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To the #Windows and #macOS users of Mastodon who have tried #Linux and ended up still using Windows or macOS:
What is it about the Linux distro(s) you tried that made it/them unsuitable for your use? If some problem or set of problems was fully resolved, would it be enough for you to be able to comfortably use Linux?
The poll is just a list of possible things that could make Linux difficult or impossible to use for some, please feel free to comment with specifics.
@arraybolt3 I do use linux, but only for headless servers. I use Windows for everything else (and even use Windows Server pretty often).
The reason is because everything is more difficult and has more "gotcha" catches in Linux.
Want to FTP a file to a directory? You have to set up a bunch of permissions first through the OS (and even then sometimes it won't let you).
Want to edit a text file? Good luck, you're back in the '70s before usability features were invented.
The last major server I built on Linux would fill a system "page file" with 100s of gigabytes and have to be deleted every week or the whole OS would crash.
Now, to be fair, I haven't tried linux desktop since the mid-2000s when it was really janky. I've heard it's gotten better, but linux has bit me in the ass so many times professionally that I don't have any interest in fighting with it just to do basic computer stuff.
Plus, since Windows 10, Windows has just been awesome. I have ease of use, reliability (this computer crashes *maybe* once a year), and I still have the flexibility to do things like overclock or run linux docker containers.
