Linux has made significant strides, and in 2023, it’s better than ever. However, there are still individuals perpetuating a delusion: that desktop Linux is as user-friendly and productive as its mainstream counterparts. After a few discussions on Lemmy, I believe it’s important to provide a clear review of where Linux falls short as a daily driver for average users.

EDIT: can I just make it clear I don’t agree with this article one bit and think it’s an unhinged polemic?

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    8 months ago

    Wrong: this is the only thing that matters, the rest is wishful thinking and delusions.

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      8 months ago

      So, if you are in a company that uses Gimp, and you want to use PS, it is still gimp’s fault that this will not work?

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        8 months ago

        I guess it depends on how likely that company interacts with external people who use PS. The problem is that PS is the industry’s standard and if you go against it and things break your fault.

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          8 months ago

          Windows is an industry standard. And so is office. As long as we treat it as such. If we want things to change we have to go against such standards.

          The big difference between Office and Photoshop is: Microsoft opened their file format. And has support for open standards.

          Adobe locked their eco system down to build a monopoly. This is not gimps fault. It is 100% on Adobe.

          While the outcome is the same, I would love to see a different wording: nothing is an alternative to Photoshop, because Adobe has a monopoly.

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            8 months ago

            Even with an open format MS Office and LibreOffice and others have compatibility issues. Microsoft keeps certain features kind of exclusive to their solution and then there’s the bigger picture called the Microsoft ecosystem. They are now very focused on that and that’s really hard to beat.

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              8 months ago

              This is true. But in reality, it still works.

              And yes, the expansion of their Ecosystem is an issue. But to be honest: the cloud version works, and if I get a docx that is broken in Libreoffice, I use 365. At least I have this option.

              It’s a complicated topic with no real solution

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                8 months ago

                It’s a complicated topic with no real solution

                The only real solution was to get something like Wine or some type of virtualization working better. We will never be able to beat Microsoft, their formats and ecosystem the alternatives will always lag behind in features and the web version isn’t feasible for everything and everyone.