Why people gave up using linux?

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The only few reason I know so far is software availability, like adobe software, and Microsoft suite. Is there more of major reasons that I missed?

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this is actually my case lol, no way I'm writing thesis in libreoffice or onlyoffice if I didn't have much experience of using it

Why aren't you using LaTeX to write your thesis though?

Collaborative?

There are few online options, also you could just sync it to a common folder so it could work that way... But rarely thesis are drafted concurrently -

The main advantage of LaTeX is the easy type setting for journal articles/thesis etc and ease of changing the style.

Because I haven't heard that app at the time, and none of my colleagues use it

If you’re committed to word-style documents instead of LaTeX, pandoc is a great way to convert between word and the style of your choice (for me, markdown). I made a bunch of additional scripts to assist in conversion between the two.

That said, LaTeX is often a better choice. I’ve settled into a combination of overleaf / git / vscode / LaTeX that keeps my collaborators (and myself) happy.