arch because i like the easiest distro of 2002

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ShelteredIndividual@reddit

*by the way

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joedotphp@reddit

The one I see from people most is "It's too much work" or "I don't understand it/it's too difficult."

If my mom can use Linux. You can too.

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Anthonyg5005@reddit

a lot of the software I use aren't supported with wine\ vr\ roblox/fortnite\ having multiple drives on windows seems to just be easier\ a lot of the stuff I use is integrated well into windows and there's usually no linux alternative

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Hot_Bug_407@reddit

Idk if this counts as one but linux experience on a laptop is largely a hit or miss. As compared to windows where you get crisp displays and sharp font, linux starts to feel annoying. Especially 2 years back cuz if the xorg to waylad situation. That said i think wayland is catching up soon and im hoping that remains that way.

switched from windows 11 to kubuntu

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Psychological-Fan279@reddit

Tbh i'm not a terminal fun. I use ubuntu bc: a. Are way lighter than win b. I was tired of hearing my laptop fans screaming c. I had issues with my iGpu on win d. I dont need antivirus

I still have a windows partition so i can play games

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igno3777@reddit

Adobe and its alternatives not being on Linux. Davinci Resolve, Affinity Photo, etc. Also gaming and some proproetary tools for modding that are only available on windows.

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DoUKnowMyNamePlz@reddit

Davinci is on Linux btw.

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igno3777@reddit

barely

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DoUKnowMyNamePlz@reddit

You realize that still means it's on Linux.

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GreenPlatypus23@reddit

There is no Tortoise Git. The way it is integrated in Windows explorer is amazing. I wish there was something equivalent in Linux. Also, Visual Studio

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KnowZeroX@reddit

What does it have that Dolphin with git integration plugin doesn't have?

Visual Studio Code is there ;) (yes, I know)

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GreenPlatypus23@reddit

Never heard of dolphin. I will take a look at it.

I wish VS code was like VS but it feels more like a text editor than a full IDE

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KnowZeroX@reddit

Dolphin is the default file manager of KDE, of course it is available in all distros, even on windows (not that I suggest using it on windows since Linux is the primary target).

To say if VSCode is a full IDE or not is tricky. Sure, if you download a fresh VSCode it may not fir the "integrated" portion of what an IDE is. But it is a more modern take on development where it focuses on extensions. It is like a skeleton that you put parts on. And if preconfigured, it can be a full IDE.

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LordNoah73YT@reddit (OP)

Good point

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HeisGarthVolbeck@reddit

Why would those people be on a linux sub?

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Veprovina@reddit

Professional design, photo and publishing software. And no, gimp, krita and inkacape are not it.

And i do use Linux (Arch btw) daily, but this is preventing me from switching to it fully.

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wankthisway@reddit

Piggybacking off of that, for music production a fuck ton of plugins won't have a native Linux version. And the translation software for it isn't perfect.

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ReplacableD0mino@reddit

there are guides out there on running photoshop, illustrator and the affinity suite through wine. You can check them out

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Veprovina@reddit

I tried everything with Affinity, nothing works. I'd love to see some links on how to install it. Cause the ones i tried didn't work.

And Adobe stuff need to pirate because only the older stuff works and barely.

That's not really a solution of you want to do legitimate business and need it professionally.

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ReplacableD0mino@reddit

for adobe you can search on youtube adobe photoshop linux and you will see this guy named Mattscreative he has tutorials, for affinity for me it worked through bottles only 1.10.6, i had issues with v2 but 1.10.6 works and you can get it to work on all photo, designer and publisher here is a link to the post

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IllustriousWonder894@reddit

Its actually my main OS on my laptop thats only used for light browsing, office stuff and youtube. But on my gaming PC Linux is still not quite there for, even though I would LOVE to go Linux fulltime. Reasons are:

limited software Id like to use (ghub for example, I dont get why a big company like Logitech refuses to port it to Linux)
Nvidia still is a problem child, but at least they made quite some progress over the last 2-3 months, so maybe thats fixed next year or so
The fact that games as well as their perfomance FPS wise are always hit or miss on Linux is annoying

To me Linux is still a mixed bag if you just want a user experience in a "it just works" kind of way. It definitely does for every day stuff but as soon as you want to play games it starts to get complicated. Windows is simply installing it, disabling a bunch of their spyware shit (the reason why I kicked Windows from my laptop back then and plan to do it on my gaming PC ASAP) and after that everything works out of the box. Its the kind of quality of life I miss on Linux. There is just too many stuff that needs workarounds or some weird ass alternative software because it doesnt exist or is just badly ported to Linux (looking at Proton VPN to name an example). I still have high hopes for Pop OS Cosmic and Steam OS. Maybe once Linux grows in popularity further we also get more native software support.

