"Linux community over promises and under delivers." Sometimes I think people using Linux are so used to finding workarounds or accepting less convenient alternatives that they forget it's a skill one needs to develop.

Yeah, for sure. If you dont want to learn linux, dont use linux LMAO

Now what about a video like "5 things you should use Linux for!"

If all Steam users switch to Linux, then the gaming industry would be forced to develop games for Linux or go bust.

I run ALL my games on Linux, and there are many of them. And something in me really, like really wants to dislike this video, regardless of the counter, because... Well, it works. But I can't. Because what Chris is saying is true: SOME games are not so simple to get going. It's not a showstopper by any means, but you need to keep in mind that tinkering WILL be REQUIRED at least at some point and with SOME games. And if you don't LIKE doing that, you might get annoyed and rage-quit... Well... The whole OS. And when you do like doing that and just getting a game working is a game in itself for you, it's quite easy to forget that many people are simply not like that. Giant kudos for Valve for making this easier on the less tech-inclined user.

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Hey but Steam Deck is going to change all that. It will make Linux gaming profitable and game developers will start targeting Linux.

Sounds like buyers remorse!

I think you've forgotten how most people use their computers. People who want to use Chrome OS have no reason to need to learn how to use a terminal. Most people don't want a laptop or desktop, but they use it for their work. They might have some benefit that would come from a terminal, but it might not be worth it for them to put in the energy to learn it.

And I'm sitting here playing all my favorites via steam on POP OS, not worrying about any Windows or Mac BS... going... Whatever.bro

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As a hardcore linux user. You are on point. It is what it is. And we should work forward to make it better hopefully.

Music production is another area where I think Linux is still behind Windows. Not necessarily because of DAW software - Reaper runs fine on Linux for example, but plugins, virtual instruments and the like are often windows and mac only.

When I retired from the IT industry I still had friends/relatives who expected me to provide support for their PC issues. Fortunately, most don’t do much beyond web browsing and lightweight word processing/graphics. I managed to transition almost all of them to Cinnamon Mint and have consequently reduced their demands on my time to almost zero! I spent more than a year doing everything possible using Mint and only running what was only possible in Windows in a VM. As you say Chris, over-promising and under-delivering is the big downside to Linux, but then that’s been the norm in the computer industry since the very beginning!

totally agree. What I tell everyone is if a Chromebook handles all your computing needs then you can probably put mint or ubuntu on a thrift store pc and do your deal. If you need to use specific software or hardware for a workflow your better off getting a $15.00 OEM key and go winblows. I have likes and dislikes for every platform. I played WOW for a year on mint and the game ran fine but it was a knife fight in a closet every time my addons were updated. my game rig is windows (and you help me keep it debloated), I have a raspberry pi with your OS to run discord and light browsing next to my game rig. another raspberry pi with open media vault for NAS, my wife has a windows rig for her work, and my old bulldozer rig is our pop os w/ cinnamon desktop test machine for trying new things or just browsing the internet. We actually use a bit of everything. I have repurposed old PCs for friends and family and put mint on them and they still use the machine because all they do is browse the web and email. There are many makes and models of vehicle and its the same with consumer tech. Remember the price point for each and make your choice from there.

Simply if you switch to Linux, you already acquired the "Tinkerer" badge, not using the Terminal is just refusing to level up your experience. I love how honest this video is, i hate FOSS advocates who just shove GIMP down anyone saying PS throats, it is not always an option, Use whatever gives you the most value for your life, I personally use Linux because i like control, i like tinkering around and i like how fast and lightweight i can make it

I've used Linux exclusively since 2010 as a fulltime freelance illustrator, and honestly I'm not sure anyone could pay me to switch back to proprietary systems. My loadout: Krita for illustration (the multibrush engine absolutely crushes any commercial app I've tried, which is most of them), GIMP for batch photo processing, Inkscape for posters and covers (vector layout over raster art), Synfig Studio for vector animation, kdenlive for video compositing, Audacity and Ardour for audio editing, and Scribus for book layout and printing. I live a comfortable life with this array and every program listed has made me significant chunks of money.

After using Linux every day since Mandrake 5. I would, and have given many people the exact same advice. Also, I have never been on any Linux machine/distro for more than half an hour without opening a terminal.

I just switched fulltime to Manjaro-KDE from dualbooting Linux Mint and Windows for over a month. I briefly switched to Linux last year but I had some scientific applications that could not run and I was a noob so I rage quit after a few attempts. Now, I have configured a virtualbox with all the software I need. As none of them are cpu/gpu-intensive, they run smoothly on the VM.

Thank you for this, it honestly makes my experiences with using linux feel credible. Everytime I interact with people who are more "hardcore" users I mention I have hardware work on linux and what they say is buy new stuff. I do love linux but I can't fully switch like people say to do.