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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?

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[โ€“] Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I've been having this weird issue with wifi where it will just switch itself off (shown in NetworkManager as "no available connections") and not allow me to restart the OS normally. It's like the driver is crashing or something. Hardware isn't the issue, otherwise it would have happened on Windows. Drivers can be an issue, as NVIDIA users know too well. Games can be a bit choppy on Linux if you use ray-tracing, probably due to drivers as well as the intermediary processes for getting games to work like DXVK. This was my experience with Cyberpunk 2077. Game modding can be an issue due to .NET not being fully there yet, especially if you have games that are glitchy and require stability mods for a good experience. (e.g. any Bethesda game that exists.)

The only thing keeping me from full-timing Windows is the fact that Windows 11 just plain sucks. I feel like I have to use it, rather than want to use it. Compared to even a bog-standard KDE setup, the Windows experience is miserable. As for Mac, I have a Hackintosh but Apple really loves to render everything on the GPU side and it's chugging my ol' GPU. Maybe I need to go get an M-series MacBook this year.

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[โ€“] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

I asked someone with a lot of experience in the matter which distro to use and their recommendation was way below my standards.

[โ€“] psychophylo@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

I wanted a new laptop and the I/O on them were ridiculous. I switched to USB-C for most of my stuffs and the available Laptops in my country had one or two USB-C port. They need to step up on this field.

I still use Linux for a NAS, but had to switch for my Laptop. :(

[โ€“] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

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.

[โ€“] Exec@pawb.social 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I have incompatible hardware.

[โ€“] Phanatik@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

I felt this with one of the laptops I put KDE Neon on. It had all manner of issues that never got a resolution.

[โ€“] CanadaPlus 1 points 11 months ago

Historically, because it breaks fairly often. Building an OS that runs on all reasonable hardware without explicit cooperation from hardware manufacturers is tough.

[โ€“] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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.

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