In my experience, gaming in Linux works even better than on Windows. Every game I installed so far was supported by proton.
The main thing holding Linux back is professional software I think. If Photoshop and the likes are supported better, a lot of people will switch and find out that they also can play games on Linux.
I get better game performance in Linux, but I still use Windows mostly due to CAD software (just like you're saying). I hope those companies see the value in developing for Linux, but I'm not sure the statistics are there to convince them yet. Chicken/egg problem?
Have you messed around with Freecad and Librecad?
Don't know about OP, but I have and do use FreeCAD regularly and it's a fantastic piece of software - in it's current form it's not suitable for use a lot of professional engineering setups.
I've used Freecad for a few projects. It's definitely usable, but the learning curve is really steep, even for someone who already knows other CAD. I don't think the workflow/features are there yet for being able to use it professionally in most cases. It feels much more like an engineering tool than an industrial design tool, which is part of why I hold that opinion.
I have not used Librecad. It's 2D, right?
Exactly. I hate how we rely so much on Microsoft office and how it is not available on Linux.
For office, there are great alternatives, imho. LibreOffice, Thunderbird, Obsidian, to name a few. What functions do you need that these don't offer?
OnlyOffice is mentioned so rarely but it has an UI much more resembling the ribbon based MS Office and in my experience a good compatibility with docx and xlsx files. Don't know what's happening when confronted with macro-monsters though.
It seems to format documents differently though. That means it scrambled a few files for a co-worker I sent it to who uses MS Office. Stuff like that never happens with LibreOffice although I like the OpenOffice UI better.
Ah thanks for letting me know. Scrambled sounds dire. Spreadsheets or documents?
Thought the devs nailed it pretty good. At least I never saw differences in my not overly complicated letter layouts when I opened them in MS Office.
Though I had your use-case just with a few rather simple spreadsheets I got from colleagues for me to modify and send back, they never complained.
Anyways I'm glad I don't have to do with office products very often but I'll look into OpenOffice as well. Looks indeed very good. Like a streamlined and modern MS Office without ribbons.
In my experience, gaming in Linux works even better than on Windows. Every game I installed so far was supported by proton.
The main thing holding Linux back is professional software I think. If Photoshop and the likes are supported better, a lot of people will switch and find out that they also can play games on Linux.
I get better game performance in Linux, but I still use Windows mostly due to CAD software (just like you're saying). I hope those companies see the value in developing for Linux, but I'm not sure the statistics are there to convince them yet. Chicken/egg problem?
Have you messed around with Freecad and Librecad?
Don't know about OP, but I have and do use FreeCAD regularly and it's a fantastic piece of software - in it's current form it's not suitable for use a lot of professional engineering setups.
I've used Freecad for a few projects. It's definitely usable, but the learning curve is really steep, even for someone who already knows other CAD. I don't think the workflow/features are there yet for being able to use it professionally in most cases. It feels much more like an engineering tool than an industrial design tool, which is part of why I hold that opinion.
I have not used Librecad. It's 2D, right?
Exactly. I hate how we rely so much on Microsoft office and how it is not available on Linux.
For office, there are great alternatives, imho. LibreOffice, Thunderbird, Obsidian, to name a few. What functions do you need that these don't offer?
OnlyOffice is mentioned so rarely but it has an UI much more resembling the ribbon based MS Office and in my experience a good compatibility with docx and xlsx files. Don't know what's happening when confronted with macro-monsters though.
It seems to format documents differently though. That means it scrambled a few files for a co-worker I sent it to who uses MS Office. Stuff like that never happens with LibreOffice although I like the OpenOffice UI better.
Ah thanks for letting me know. Scrambled sounds dire. Spreadsheets or documents?
Thought the devs nailed it pretty good. At least I never saw differences in my not overly complicated letter layouts when I opened them in MS Office.
Though I had your use-case just with a few rather simple spreadsheets I got from colleagues for me to modify and send back, they never complained.
Anyways I'm glad I don't have to do with office products very often but I'll look into OpenOffice as well. Looks indeed very good. Like a streamlined and modern MS Office without ribbons.