Linux has been a completely viable home user desktop OS for over 15 years. LMDE was my tipping point. I just ran a Win7 VM for applications not functioning through WINE ALI.
Linux has been a completely viable home user desktop OS for over 15 years.
If all you need is an internet browser and basic open office stuff, sure. The minute you step into trying to make it a gaming rig you start hitting walls fast. I was given this same line twenty years ago and it's as false now as it was back then. Linux is an operating system for autistic savants and people who don't value their free time, it is not a replacement for the Windows operating system and I don't think it ever will be.
nope. Several ALI work perfectly for many games including modern releases. WINE has worked fine for many Windows programs for over a decade. Proton is one of the best ALI for games. If you want gaming compatibility, then try SteamOS.
So aside from running Windows programs just fine, there also are a multitude of alternatives to Windows specific programs for various tasks, and many programs which have native Linux releases.
I've heard this song and dance before and it's always bullshit. There is inevitably going to be some four hour to two week troubleshooting process to get something running on Linux that just installs within minutes on Windows. Until a die-hard Linux hater can vouch for it and explain what galaxy brained breakthrough has occurred within the last twenty years that fundamentally changed absolutely everything about Linux, I'm not going to believe this is anything other than fanboyism like it has been literally every single time I've encountered it previously.
Linux has been a completely viable home user desktop OS for over 15 years. LMDE was my tipping point. I just ran a Win7 VM for applications not functioning through WINE ALI.
If all you need is an internet browser and basic open office stuff, sure. The minute you step into trying to make it a gaming rig you start hitting walls fast. I was given this same line twenty years ago and it's as false now as it was back then. Linux is an operating system for autistic savants and people who don't value their free time, it is not a replacement for the Windows operating system and I don't think it ever will be.
nope. Several ALI work perfectly for many games including modern releases. WINE has worked fine for many Windows programs for over a decade. Proton is one of the best ALI for games. If you want gaming compatibility, then try SteamOS.
So aside from running Windows programs just fine, there also are a multitude of alternatives to Windows specific programs for various tasks, and many programs which have native Linux releases.
I've heard this song and dance before and it's always bullshit. There is inevitably going to be some four hour to two week troubleshooting process to get something running on Linux that just installs within minutes on Windows. Until a die-hard Linux hater can vouch for it and explain what galaxy brained breakthrough has occurred within the last twenty years that fundamentally changed absolutely everything about Linux, I'm not going to believe this is anything other than fanboyism like it has been literally every single time I've encountered it previously.
Linux is for servers, not desktops.
What are you even using? What applications? For a basic home user and even many gamers (because modern games suck) it is perfectly viable.