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KamiIsHate0@reddit

Gaming on linux is such a rat and mouse game that i just gave up. Every games that is not on steam (and even some on steam) need some kind of tweak just to boot and like 15-30min looking for optimal config.

So i just made a windows partition just for games and i feel it's better as it separate work from fun.

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wankthisway@reddit

Linux kills spontaneity faster than anything I know. Everything is brought to a screeching halt and the thing you wanted to enjoy - whether it be a game or a weird program or some slightly non-standard USB device - turns into forum crawling and terminal hell as you try to ignore the nasty and smug comments from other users

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MyGoodOldFriend@reddit

Some CPU-heavy games, like paradox games, often run great on Linux. It’s part of why I made the jump - the difference is juuuuust big enough that my laptop can run them comfortably on Linux, but not windows.

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wankthisway@reddit

I got a brand new, recently released OLED TV. I hooked up my Ubuntu hybrid NAS/server and tried to use it as a home theatre PC since it was already hosting Plex.

I could only get 4k30hz. I tried to add 4k60 in the system config through the terminal using xrandr. Nothing. It works fine on Windows machines, everything has an HDMI 2.1 port. So yeah, two hours of troubleshooting with no result. Oh, and HDR support seems basically non-existent so my Blurays and games won't work in HDR either.

And then the permissions system is just straight up obtuse. I wanted to try Jellyfin for a bit so I pointed it to my Plex folder and it hijacked the r/w permissions or something, and Plex couldn't find it anymore. Same with trying to set up Syncthing, just weird things that were hard to understand.

There's just so much friction at seemingly random points that kill any sort of spontaneity, because chances are your burst of enthusiasm will be dampened by unscheduled troubleshooting. Like God forbid plugging in a weird USB device that isn't 100% compliant.

I like Linux as a basic desktop experience or in the background powering important things. It's just that when you venture out of the norm a bit it gets very hairy. Kind of ironic when that's the same thing Apple gets bashed for - not anywhere near as locked down or restricted, but you end up with similar friction and incompatibility

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Busy_Garbage_4778@reddit

If it’s because of the toxic Arch users

Arch oldtimers remember when installing Arch was actually challenging and was impossible to installi it the first time without reading the wiki.

That filtered out a lot of ubuntu newbies and the discussions on the forums were on a much higher level

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howtokillmymood@reddit

I'm afraid about the amount of time it will cost to set up and get used to. I'm traumatized from having to use some specific Ubuntu setup from one professor as a VM to use vhdl with Kate and gtkwave out of nowhere turning the chill class into absolute horror in one week.

I would need to get the finals running, nividia drivers, browser and have a separate windows set-up just in case.

An "I use arch li btw" girl talked me out of trying mint.

After that initial trying to get a grasp of Linux and distros and everything, getting talked out of mint and insecurity that it could kill my workflow for university or take way too long to set up I never considered it again.

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Informal_Bunch_2737@reddit

Run mint or MX directly off a USB or external. It will just work out the box 99% of the time.

There is zero reason to actually use your internal HDD(unless its nice and fast).

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kudlitan@reddit

Mint works out of the box, Arch is like doing DIY: if you love it then you really love it.

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redonculous@reddit

As a life long windows user the terminal seems old & scary. Remember when dos was a huge thing in windows. That’s how Linux looks to normies.

Also attitudes of people that know more than you quite often suck. I’ve asked basic questions & rather than help, get mocked or ignored.

The first distro to go GUI for most tasks will be the next leap in adoption.

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kudlitan@reddit

That's Ubuntu, they did that 20 years ago, but Mint based on Ubuntu and improved it, and the Mint forums are very friendly.

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redonculous@reddit

You say that, but you still need to use the terminal to for a lot of software that isn’t in the Ubuntu store. I personally find Ubuntu looks a bit ugly and dated too. Like the training wheels are too firmly in place.

I haven’t checked out the mint forums, I’ll take a look, thanks.

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silenceimpaired@reddit

This seems like a post better suited for Windows Reddit. I guess people could haunt this place on the fence. I tried to go to Linux multiple times before I had success staying long term.

Ultimately the barrier was convenience and consistency.

People who drive Linux claim Windows updates break things more frequently than Linux but I’ve had only one bad windows update and over 5 bad Linux updates. Sometimes it wasn’t an update but just changing a setting bricked my setup. It blows my mind a system restore tool isn’t bundled with every Linux distribution.

