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I've been running solely on Linux since something like 2015. I was primarily on Linux from ~2006 or so, but did switch to Windows for a couple of years to play
by everdrive 3y ago
I've been running solely on Linux since something like 2015. I was primarily on Linux from ~2006 or so, but did switch to Windows for a couple of years to play some Windows games. (this was before Proton really existed)
I'm probably less technically savvy than a lot of the HN crowd, and I just have not ever had a significant problem running linux. For sure, I've avoided some problems by being picky about what PCs I buy. But for the most part it's been pretty pain free. Running Linux full-time has been effortless and easy. And thanks to Valve, gaming on Linux gets better every year. I played Elden Ring on launch, and on launch, it actually played better than PC.
To the extent that HN types have trouble with Linux, I can only imagine it's because they're doing _more_ on their PC than me. ie, they have some software or project that just needs to run a certain way. For sure, Linux isn't always perfect for that.
- sph 3y agoLinux is great for both the non-techie layman and the computer wiz. Those that complain are the majority on people you frequent on HN which know enough shell commands to be dangerous but couldn't unfuck a broken fstab. Which is fine, mind you, just pointing out that most people that are NOT in tech would find Linux very usable, if not more usable than Windows.
- kaba0 3y agoWell, there are a few areas where Linux desktop is as bad as ever: accessibility and security.
- yencabulator 3y agoFor what it's worth, ChromeOS is Linux+Wayland and does both of those pretty well. It's worth studying.
- kaba0 3y agoIt’s definitely better than “gnu+linux”, but Android is currently the most secure and usable linux distro hands down, and in my opinion it is just very sad that it is so hard to even run an android app on linux.