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original_reader@lemm.ee 5 months agoTbf, I work with Linux regularly and for me it’s great. But for the average used who wants basically zero learning curve like your average Android provides? Linux is a hard sell. To repeat what has been said so many times here:
Gaming. Its better than in the past, but Windows just does it better. Same ist true of general software compatibility. Windows Store apps generally don’t run at all, for example.
My surrounding never wants to open or see a command line. Ever.
Driver & Hardware support. Windows still beats Linux on that one. And it is an important one.
Straightforward compatibility between Distros. What might work on one, might not on another. That’s a problem.
Liket hat.
Really, for someone who is willing to learn how their PC works, Linux might be a gidd choice, maybe even a great choice. I love my Linux PCs. Am on OpenSuse atm and its been a fantastic experience. Couldn’t avoid some of the above issues,of course. But this isn’t about me.
For someone who just wants to click and install games, plug in random hardware and just start using it a few seconds later, never touch an update interface and basically wants a system that just works intuitively, because that’s what they’ve known for years… Windows is the better choice. And I say that with a sad heart, truly wishing Linux would be the competitor Microsoft would fear.
I want Linux to succeed, and be the competition to Windows, so I deal with these “downsides” honestly, the limits in my theory, cause me to only purchase good hardware and software.
Is the mainstream even what should be targeted? I’m reading comments on how people are actually getting worse at using computers.
To answer your question, I think Linux absolutely should target the mainstream, as it already diesinn some ways.
For example, by making Linux more accessible to the average user, the community grows, which will probably lead to more support, more software development, and so on.
It is true that not all users have the same level of computer skills. Especially for that reason Linux should become even easier and even more intuitive to use.
In short: the more use it, the more support it will get.
senorblackbean@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I hear ya. I bought a AMD CPU+GPU laptop to run Linux on, but a month later I’m back to Windows.
While the default graphics driver worked most of the time, I had random graphic card crashes on a 20 year old Wine-ran game. Even the official amdgpu driver had issues (PITA to install as its not being maintained). No issues with newer games through Steam (Proton is amazeballs) fortunately. I also had random issues with a second monitor not being detected that were probably graphics driver related. Some random UI focus issues were likely a window manager issue (KDE).
Sleep/hibernate doesn’t work ‘out of the box’ and I couldn’t get it working reliably after screwing with grub. It was a gamble if it would actually power down or just go back to the lock screen. I don’t know why its so difficult for a basic thing that’s been around for decades.
So now I’m back on Windows, everything works as expected. Honestly I love Linux and its leaps and bounds better from what it was, but Windows is a still better choice for hardware support reasons. I’ll give it another try if AMD gets it together with their driver support.
westyvw@lemm.ee 5 months ago
As an AMD GPU linux user this is confusing. There is no driver needed. There is nothing to do with AMD. Must be the laptop? A unusual variant, or early adopter?
senorblackbean@lemmy.world 4 months ago
amdgpu-install.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
You’re probably using the open source driver.