Most of the stuff I do relied on Windows programs. Gimp doesn’t cut it as a Photoshop replacement. Not only is it missing features it is structured in a way that is alien to years of experience in Photoshop. Everything in Linux is like that to some extent. It’s like having to learn computers all over again. It blows my mind that all the solutions in Linux don’t have a toggle that sets things up like someone is used to (coming from a commercial product.) Blender is a great example of how this should be done.

Ultimately VMs with GPU passthrough coupled with my interest in AI and deep hatred of Microsoft for letting media outlets claim Windows 10 would be the last version you would need … coupled with anti-user actions that convinced me it must be the last version had me finally land in Linux.

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Catenane@reddit

Tumbleweed with btrfs/snapper snapshots saves my ass on the reg, and even for a non "power user" works out of the box quite nicely. Let's me do dumb shit without worrying too much about borking shit...and making a lot of extra work for myself before I can do my actual work. Although my actual work is basically unborking linux shit, so borking my shit and fixing it is basically professional development lol

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silenceimpaired@reddit

I went with opensuse once, fiddled with something in settings and couldn’t run or install any Linux distribution after reboot. Went to windows since it reinstalled for a while. Too much power in the Ui for me :) so I’m on Debian now… but perhaps I’ll return some day

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Catenane@reddit

That sounds..strange. not sure what the hell you did honestly, hahaha

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silenceimpaired@reddit

Me neither so I ran.

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Catenane@reddit

Well if you try again you could message me if you have issues lol. I'm fairly active on the matrix group, but there are a lot of other helpful people there too. I mostly just use it as one of my main daily drivers, but I maintain a few packages and do some drive-by commits as I have time.

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LordNoah73YT@reddit (OP)

as i replied to someone else, all OSes need improvements

Linux, MacOS, Windows, FreeBSD... all of them. They all have their strengths and their defaults, this is also the same for humans, we can all improve

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ben2talk@reddit

From people not sure about switching:

Can't use the same software/can't use required software.
Need an OS that'll just run what you need without issues (e.g. bring a data DVD home, chances are it's configured for Windows).
Wanna play Genshin Impact
Too ignorant/not interested to even think about using a terminal being better in any way than clicking like a monkey.

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Jackbob7@reddit

1 Stuck playing kernel level anticheat game

2 Dont trust myself to not break something when I need my pc for something important

If I want to use my pc for something, I want to do that. I dont want to do Linux when I want to do something else.

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FeetPicsNull@reddit

It's Nvidia. If Nvidia promoted Linux there would be no need for Windows anymore.

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Captain-Thor@reddit

Why should Nvidia promote Linux? They ain't doing charity work.

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VG30ET@reddit

I can't play all my games

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Captain-Thor@reddit

Fair point. If you need to use windows for some specific software, you should use windows.

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Captain-Thor@reddit

I think it is the wrong sub. Also switching OS is not something that normal people usually think of.

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Metamorphic-Roc@reddit

I use linux but the reason smost people don't want to follow me

They already have already their things setup on windows/mac. They are only moving if their pc breaks.

2.When something breaks on their computer they can call I.T. When something breaks on your linux computer your out of luck.

no professional grade support for linux. When something breaks be ready to be told rtfm/ or have you questions answered in a non helpful way. Also if gui methods don't work ,you have to deal with the command line.
Lack of the Microsoft office suite and other industry standard software.

5.Mac allows you to do everything you can do on your linux machine can do but with better support. If you like the unix like environment of linux but want things to just work. Mac is it.

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SaxonyFarmer@reddit

It’s not the OS, it’s the apps! If you have to use apps that ONLY run on Windows or MacOS, this has to be your OS.

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rathofawesomeness@reddit

I'm not sure the Linux subreddit is the best place to get accurate answers for this

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yunus159@reddit

I did the transition a week ago and I couldn't be happier. The biggest reason why I was hesitating was because of the compatibility issues with the software that I needed to use as they were only available on windows but I think I managed to solve it somehow.

I still keep a windows partition on my drive just to play some games until I figure out how to make the games have less stutter etc. but other than that I'm loving linux

I use Arch btw.

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weaponizedlinux@reddit

I only use products with celebrity endorsements.

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CowBoyDanIndie@reddit

I use linux for work (robotics software engineer), I play games on windows. There are only a handful of applications I use on my personal computer and not very often, they work fine on either. I do 3d modeling, some image editing and preparing stuff for 3d printing, that stuff works fine so on windows so I have no motivation to switch my personal machine to linux and mess with getting games to work.

If I do need to do something personal that benefits from linux I can generally do it on my work computer as I have a laptop and work from home.

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Sir-Spork@reddit

As in my home desktop? Because I don’t need to

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WestMagazine1194@reddit

Studio One :/

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diagonali@reddit

Can't run Adobe software. Missing lots of Windows utilities. Difficult to configure.

