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You added an /s to the end, but I think this is one of many valid arguments/pain points for a lot of people. It was for me, too: I've been using Linux at work a
by Ennea 4y ago
You added an /s to the end, but I think this is one of many valid arguments/pain points for a lot of people. It was for me, too: I've been using Linux at work and on my servers for years, but up until recently (September), I was running Windows on my Desktop PC. Now I'm dual booting Windows and Arch Linux, usually using the latter. Windows exists for a handful of games that rely on anti-cheat solutions that do not run on Linux.
The reason it took me this long to use Linux at home were my so-so experiences with Gnome and its derivatives and other DEs I had used: the devil is in the detail. Linux _worked_, but there were always small things that made using it as a daily driver unnecessarily painful. The Gnome save file dialog highlights the file name as being selected, which suggests it is in focus. But when I start typing, a search in the current folder is started instead. Likewise, when typing anything in the file browser, a search in that folder is being started (as opposed to jumping to files and/or folders matching what I'm typing).
This and many other small bothersome things kept me away from Linux as my daily desktop driver for a long time. Microsoft's decision to require a Microsoft account for even the professional version of Windows 11 made me finally decide to switch, and the first DE I had tried (because I had heard so many good things) was KDE. And what a surprise that was, because as it turns out: KDE got all of those little details absolutely right. The file dialogs are heaps better than Gnome's/GTK's, Dolphin (its file browser) is an absolute bliss to use, and so much more.
So, looking back, all it took (at least for me) was just KDE. Better late than never ;)
- scrlk 4y agoYour experience sounds a lot like mine - I first cut my teeth on the Linux desktop when I was a kid, using Ubuntu 7.10. As I had an Athlon 64 at the time I thought it'd be cool to run the amd64 build, only to find out that there were no amd64 drivers for my NIC! Played around with various distros and DEs, but ended up switching back to Windows due to various sharp corners in the desktop UX. Always kept a toe in the water by occasionally booting in to a live DVD or a VM over the years. The progress has been incremental, sometimes a step back (e.g. early GNOME 3.x), but when you look at the bigger picture, it's definitely noticeable and going in the right direction. I've tried Windows 11 and can't get along with the UI, not to mention the forced online account and data mining. I'll keep running Windows 10 until it goes out of support in 2025 and evaluate my options then. I can see three possible paths: * Switch to Windows 10 IoT Enterprise, which buys me another 5 years of support * Switch to Windows 11 (or whatever they call the next version), if they roll back some of the annoying changes * Switch to Linux - increasingly looking like the path for me, given the improvements in UI/UX