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I Don't See a Reason to Switch to Windows from Linux Anymore in 2025 (itsfoss.com)

submitted 3 days ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/linux@programming.dev

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[-] fxomt@lemm.ee 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I wish. NVIDIA is still a buggy mess for me, and it seems that I am the only person with these issues, I see people praising NVIDIA on Wayland all the time now.

And VR is still bad on Linux.

I still love Linux, but I can't use it for now. God i miss NixOS );

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

I said good riddance to Nvidia forever. My amd card is better anyhow and has never had an issue on Linux

[-] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I use X11 with Nvidia without issue. While I like the idea of Wayland, and it being pushed a lot now, it really remains beta software. While I think it's good Wayland is being focused on and promoted by the distros and DEs, I think it's a bit of a distraction from Linux as a whole.

I've had to switch back to X11 on both Nvidia and AMD devices due to bugs or compatibility issues in Wayland.

I agree about VR - I keep dual boot windows on my PC and VR is about the only thing I use it for now. But the result is I just use VR less.

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[-] craigcorbin@fosstodon.org 7 points 3 days ago

@Sunshine Agree! Left Windows decades ago. Except for some ocassional office compability snafus and still poor gaming, it does everything I need and well.

[-] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago

Still poor gaming? I have all of my games working with zero effort on Steam. The only exception are my sim racing peripherals.

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[-] Mwa@lemm.ee 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Web-based tools get the work done: agreed,especially when half of these web tools are Electron like number 5
Plenty of distributions to suit your preference: my personal favorite thing about Linux
Steam has a decent collection of Linux Games (& you may get a console): True,And outside of steam will work nicely aswell (like touhou 6 for example like Proton/soda does a great job of running touhou 6 patched with THCRAP)
Proprietary choices on Linux (Better late than never): True and maybe even custom versions of wine (like elemental warriors fork and vanilla wine but vanilla wine cannot run complex apps tho)
Technologies like Electron make it easier for app availability: Controversial opinion but True

[-] haverholm@kbin.earth 8 points 3 days ago

Technologies like Electron make it easier for app availability: Controversial opinion but True

I do agree, but currently Electron is great for apps the way Flash was considered great for the web. It solves one problem, but creates a bunch more.

In itself, Electron is pretty bloated*, but I don't dare check how many versions I have installed because different apps have stuck with older ones. I'd really like to see a less resource consuming, backward compatible alternative to Electron.

* From my thrifty perspective of keeping older hardware alive with Linux, that is. On your high grade, best-of-class gaming rig, mileage will definitely vary.