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mythrowawayuhccount@reddit

3 main answers youll hear in no particular order.

Games
Doesnt have X app or comparable.
Too complicated/cant use terminal/cant program

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esmifra@reddit

As a dude who only fully switched a year ago, my main reasons for the past decade and a half before were videogames and office suite.

There's also a technical wall that might scare some people. True that some distros are incredibly polished these days, but there's always a few issues that might arise that might involve some more technical tweaking. The same happens with windows but there's a lot more information and people that can help.

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BoxedAndArchived@reddit

Two reasons:

1) I would have to be my own tech support to some extent, and I should never be anyone's tech support.

2) I have a few programs that I use for work that are notoriously anti-Linux. One supposedly works if you're savvy enough (I'm not, see issue 1) the other uses a proprietary file format that breaks the program even if you get it working otherwise.

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TheKeyboardChan@reddit

HDR support in desktop. Lightroom client. Fusion 360.

And i game using GeforceNow, and that is missing a dedicated client with 4K, 120hz, and HDR support.

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ScootSchloingo@reddit

The two biggest things holding me back from using Linux full-time are Adobe Photoshop support and the fact that Proton/Wine prefixes take up a ludicrously huge amount of storage space.

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SpecialImportant3@reddit

My favorite game is PUBG and it doesn't run on Linux due to Windows kernel level anti cheat.

That and it just being a hassle to get games working in general.

Like why add all that extra work to get games running in Linux instead of just using Windows. It's a lot of extra work for no reward.

Also Windows isn't that bad. Linux fanboys treat Windows like it's 1998 and we're still in the Windows 9x era. I wouldn't be surprised if on the desktop Windows is more stable than Linux because every hardware vendor is targeting Windows.

The only reason I've tried to daily drive Linux at home is for nerd street cred / we have a lot of linux servers and some developer machines at work and I don't want to be totally clueless.

(I know Linux gaming is easier than ever, but it's still not effortless. I still have to setup WINE or Proton and deal with every game's unique little quirks and work arounds.)

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LordNoah73YT@reddit (OP)

The thing we hate about Windows the most is Copilot tbh, and sometimes the design

And the bloat that makes it so heavy at some points

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kalaster189@reddit

For me it's the lack of a proper and quick backup support. The built in windows backup tool has been broken since windows 7. And also the sudden shock and horror of finding your OS having been upgraded without your permission.

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SpecialImportant3@reddit

OneDrive

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kalaster189@reddit

I meant like, backing up your OS in case of a catastrophic failure or a bad update.

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Fadeluna@reddit

roblox

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LordNoah73YT@reddit (OP)

Sober is a way to play Roblox on Linux with just a Roblox APK

https://sober.vinegarhq.org

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KaydaCant@reddit

What about Studio? And does sober even support shiftlock or changing fps?

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StellaLikesGames@reddit

Studio works under wine, vinegar for studio works well

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LordNoah73YT@reddit (OP)

Sober won’t use studio though, but you can use Bottles or another GUI for Wine/Proton/Soda

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nnstomp@reddit

roblox is available on linux thanks to android existing. there is a good port called Sober.

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Henrijs85@reddit

I have an Nvidia GPU.

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lKrauzer@reddit

Most of my friends complain about not having gamepass

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danbuter@reddit

The only reason I don't switch back to linux is that I play several mmo games, and they don't work on it.

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DazzlingPassion614@reddit

Story time : every time I leave Linux to install windows 5hours later I reinstall Linux . I don’t know why but . It so attractive for me . Event today I installed windows 11 and my cpu reached 100 degree. So on Linux max (even when gaming is 60 . So 30mins later I switch back to Linux . BY THE WAY ,I USE ARCH

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rileyrgham@reddit

No.. You used the terminal because you needed to and then got 1337 hax0rz vibes and stuck with it. You can't kid us kidders....

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OhReallyYeahReally84@reddit

Quite honestly, I’m strongly considering FreeBSD.

For work I have macOS. At home I have a macOS machine and a Debian machine I barely use, literally because the sound issues anger me.

I want to give FreeBSD a go.

