Have a fucking orca mangle that shitty little penguin guy.
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Using Linux. Still dual booting because I need CAD software for work and fun...
I'm very likely to switch when I get a new computer. So: getting a new computer
Full compatibility or alternatives for all of my software, some of which is vaporware. OsX isn't much better than Microsoft but at least it's unix, though everything is locked down behind 3 keys hidden somewhere
Professional, industry-standard applications running natively on any major distro.
I use Adobe and Ableton products every day. I simply cannot use Linux as my main OS until these products can run in a real Linux environment, no matter how much I want to.
Argue all you want about Linux alternatives being just as good. The point is, they're simply not what what the majority of professionals use.
The only thing keeping me with Windows are some short-sighted VST makers that don't support Linux. Audio in Linux on general has served me enough jank over the years to have me wary as well, though it has definitely gotten better. I do use Linux on my work PC where I don't need to run a DAW.
Lightroom Classic. I know, I know; Adobe evil.
I tried learning DarkTable, but with a demanding 3 year old and other life things going on, I just don't have it in me to learn a new workflow and I want to keep up with one of the few hobbies I have left.
I don't want to use the fucking terminal for every little damn thing.
Linux is not intuitive for people coming from other platforms at all. Using the computer for basic purposes such as downloading files, apps, and games should not feel like a skill curve.
Yes there's stores in-built but that doesn't have the majority of stuff I get, it's often random websites online with .exe files and such.
Despite the BS microslop does, it's just a lot easier and comfortable to use, more than Linux could ever be.
I don't want to use the fucking terminal for every little damn thing.
Not the case? And using the terminal is not harder than e.g. manipulating the registry.
Using the computer for basic purposes such as downloading files, apps, and games should not feel like a skill curve.
Except it will always be, and was when you started using windows, you just forgot it.
Yes there's stores in-built but that doesn't have the majority of stuff I get, it's often random websites online with .exe files and such.
I did not understand your point here. You would not find what you need in standard linux repositories?
I have touched the registry like once, and that was just to disable windows updates. It's not something I do.
The thing is that Linux is literally designed for coders in mind, it surely comes off that way. I'm not comfortable having to type these weird long-winded commands to do everything.
It was never the case with windows, it's incredibly intuitive and linear. The amount of time taken to do anything on windows is practically always much lesser on windows compared to Linux necessarily.
Best example is setup installation files. One tap, everything is installed automatically. Not the case with Linux.
I’m not comfortable having to type these weird long-winded commands to do everything.
You don't have to touch the terminal if you don't want to touch it. The majority of linux distributions have perfectly fine guis. I don't think I have touched the terminal for anything besides fun for at least the last six months. In installing and setting everything up, it was all gui unless I specifically didn't want to, and, speaking of...
Best example is setup installation files. One tap, everything is installed automatically. Not the case with Linux.
Absolutely the case with linux. Unless you think opening your distribution's program manager, searching the name of the program, clicking the install, clicking the 'yes, install the dependencies' if you don't already have them, and then entering your password to let it be installed is any more difficult than opening your browser, searching for the program, hoping you find the real website and not the three scam websites that some dumb search engine lets advertise based on your keywords, finding the download page for the program, downloading the program, double clicking the program, and either clicking the install button or the 'yes, I want to install this program' button and then the install button...
The last few times I used Ubuntu I had to use the terminal or I couldn't get apps I needed (the store didn't have them).
Set-ups and installations were not as simple as you've described here.
and uh "scam sites" are a non-issue unless you're a boomer
Scam sites are non-issue for you because you are used to identify them. If you were able to acquire that skill, linux would be easy for you to daily drive.
$139 USD ($189 CAD) was all it took for my cheap ass. That and I use an ancient thinkpad because nothing I do on my laptop requires a V10PC
Allready did
I'd need a good reason to use my PC. The one I bought a few years back has, at most, 50 hours of use since coming out the box. Based on all the Linux communities posts, I'd spend more time than that just installing distros and troubleshooting my graphics card. I suspect the main reason people haven't switched to Linux is bc 99% of desktop computers are owned by corporations not people
get Cricut design space studio to work over USB in a bottle, without having to run a whole damn windows virtual machine
I'm not the only person using the machine, and the only other user wants to use a cricut, which requires design space studio
I tried some things on reddit but people trying to figure this specific thing out is a recent development but it just happens to apply to me
For me it’s because I have an iPhone and Windows has at least some compatibility with it, mainly for syncing my local music collection to my phone so I can listen with Apple Music offline. While it can be a pain, at least it works. If I were to use Linux I would need a way to transfer files between Linux and iPhone so I can listen to my music on a third party iPhone music player app, which I also haven’t found a good solution for yet. If anyone has any suggestions I’m all ears!
The iPhone is intentionally incompatible with Linux, or at least it was. They dropped support for Linux over 10 years ago.
VLC will let you do this! This is how I got all of my music off of my Linux machine over to my iPad and iPhone. I haven’t tried transferring from iPhone back to Linux, however.
If Infinity Ward's next game includes a DMZ mode and it's good, it will probably determine what I do. I'll probably need a new PC to play it. I've got a 1080 and I'm on Windows 10. I play ARC Raiders with no problem now. But if I have the money, and DMZ2 is fun, and it requires Windows, I'll probably get a new PC with the next Windows. If it doesn't, I'll probably just switch my current PC over to some flavor of Linux, and maybe put that money to a down payment of a house. It'll probably be about the same amount by that point.
