Recently, this topic (see title), has become more and more relevant as Microsoft continues to make the Windows experience more and more unpleasant.
As such some have migrated the linux as an alternative OS.
I am going to keep this short.
I have tried linux and it is suprisingly Ok. A lot of things work out of the box and the installation experience honestly isnt that complicated.
However there are still many many many small little things that is simply unacceptable. From Wifi randomly breaking, to mouse lag (i still have not figured this out), these annoyances will break the experience.
Although these things do also happen on Windoes, they either recover fast enough (or maybe after a restart) or are often just plain unnoticeable / not game breaking enough.
Yes i am ranting here.
Linux is great. It is really fucking customisable and is the closest thing i can get to making a custom os without actually writing a custom os (incl. the kernel, etc.)
Now, the bigger problem here is the lack of software support.
Technologies like proton have somewhat bridged the gap. But they mostly focus on games.
This is great! But I dont just game 24/7. I also need to open PDFs and edit Word documents, and read Excel sheets.
As for programming, it well works well enough already (ignoring how keyrings/wallets are tied to desktop sessions which really annoys me)* and there is always bound to be platform issues so there really isnt a problem there.
If we truly want the year of the linux desktop to come, we cant just focus on gaming in linux.
We will also need to focus support on professional tools like adobe, msoffice etc.
While there are alternatives available on linux, people hate change, and honestly they alternatives suckass.
So unless we can provide a better experience there on linux, the gear of the linux desktop aint coming.
PS.
*Regarding the keyrings/wallet issue, it has been a while since i touched linux. So i lowkey forgot which is what.
This is a rant. The content may mot be the most factual.
Top comments (1)
I think you’re touching on the real issue. For most people, the problem isn’t Linux. It’s leaving the ecosystem they’ve already built their life around. That’s a much harder problem than installing a new operating system.