This was maybe 30 years ago when Linux was growing up and a lot of things was only in command line.
Now Linux is much more user friendly than before. (I installed it for my father or my sister and all works well for them.) So only one big obstacle for nontechnical user is only installation on their machine.
Gaming is not that great on Linux.
This also is not a true because you can install Steam which also support a lot of small or large games for Linux.
For example I am playing:
Counter-Strike, XCOM, Left4Dead, PAYDAY2, StoneShard or BaldursGate
Or with wine I play: GTA3, GTA: Vice City, Heroes of might and magic IV, World of Warcraft, etc..
Of course if you are a hardcore game player so windows, xbox or playstation are better game platforms for you.
But for linux also exists a lot of nice games.. dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/up...
Drivers exist in Linux but there are limited options!
Which drivers and how limited options? I am using HP Probook without any problems with drivers and my father uses HP printer and scanner also without any problems..
Linux is not only for programmers or developers but it is also for server admins.
Debian or CentOS are for server admins,
Ubuntu, Fedora, Manjaro are for programmers
Linux Mint, ElementaryOS or Android are for Normal users
Here are some other big cons of Linux:
Linux distro is not mostly preinstalled on Personal computers or Laptops (you need install it himself). It is only on mobile phones as Android (which have Linux kernel modified for mobile devices)
Some big companies doesn't support Linux in their special products (Adobe or game companies)
You don't have any commercial support (only community)
Nice article but I cannot agree with some points:
This was maybe 30 years ago when Linux was growing up and a lot of things was only in command line.
Now Linux is much more user friendly than before. (I installed it for my father or my sister and all works well for them.) So only one big obstacle for nontechnical user is only installation on their machine.
This also is not a true because you can install Steam which also support a lot of small or large games for Linux.
For example I am playing:
Counter-Strike, XCOM, Left4Dead, PAYDAY2, StoneShard or BaldursGate
Or with wine I play: GTA3, GTA: Vice City, Heroes of might and magic IV, World of Warcraft, etc..
Of course if you are a hardcore game player so windows, xbox or playstation are better game platforms for you.
But for linux also exists a lot of nice games..
dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/up...
Which drivers and how limited options? I am using HP Probook without any problems with drivers and my father uses HP printer and scanner also without any problems..
Linux is not only for programmers or developers but it is also for server admins.
Debian or CentOS are for server admins,
Ubuntu, Fedora, Manjaro are for programmers
Linux Mint, ElementaryOS or Android are for Normal users
Here are some other big cons of Linux:
Ohh! Thank you very much @MartinJablečník for telling me this!!!
:-)
Also thank you for giving those links, I will surely correct those!