I’ve been seeing all these posts about Linux lately, and looking at them, I can honestly see the appeal. I’d love having so much autonomy over the OS I use, and customize it however I like, even having so many options to choose from when it comes to distros. The only thing holding me back, however, is incompatibility issues. A lot of programs I work with very often are Windows-exclusive, and alternatives supporting Linux are rare. So I guess I’m stuck with Windows, since I deem those particular programs really important.

Any advice from Linux nerds here? All constructive replies are very appreciated.

  • musaoruc
    25·
    1 year ago

    Well you can’t really use something not useful to you. Yes Linux is very nice but at the end of the day you gotta use the thing that gets the job done.

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        I hate rebooting to play games (or even just closing my other software, for that matter), so I choose to reject games I’d have to reboot for.

        • BURN
          43·
          1 year ago

          I chose to reject Linux for this same reason. I was rebooting 4-5 times daily to be able to play games, so I just reset the default to windows

      • freddy@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        Depends on the game and version of windows…old games with new windows 99% of time won´t work.

          • freddy@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Since many years i do not play because have no time for that, including the fixing the issues. Used to play and like to fix issues because that is a good learning technique.