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Unusable is definitely the wrong word to use. It does require a much larger time investment if you have specific needs. The thing I most like about Linux is t
by copperx 3y ago
Unusable is definitely the wrong word to use.
It does require a much larger time investment if you have specific needs.
The thing I most like about Linux is that most things, including the GUI, can stay unchanged if you wish so.
Windows and macOS are always moving targets, and while I found that exciting when I was young because new capabilities were leaps and bounds better than what came before, nowadays most changes are aesthetic and tiresome.
- layer8 3y agoToo bothersome to be worth the hassle, for me personally. The only way Linux “wins” on the desktop is if Windows becomes even more bothersome than Linux. Not a positive outlook. And this is not something a DE can fix, because the main problems are (a) the GUI app ecosystem is too heterogeneous on Linux and (b) laptop hardware-related issues like sleep, screen and camera control, trackpad and other input device drivers, and battery usage. To a lesser extent also peripheral support like printers and scanners.
- Lutger 3y agoI don't think it requires a larger time investment. It is really hard to remember how much time you've spent learning windows. Windows is easy not because it is so user friendly, but because you are so used to it. A modern gnome these days is very user friendly and a lot of what you've learned can be applied there too. Things generally are quite straightforward, more so than on windows, at least on the happy path.