Linux has made significant strides, and in 2023, it’s better than ever. However, there are still individuals perpetuating a delusion: that desktop Linux is as user-friendly and productive as its mainstream counterparts. After a few discussions on Lemmy, I believe it’s important to provide a clear review of where Linux falls short as a daily driver for average users.

EDIT: can I just make it clear I don’t agree with this article one bit and think it’s an unhinged polemic?

  • qwesx@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I like how the majority of the list is “stuff that doesn’t exists on Linux can’t be properly used on Linux”. Yeah, no fucking shit, Sherlock.
    I also like how it’s supposed to be about the “average user” and then lists a ton of stuff that’s only used in niche applications when put in relation to the entire desktop market.

    Additionally:

    People that run old software / games because not even those will run properly on Wine;

    A good amount of old games won’t run properly on Windows anymore, either.

    I can’t see any of the downvotes that DerisionConsulting mentioned, possibly because I’m on kbin, but I can absolutely understand why people would downvote this completely braindead article that doesn’t mention a lot of the actual issues (i.e. hardware compatibility on laptops, friction from the slow transition from X to Wayland, inconsistent user interfaces, updates breaking stuff on some distros, …).

      • WalrusByte@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        It’s so true though. I found an old game on my mom’s old PC from years ago. It doesn’t even exist on the market anymore. I started it up with Wine and it ran perfectly. My brother tried it on his Windows 11 laptop and it wouldn’t run. Weird how that works, haha!