Posted May 29, 2021
7 (Games). Wine can run a good portion of games, with the exceptions typically being those that have highly intrusive DRM or anti-cheat measures, which I consider unethical and which are the game developer's fault, not the user's.
8 (Peripherals). See drivers.
9 (Complicated). Windows is also complicated. For someone coming from Linux (and who is somehow unfamiliar with Windows), even simple tasks like installing programs requires research. (Why can't I just "apt install python3" or similar to get the Python 3 interpreter I need installed? Why do I have to run a Web browser (one of the most complicated pieces of software that a desktop user will ever run, other than the OS's core (and even then I'm not sure about that), just to install Python 3?)
10 (Installing Linux Is Hard). For many distributions, like Debian, Ubuntu, and Fedora, it isn't any harder than installing Windows. In fact, in complicated set-ups (like dual booting), I suspect installing Linux might be *easier* than installing Windows. (Also, I note that installing Linux from the Windows Store is more liike running Wine on Linux, so it doesn't count as running the program "natively", if that even matters.)
Note that this applies to switching from Linux to Windows, and for me at this point, the advantages *don't* outweigh the switch cost plus the disadvantages.
8 (Peripherals). See drivers.
9 (Complicated). Windows is also complicated. For someone coming from Linux (and who is somehow unfamiliar with Windows), even simple tasks like installing programs requires research. (Why can't I just "apt install python3" or similar to get the Python 3 interpreter I need installed? Why do I have to run a Web browser (one of the most complicated pieces of software that a desktop user will ever run, other than the OS's core (and even then I'm not sure about that), just to install Python 3?)
10 (Installing Linux Is Hard). For many distributions, like Debian, Ubuntu, and Fedora, it isn't any harder than installing Windows. In fact, in complicated set-ups (like dual booting), I suspect installing Linux might be *easier* than installing Windows. (Also, I note that installing Linux from the Windows Store is more liike running Wine on Linux, so it doesn't count as running the program "natively", if that even matters.)
Note that this applies to switching from Linux to Windows, and for me at this point, the advantages *don't* outweigh the switch cost plus the disadvantages.
Post edited May 29, 2021 by dtgreene