Comment by zero_deg_kevin

4 years ago

No there are not good alternatives.

Linux only makes sense as a desktop operating system if your top priority is telling people online that you use Linux as your desktop operating system.

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higerordermap  4 years ago

I mean, it's easier to do most kinds of programming on linux than windows. Stuff works more "out-of-the-box" than on windows.

For other things? Maybe. Some nice GUI applicatipns are, while in theory be run on Windows through cygwin, work well on Linux as well.

And some people just like performance / look-and-feel. Windows is often sluggish, while most Non-GNOME IDEs are pretty fast on usual hardware.

Then there is updates problem. I have had Windows downloading updates even if network was marked as metered in past.Some LTS distro is often better. Unless you use Fedora or Arch, updates should be minimum.

I don't want to imply Linux desktop is mature enough for all people. Just reminded there are valid reasons tech savvy people prefer it.

As they say, nothing is black and white.