The only few reason I know so far is software availability, like adobe software, and Microsoft suite. Is there more of major reasons that I missed?
I gave up on linux because it made academic collaboration difficult as a grad student. I spent too long trying to make a system to bridge the gap between mac/windows and linux, and not enough time on research. Professors don’t care that you use arch btw, they just want results, and will not be forgiving if you explain that linux is what’s slowing you down.
this is actually my case lol, no way I’m writing thesis in libreoffice or onlyoffice if I didn’t have much experience of using it
Why aren’t you using LaTeX to write your thesis though?
Collaborative?
There are few online options, also you could just sync it to a common folder so it could work that way… But rarely thesis are drafted concurrently -
The main advantage of LaTeX is the easy type setting for journal articles/thesis etc and ease of changing the style.
Because I haven’t heard that app at the time, and none of my colleagues use it
If you’re committed to word-style documents instead of LaTeX, pandoc is a great way to convert between word and the style of your choice (for me, markdown). I made a bunch of additional scripts to assist in conversion between the two.
That said, LaTeX is often a better choice. I’ve settled into a combination of overleaf / git / vscode / LaTeX that keeps my collaborators (and myself) happy.
The best way I’ve seen it put is as such “why would I bother with a list of workarounds and janky, barely supported tools, just to get on par with out of the box windows”. Because like it or not, windows is a piss easy OS to get running on, and Microsoft puts a huge amount of work into making compatability a non-issue. If it was made for windows, it probably still works so long as your hardware hasn’t broken it, regardless of how old. Linux just can’t match the sheer amount of stuff that works on windows. And Linux subsystem means you don’t even need a dedicated Linux boot for things.
So all in all, Linux just doesn’t stack up that well as a daily driver. Sure, I have various systems that run it, and they work great, but that’s because I don’t ever use them beyond narrow purposes.
Honestly, my experience was the opposite. When I had issues with windows, which I had a lot. Reinstalling was often the last and only solution. On Linux, when I had an issue, it was a little learning experience and running 1 command. I guess reinstalling is easier… So maybe not the opposite.
I’ve not had to redo windows since 10. 7 was the last time I had an issue that caused a redo which in turn made me go to Linux for a year or two before I had to go back to windows for Visual Studio for work. Been on windows since from 10-11 and I’ve never needed a redo anymore.
Interesting… I think I quit windows shortly after skipping 8 to go 10. So I might haven’t given windows 10 a fair chance
I’ve never personally run into an issue that required a reinstall that wasn’t related to drive corruption. Basically everything has been just a quick restart and the problem vanishes
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I’ve always loved using Linux, but sometimes I just need things to work; so that whatever I’m doing is quick/painless. But as much as I’ve switched back and forth, I keep getting pulled more into Linux, the more I learn about my (personal) technical problems
Sure, I can fix it on windows… but the more I delve into Linux, the more I begin to understand the underlying principles of all of it. And for a lot of things; the more I learn about Linux, the more I’m able to navigate across multiple OS’s. Learning a little Linux has taught me a metric shit-ton about how computers “speak”, and that knowledge has crossed over to a lot of different applications.
I still don’t use Linux full-time. But I’m definitely starting to prefer it the more I learn. I hate fighting against locked-out bullshit on windows, when I “just need things to work”. But I still like being spoon-fed sometimes, when I don’t have time/patience… but I now much prefer taking the time to make my computer work for me. I’ve learned a shit ton about computers because of Linux
It’s just too much work, and I’ve only ever experienced Gnome in the distros I’ve tried and hated it. Windows is far from perfect but I know it like the back of my hand. Every step of the way in trying to use Linux for me was a chore.
This is a weird reason, but there is a logic to it.
I use Linux at work, and I associate Linux with writing software.
Once I’m done working for the day, I want to relax and do something fun. For me, that is Windows. While I don’t particularly care for any OS, I associate one with work and one with play.
The opposite was true when I used to work with .NET on Windows 7. I hated using Windows on my home laptop, and Fedora became my “fun time OS”.
This is absolutely me as well, only the other way.
I use Macs at work.
But I game on Windows, and code on Linux.
Originally my workplace was using Fedora servers, which acted too similar to my Linux laptop, and I had to switch it to Ubuntu. That mental separation
consider running two linux distros…?
It’s not just the UI. It’s the difference in fonts, it’s even weird stuff like using Powershell over the Terminal, or the file system structure.
I get the same with OSX. I use a MBP, and that’s also “work mode” to me. It all puts me on edge, whereas with Windows I can relax.
With that being said, I’ll switch to OSX or Fedora if I’m in an interview doing code challenges, even if I’m using a browser-based code editor.
I am dual booting because I bought a nice OLED monitor with HDR and Linux doesn’t support it yet. For certain games with nicer graphics, HDR is really beautiful.
The moment Linux support HDR, I nuke windows for good.
