Hot Take 15 Signs Linux Is Not For You

[ForgottenSeer 123960]

There are members here who have good experience with Linux, for example @McLovin.

I know why he didn't migrate years ago, he was in love with Trend Micro @McLovin you know I couldn't resist mate.

He is a long time member and has knowledge to share. He would remember me as illumination back then.

 

[SeriousHoax]

Some of the points pointed out in this article are of course, correct. Some are not as Jonny Quest said.
But if I flip the script and talk about the downsides of Linux then we can also make a few points.

For example, I think one of the main downsides is the excessive fragmentation. There are hundreds of Linux distros out there. Having options is fine but having hundreds of options for the same operating system is not great. It confuses people, makes the process scary which results in most people not even trying to install one.
I should also say that linux in fact is just a kernel, it's not an OS. Hence there is so many distros as different people want to do things differently which causes this fragmentation. It is not the case for Windows and MacOS.

Similar to hundreds of Linux distros, they have tens of package managers also. Why do we have so many package managers just to install software? Each package manager does their thing differently. Some are good at one thing, some are not. Some have easy to remember syntax, some don't. Each distro also maintains their packages differently. Some will have most software, some will not, some will have outdated & vulnerable software, some will have newer. Some will be stable, some will less likely to be.

While on Windows, for example, when there's a new version of an app, you can immediately download it, install it to use the latest version. On Linux, it's vastly different. Each distro will have a different version of the app. Most of them will not have the latest version.
Flatpak and AppImages solve this for many apps but not for all.

So, like everything, linux also has downsides.

 

[Zero Knowledge]

Some of it I agree with, some of it I don't. Maybe things have changed, but at one time weren't Linux users tight lipped about sharing support tips, as far as being helpful to newbies? With Windows, especially 10-11, I haven't needed to consider Microsoft tech support, any helpful insights and tweaks can be found pretty easily on forums. Or, has it gotten so intuitive with versions like Mint/Cinnamon or Zorin, that the learning curve has dropped greatly and an average user could pick up on it more easily apart from having to use the older tools like Terminal?

Like @Jonny Quest said, alot of tight lipped, almost arrogant at times cause you don't know, and they been on linux longer blah,blah,blah.

This the major problem with Linux and I.T/coding/security is elitism that people with the knowledge don't believe people are worth helping. It hurts people more than helps.

This attitude is especially rife in coding/development where people just go "read your text book" and just ghost you, really unhelpful attitude and does reflect well on us.

We all start somewhere, we all need mentors and teachers, just abusing people and ignoring their plea for help is not welcoming to the new generation.

 

[Sorrento]

An issue for me is or really was that others at times use my PC's, not as much now as in the past but they did lots, it seems that these people feel Linux is much like OS from the Klingon Empire & written in Romulan, & is totally foreign to the usual Windows or phone creature (my relatives), most people find the way I have Windows setup confusing let alone a different OS all together (the lemmings) - I used to dual boot but this wasn't the best way for me as I then had two OS's to maintain on the same PC - The main issue really WAS some Linux programs just were just simply not as good by a long way as some pay (expensive) Windows programs I did need in the past, mainly music - For me the way forward is to use Linux again on my laptop, I haven't got around to that due to to family illnesses, but it an option, I suppose just for the fun of it, assuming I live long enough

 

[lokamoka820]

An issue for me is or really was that others at times use my PC's, not as much now as in the past but they did lots, it seems that these people feel Linux is much like OS from the Klingon Empire & written in Romulan, & is totally foreign to the usual Windows or phone creature (my relatives), most people find the way I have Windows setup confusing let alone a different OS all together (the lemmings) - I used to dual boot but this wasn't the best way for me as I then had two OS's to maintain on the same PC - The main issue really WAS some Linux programs just were just simply not as good by a long way as some pay (expensive) Windows programs I did need in the past, mainly music - For me the way forward is to use Linux again on my laptop, I haven't got around to that due to to family illnesses, but it an option, I suppose just for the fun of it, assuming I live long enough

I wish you and your family a long life in good health and well-being.