Why people gave up using linux?

Fin@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 124 points –

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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I tried to install Linux on my new laptop, trying multiple different distros.

  • Many of them did not work with my 3840x2400 screen, with unreadably tiny UI
  • The sound did not always work
  • When the sound did work, I either couldn't change the volume, or figure out how to disable the speakers when I plug in headphones
  • Sometimes screen brightness could not be changed

In short, driver problems. So many driver problems. I was sinking too much time into it, and I was basically unable to use my computer. So I gave up and switched back to Windows. Windows has its own annoyances, and I want to use Linux... but Windows mostly works, most of the time. Linux doesn't, and I have neither the time nor the technical skills to make it work.

Display scaling has gotten better on Wayland and will be better on the next version of GNOME!

That may be true, and I'm glad that improvements are being made, but it's not the display. It's not the sound. It's not my keyboard backlight (which got locked on maximum brightness). It's that with Linux, getting anything working requires hours of troubleshooting. Probably if I understood the system better it would only take minutes of troubleshooting, but developing those skills would take months to years. I don't want to invest that sort of effort just to write papers, check my email, take notes, do CAD, and play games.