Could be small or big.
My answer has always been that, Linux can’t handle everything I’d ask out of it that I normally can with Windows. I know the games issue has been progressing far from the days when that used to have been an archaic flaw with Linux for the longest time. Games might not be the issue except for some concerns I have for some games.
I was taking some time a few moments ago, to check if a program called Firestorm Viewer would work on Linux Mint which could’ve been my distro of choice. And the description written on the linux page described exactly the kind of concerns I’d have for compatibility and usability from going Windows to Linux.
They said that their viewer was tested and designed to function mostly with Ubuntu and while it could work with other distros, it’s not to be expected to be smooth.
That’s the kind of sentiment and concern I have always had with Linux if I were to go from Windows to it. There are programs and tools on Windows that I have that are used for specific purposes and I know they will not function on Linux. Furthermore, incase anything breaks down, any and all solutions would only be applicable to that thing that would be far easier to solve than just being SOL if I was on Linux.
It is something as a user that I just can’t simply afford to deal with on a regular basis if I made the switch.
So while I may not have too much of an issue running games, I won’t have too much of an issue using alternatives, I won’t have to deal with the Windows ecosystem .etc I will just be running into other walls that would simply make me second guess my decision and make me regret switching to the point where I would dip back into Windows in a hurry.
I used computers then too. They were easier to use than Linux, still are, but were then too. I’ve checked in on it a couple times. I got shit to do with my life that isn’t constantly tweaking a computer to get it to do what I want.
if you are telling me linux is harder to use than 17 year old computers, you don’t have a valid reason not to be using it.
which is fine, you can use windows if you want, it’s just a weird way to justify it.
No, windows now is easier and more intuitive than Linux now.
17 years ago this was also true.
isn’t the last time you used it 17 years ago? how would you know?
linux is not the same as it was almost two decades ago bro.
I used it for a year and have checked in periodically since. I just put a Linux distro on an old laptop to run Fluidd for my 3d printers. It has its use but I’m not living day to day like that.
so you haven’t really “checked it out 17 years ago”.
i somehow doubt you use it daily.
I used it daily 17 years ago. I occasionally check it out in the years since. You have reading comprehension issues.
and you might have computer comprehension issues.
you are judging something by how it was almost two decades ago.
Literally just installed a distro like a month ago for my 3D printers. If you could retain what you read you would know that.