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Comment by kenhwang

4 hours ago

For me, it's gaming, drivers, and still too much Windows-only software.

Wine/Proton has gotten really good, but still requires tinkering, and still sometimes has really bad performance.

WiFi/BT drivers continue to be really terrible, there's connectivity but speed and reliability sometimes aren't there. Peripherals and motherboard chipset functionality still mostly won't work.

Desktop environments are still clunky and rough around the edges. Maybe I don't get along with KDE/Gnome and just need to shop around for another DE.

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alphager  4 hours ago

Have you had recent experiences? I thought the same until I tried it out, on decision stable no less. The driver support nowadays is incredibly good on Linux (my desktop Bluetooth didn't work under Windows with official drivers; just works without any tinkering under Linux).

  • kenhwang  2 hours ago

    One of my machines is always Linux desktop; I've been using it to see if it's ready enough for my main desktop to switch over and so far my verdict has been it's not.

    Last weekend I tried updating to Linux 7.2, and WiFi drivers failed to compile, so it's been fun.