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atr0-p1ne@reddit

Hey what’s your problem with arch, I have multiple systems for many years without any serious problems (the biggest problem is updating without reading changes properly)

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LordNoah73YT@reddit (OP)

I have no problem with it i use it lol

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atr0-p1ne@reddit

So not every arch users are toxic, I know many windows, Apple toxic users too :)

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LordNoah73YT@reddit (OP)

OS war suck. They all have differences, weaknesses or strength, arch’s strengtsh is it being DIY, its main weakness is it not being really user friendly, Windows’ weakness is the recent Windows 11 updates, it’s strength is that it runs everything, MacOS’s strength is its good looking UI and the fact its Unix-Like, it’s main default is the closed ecosystem

These are just examples but it proves that even if we are very different, we all have our own strength

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atr0-p1ne@reddit

You are right, I’m fixing windows machine at work, tweaking Linux on laptop and server at home, experimenting with macOS too, they all are different UI on my gnome look like macOS from AliExpress, but I like the way how gnome handles multiple virtual screens, connect sftp natively in nautilus, but at work I’m enjoy to use powershell to remotely manage user pc, check, diagnose, install, uninstall, amd on macOS am enjoying WoW the only game this os offers :D

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SadraKhaleghi@reddit

Spider-Man: Miles morales on my RTX2060:

¥ Windows: 65 FPS & change graphics settings don't break any in-game elements

¥ Linux: Barely hitting 50 FPS & with ever setting changed the game plummets to 5~6FPS needing a reset

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beje_ro@reddit

Hey mate! For such posts there is r/linuxcirclejerk 😉

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CyclopsRock@reddit

Yes most of us use the terminal BUT, we use it because we are used to it/prefer it. Not because we need to.

This is obviously going to depend on what you're doing, but there are so many cases where this is verifiably untrue that I'm not sure it's a helpful thing to tell people.

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LordNoah73YT@reddit (OP)

True

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griso84@reddit

The GUI is honestly shit

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Outrageous_Sock_1974@reddit

Im addicted to league of legends

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Victorioxd@reddit

I've been a Linux user for around two years, I've tried a lot of dristros... Really, a lot and I can confidently say that you DO need a terminal to use a Linux distro if you are ever using your computer intensively, yeah, maybe if you only use a browser and flatpaks you can live without a terminal, buy want to do something slightly more completely? Configure something else? Fix a problem on your install? You need a terminal for that.

The thing is that the cli isn't really that difficult, but sure you need it

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Indiana_Warhorse@reddit

Linux Mint 22 just . . . works. Sadly, better than Windows 10 ever did on my Dell Inspiron 717R N7110. And, EOL isn't a big thing with Mint. I do miss waiting forever for a program to install, though.

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JoeDawson8@reddit

I use mint in a vm. I’ve been pretty happy with it

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jc1luv@reddit

Of all the distros I’ve tried, and I’ve tried a ton of them, I’ve never in my life ever have tried mint. Couldn’t tell you why.

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LordNoah73YT@reddit (OP)

If it works it works lol

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fodorg01@reddit

Hmm, because it is likely that nowadays a Windows 11 + WSL better covers my use cases (and, actually, most possible use cases) in a quite convenient way than a native Linux installation with Wine or with a Windows guest on a virtual machine. If I could choose between these 2 cases on my work notebook, it would be a not so easy decision.

For private use though I would pick a native Linux setup (more sympathetic, more exotic, more interesting, etc.) and sure it would work very well for browsing thr internet, photo editing, watching movies, development, etc.

(It is a pity that most of the refurbished notebooks come with a Windows license... :D. I would prefer not getting that, with a corresponding price reduction 😁.)

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XinlessVice@reddit

While I use it now, I initially didn’t switch too it when I first experienced it was because it just wasn’t stable for me and was quite delicate, if it crashed or locked up and I had too force turn it off, and I turned it back on something would break (usually audio.). A lot of apps weren’t as good as their window counterparts and wine was nearly developed enough for me too use as a temp solution. Also didn’t understand it as much at the time. With the steam deck though and using steam os, I can see a lot of the issues were rather resolved, or have improved significantly

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BestRetroGames@reddit

These days it is the little things. I am running Kubuntu on my personal laptop but I do get annoyed and understand people who may find that ball breaking:

Decided to play Civilization 3 - it is broken on Linux. Had to dualboot on Windows
I was doing my audio for my youtube channel in audacity, the EQ Graph's font was too small, not taking the size from the OS settings. I managed to read it but it was not comfortable.
Trying to print some coloring books for my kids using Libre Office Impress to collate them. It still doesn't work well on Wayland, the resizing of the images is SUPER LAGGGED.

Honestly if Windows 11 wasn't such a crap shoot and there was an option to buy for 50$ a Windows 7 like experience, I would just go back to Windows.

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LordNoah73YT@reddit (OP)

I mean that’s a valid point it’s pretty confusing if you don’t use Distrochooser

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mooky1977@reddit

Windows UI has become bloated. Privacy concerns. And I have no need for specialty software only available on Windows.

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OldSailor742@reddit

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