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[–] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

There's a learning curve to it. I have yet to find anything I could do on windows that I can't do on Linux. Lots of stuff took me a while to understand, but daily driving arch for 2 years and I actually cant believe how limited windows is and how I put up with it for so long.

Only real exceptions thus far are that you can't play league of legends or fortnite. And thats because the developers have their servers set to kick any Linux users basically. Not a limitation of the operating system.

[–] Paper_Phrog@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Oh for sure and the learning curve itself is not the problem. But proprietary software is a big issue still. My brother had the exact same experience for his job.

And it makes sense, why would a company develop something on a platform that is not used in that company.

But it is a huge barrier. Need to run a dual OS or stay Windows.