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A lot of very online gamers are absolutely vehemently against anything they don't personally find value in. I've seen Windows users on Reddit get smug like this because they're operating on the assumption that the limitations on Linux from 10-15 years ago were never overcome and, thus, "Linux sucks because it can't run games."
To me, it's just another version of the Android vs. iOS cope for users who think their choice to use a specific ecosystem makes them superior. The reason I shill for Linux is because it's free, I like supporting underdogs, and most Linux desktops are ready for daily use including gaming, not because I think Linux is objectively better than Windows.
Hey, at least you're honest about it.
I don't shill for software, man. Not for free, anyway.
But, you know, I talk to enough people about tech stuff to know that Linux getting name dropped generates at most some brief flicker of recognition in like 95% of adults, not some half-remembered decades-old stereotypes. There just isn't enough awareness to support misconception here. And some of the misconception isn't that "mis" in the first place, for the standards of non-technical normies.
FWIW, I'd love a free, usable mainstream OS alternative to Apple and Microsoft. I don't think Linux as currently designed is built to be that effectively, but it'd sure be nice if somebody figured it out. Someone that isn't Google trying to open yet another revenue stream for ads.
I agree, but only in the sense that I think Linux is in its Windows 98 era and still making some things hard that should be easier. That's ostensibly because of the Linux philosophy of user choice but it also bites people in the ass sometimes.
Depends on how much knowledge you're interested in acquiring in the first 3 months and how much you like to play around. When I was a kid, I broke Windows a lot because I was learning what you can and can't do. Adults don't have that kind of time to explore and fix things that break and a lot of us aren't intellectually curious about technology.
If you're a tech person at all and like solving problems (or you have someone in your household who would admin your system), I think it's ready for you. But if you're an end user who wants every Windows feature and more on Linux and can't/won't fix things by searching, it's not ready.
I think that's fair. And for a whole bunch of device types, it's obviously the default (and often only) option. I think Linux users get too stuck on desktop usage viability. Linux is best when tuned for specific hardware and function, not trying to be everything for everybody at the user level.