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For me, Linux is capable of doing everything productivity-wise much better than Windows, but my home PC is practically a toy for me to use Discord and play vide
by dmonitor 2y ago
For me, Linux is capable of doing everything productivity-wise much better than Windows, but my home PC is practically a toy for me to use Discord and play video games. Screen sharing on Discord is an open issue with lots of third party solutions, but none of them are perfect. Video games is around 95% of the way there (thanks, Valve/Proton!), but that 5% can be annoying for a device that is essentially my alternative to buying a Playstation. I think a large share of "PC enthusiasts" fall into this category. The two main use cases for a $700 graphics cards are to play Elden Ring and run an LLM, and you can guess which one is more popular.
Then there's the minute ambiguities that continue to perplex me, which are mostly down to lack of standardization across distros. Most distros come with a bunch of premade user groups, but good luck figuring out what each of those groups give access to. The actual purpose of various root level folders is inconsistent, making manually installing programs confusing, and oftentimes figuring out where the package manager put an installed program is vague as well. The other day I installed openSUSE on a server, went to disable password access in /etc/ssh_config, only to find it doesn't exist. Had to google around before finding out they moved it to /usr/etc/ssh_config. I am used to googling as part of how I navigate daily life (so much so that I pay for it with Kagi), but most people don't want to be arsed with googling things.
Dotfiles are also annoying, and I think that is a universal complaint among users given how many dotfile management solutions there are around. The fact that you have to edit config files at all is a turnoff for many people (I prefer the benefits config files bring, but not everyone is so easily convinced). Things like this are navigable with enough experience, but people have gotten so used to Windows' quirks and error resolution process that learning a new system with a whole new set of pitfalls just isn't worth it.