Of course it isn’t practical for all purposes, the people that believe that are either ignorant or a caricature. I was addressing the specific task of gaming.
In that task, it is very workable. There are some caveats but the fact that the Steamdeck exists and is popular is testament to the state of gaming on Linux.
I have no desire to Google search how to do basic things on a computer.
That’s not because of Linux, but of your unfamiliarity with it. You needed to struggle to learn to do basic tasks in Windows when you were learning it and now you don’t. Windows didn’t change, you just learned
I’d need to use Google to do basic tasks in Adobe’s software, but that doesn’t say anything about the quality of the software, or it’s usefulness… only my lack of familiarity. If I had experience with their products then I wouldn’t need Google.
Of course it isn’t practical for all purposes, the people that believe that are either ignorant or a caricature. I was addressing the specific task of gaming.
In that task, it is very workable. There are some caveats but the fact that the Steamdeck exists and is popular is testament to the state of gaming on Linux.
That’s not because of Linux, but of your unfamiliarity with it. You needed to struggle to learn to do basic tasks in Windows when you were learning it and now you don’t. Windows didn’t change, you just learned
I’d need to use Google to do basic tasks in Adobe’s software, but that doesn’t say anything about the quality of the software, or it’s usefulness… only my lack of familiarity. If I had experience with their products then I wouldn’t need Google.