I'm a whole lot less computer literate than I was when I attempted it in my 20s, I also really only play some games nowadays and binge watch stupid on YouTube... the computer has become less of my life in my 40s so learning a new system sounds like... work.
Look, to be perfectly honest, I've had to do far less "computery" bullshit on Linux. After about six months of everything just working fast and flawless, I realised Windows is the OS that requires a pretty high level of computer literacy. Even installing Linux is a simple and quick breeze compared to Windows.
All it took was a final, "Oh, for fuck's sake! That's it! I'm fucking done!" moment. I just didn't want to do it anymore. Never had one since. Using a computer is a nice thing again.
I 100% recommend Linux for grandparents!
I think this experience is possible, but it’s a bit lucky; requiring every piece of hardware to match, and no software needs to represent hurdles.
I’ve fought a few of those hurdles and they haven’t been so bad. I think your experience is great when it happens, but it’s hardly a guarantee.
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I empathize with this even as a highly computer literate person who works in tech. I turn 40 this year, and when I’m off the clock, I need to read books, touch grass, and live my life as if I don’t know how computers work.
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I get that there are different Distros and that having options is great, but it's a double edged sword. It also means that things get more complicated and some get more support than others.
If I commit to Linux then my whole house will switch to that Distro because I don't have time to figure and support >4 PCs with similar but different OSs.
Autocad - for work
Photoshop - for work
Getting more software companies to support.
Make the terminal easier to use. I don't use it often but when I do I waste an average of 15min just trying to find a guide or wiki. A help file or built in guide would be nice
Everyone that uses Linux, expects you to be a Linux expert
Steam is great but a native GOG app would be nice. Instead of Herolauncher
Anti cheat support from games
Hardware support. Just finding drivers for peripherals is sometimes more trouble than it's worth
Generally make it more inviting to new users
More support for WINE and Proton
Anticheat support for this MFer
I tried to migrate to "The finals" but ... not the same
I would need games to be supported, as well as engineering programs I need like solidworks, ansys, etc
Steam and Heroic have been working fine for me for playing games on Linux.
I already use Linux, on and off, but the lack of support for a (proper) CAD program is the biggest issue for me.
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Having the time to dick around and get a linux distro up to my current speed with windows. Or someone else making a distro that mirrors windows 10 capabilities, and utilities (even mundane things like control panel and it's branches to other settings) and verbose explanations of functionality in the onboard help docs or subtext of options. Or an onboard llm asshole like clippy that can be conversed with om how to accomplish something the linux way.
I think what the linux community misses or forgets is that windows became popular partly because it held people's hands so much. If linux users want to see the year of linux come to fruition they need to make the distros walk people through a task instead of pointing at the wall and saying "up".
Conversely I think the linux world says they want everyone to use it but I wonder if they actually want that: everyone using linux means the computing and advertising world pivots and makes linux equivalents of everything, including all the gate keeping, scummy business, malware/adware/tracking...
Some distros’ discord servers and sites have actually set up AI assistants to handle that clippy concept of being able to ask questions without judgmental users responding.
I stayed with Windows largely because their guidance to those actions was generally good, and left when it started sucking - when a Start search for some normal desktop action instead gave a website article that got an automated “Try restarting” answer from an MS volunteer.
I still don’t think Linux guides people all that well (better or worse depending on the distro). These days, I think it does get better than Windows if only because Microsoft got so lazy with their own product.
The “suckyness carryover” isn’t as natural as you think when people can fork distros so easily.
And how would the advertising world even get their shitty software onto your computer? Unlike windows, there isn't some monolithic corporate entity making decisions about your computer for you.
The same way they got their shitty software into everything: deals with producers. Your mom/aunt isn't going to build her own pc/phone, theyre going to buy what they can at the store, which would be something sold by dell or HP or whomever, who cut a deal to discount some price by including McAfee or printer-easy-setup-utilities that advertise new ink or printers.
So worst case, your mom/aunt deal with the same amount of advertising crap that they always have, but anyone who wants to can remove this stuff and use the same Linux as they do today.
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There are 2 barriers for me:
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Ease of access - I haven't found a distro that I can just download and install. They all require some sort of third-party software that runs the installation. Which means I usually end up struggling to find a tutorial that actually works with the distro I chose.
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Driver issues - The only thing I want to do is run a browser. I stream movies. Seems simple, but I've yet to find a distro that will smoothly stream. I've tried various browsers.
In fairness, I'm using a single laptop for this purpose, so maybe it's a hardware issue? Dunno, don't care, just want things to work.
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Mint and Fedora both have live images that dial function as test images and install media. Move your data off your drive, install, put it back. It's super simple to make them using Rufus.
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You can test how well they stream from the live image.
Thanks for this, I'll check it out!
If I could find something like AltSnap on Linux I would move like, this week.
I know some of the features may already be part of Linux but I use this program pretty extensively and I don't know much about Linux desktops and how they control.
But anyway I'm gonna move to Linux anyway, I have a date in my calendar later this year and my friend is gonna help me switch to it.
It sounds like you're describing a tiling window manager? The first response in this thread has some good information from someone who uses one and loves it. This thread on the EndeavorOS forums discusses some and it sounds like i3wm is one of the easiest to use right away but is also really easy to customize.
I use the "windows" key and click to drag windows around quite a bit. It came as part of KDE.
Lazyness.
I'd try it on a new system but I really don't want to live migrate my whole system.
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