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Why people gave up using linux? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months ago by Fint0034@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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The only few reason I know so far is software availability, like adobe software, and Microsoft suite. Is there more of major reasons that I missed?

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[–] festus@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I've used Linux exclusively for several years now, but problems that killed earlier attempts were:

I'd encounter a hardware driver issue I didn't know how to fix (Nvidia...)
I'd dual-boot Windows for playing games and maintaining both OSes was too much (this was pre-Steam client on Linux)
I wanted to customize some setting that the desktop environment's control panel didn't support, and I'd have to copy/paste terminal commands I didn't understand, usually breaking something which necessitated a reinstall.
Ubuntu would provide outdated / buggy versions of software, and installing the newer version meant installing PPAs which could conflict with other packages / cause other instabilities I didn't know how to fix.

The first two have seen massive improvements but I still find most desktop environments limiting if you aren't a terminal expert / Arch type of user, and Ubuntu still provides buggy versions of programs.