KDE Plasma 6 supports HDR now: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/hdr-support-for-kde-plasma-6-seems-to-be-shaping-up-nicely/
I am aware that this is coming, but it’s still not fully completed. But I’m about to ditch windows any cause I just plain prefer linux
People don’t like to tinker or figure out things that were easier to accomplish on other OSes. That or they learned 1 way to do something and expect Linux to with that way.
Right, gnome for people who came from windows
Gnome’s current state is too far from the UI interface for people who only know windows. Maybe if it was Gnome2.
Nothing works without extended fiddling. While fiddling, nothing works the way the manual says it should. Googling for solutions gets results that are terminal commands than don’t do what the poster says they should.
Microsoft sucks, but Windows programs work as expected 95% of the time. Linux programs don’t work at all 75% of the time, even after extensive reading and extended periods of time wasted fucking around with fixes proposed by the internet.
What apps did you struggle to get working as expected?
I do grant that unfortunately due to the distro and window manager differences there can be issues with graphical inconsistencies and integration into the system (file associations for example)
What were you using? I installed Debian and didn’t even give it a thought, just installed shit through Discover and everything worked just fine lol
I have a spare nvme SSD and recently took a weekend to play with various Linux desktop distributions. EndeavorOS and Pop! OS were my favorite. But I have an RTX 3080 and can’t afford to replace it with an AMD GPU. It didn’t work well enough with my games. I’m really attached to HDR which seems to be coming but is not generally available for most games yet. I feel like the writing is on the wall and Windows will not be a suitable option for me in the near future, but right now I have the least issues with Windows 11.
I use Linux all the time for hosting various services at work, but never with a GUI.
It’s gotten a bit better, but last time I tried switching, the GUI client for my VPN provider was shit, the PC gaming compatibility aspect (non-Steam) wasn’t quite good enough for me, Nvidia’s drivers said fuck you to my display, and I couldn’t quite figure out how to set up Samba. Lol.
Ive quite enjoyed the KDE NordVPN plasmoid. Visually integrates it into the taskbar.
I’ve been using the CLI app and it’s kind of jank… I’ll have to look into this.
Problem with NordVPN is I believe it doesn’t have Port Forwarding. Please correct me if I’m wrong on that.
(In any case, NordVPN does sit right with me; seeing them advertised by every single YouTuber under the sun just…idk…feels yucky.)
I’d definitely recommend checking back in a year or two to see if it’s changed. Compatibility is definitely getting better over time even if it is slow.
Nvidia’s drivers said fuck you to my display
Easily one of the longest and most headache inducing troubleshooting sessions I ever had on Linux -_-
Gave up because of hardware issues. Laptops had fan problems with it on, the grub wouldn’t install right, a lot of the good distros would show up as black before or after installation. My latest attempt with a decade old iMac made the screen die after less than half an hour upon each reboot. Most of these computers should work very well with Linux but they never did for me. Back then it was a matter of just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.
My latest attempt with a decade old iMac made the screen die after less than half an hour upon each reboot.
My favorite part about the internet is when someone else somehow has the exact same completely obscure issue that I’ve had
When did they give up? Lemmy is literally crawling with people that won’t shut up about linux.
But is it Arch?
Lemmy is a very very small sample of inherently technically savvy people. All this thread is gonna be is “blah blah windows bad Linux is great except for these 9 paragraphs about everything I couldn’t get working and had to spent hours diagnosing”
I started out on Red Hat over 20 years ago, then went to Gentoo for a few years. I got a new job after the me I was at crashed and burned and switched or the Fedora, but the rest of the folks at the shop were running fancy new MacBooks as was the style at the time. As a tech lead I didn’t like the idea of being the odd one out when it came to what we were running so I just bit the bullet when my linux laptop died and got a MacBook and I’ve just stuck with that ever since, at least for professional dev work. It’s still a UNIX under the hood and I get most of what I want and basically all of my tooling is OSS and free software, and I don’t have to mess with fiddly settings anymore. I still run Linux server-side and keep a few Linux laptops around, but I just run macOS now for dev work and I’m fine with that.
I did my time with compiling the entire thing from scratch in my Gentoo days, did all sorts of tweaking on compiler switches for KDE and X, debugged kernel drivers on racks of Dell PowerEdge blades when the network stack would inexplicably start dropping packets seemingly randomly, all that stuff. I still run Linux but it just ain’t my daily driver anymore.
And I have a Steam Deck too, so there’s that.
Put me in the crowd that would jump to Linux rather than Windows 11 but my sw (Affinity Apps) don’t work on it.
Most of the other apps needed work on it. I just don’t need all the BS Microsoft push for my work machine.
Edit: Use Linux desktop on other machines.
The affinity thing especially annoys me. They have real potential to steal a niche from Adobe. Does even need to be native, they just need to work with wine.
