Heyho, recently asked for the silliest reasons, but as someone who has suggested linux to many people, I often encounter people having valid reasons for staying with Windows or switching back.
The most boring but valid one is “I have to use Windows for work. It is a requirement (of some software I have to use)”. But there are also other answers that fit. My sister for example tried Linux, but while installing software constantly encountered issues that I helped her solve and eventually switched back because she felt like she had less control than over windows. While I am aware that this is fundamentally wrong, it is valid that some amateur users do not want to invest enough time to get over the initial hurdles of relearning how to install software.
What are the best reasons people have given you for not wanting to try Linux?
I have a MSI laptop with a nvida 970m card…
–back story
I actually tried twice in the last couple months.
First attempt bazzite (after two failed tries with other distos that afternoon) was semi successful got it installed, installed WoW. Thought I was doing good till the default directory it installed in was wouldn’t let me install my add-ons. Reinstalled and got add-ons working. Then started refusing to boot a few days later.
A month later I tried again, forget the distro. Got to the drivers, 4 completely random non descriptive lines for Nvida… So I chose the one that said (recommended). Oops it only works on 10 series forward. (Forgot to mention the hour wasted trying delete old Linux part) Gave up again for a while.
They prefer freeBSD
My personal answer is because my audio/sound setup is obnoxiously complicated and I’ve tried to get a variation of it working on my steam deck but never managed it. I’m sure there are ways to do it, but on windows I know how it works and how to fix it if some update breaks it. If I switched it would require a lot more fussing around and special software that may or may not continue being supported and I just don’t want to deal with it.
I need Microsoft Word for freelancing and I don’t want to pay $100/year for M365.
It’s really the only thing keeping a few of my friends and family members from switching.
Yeah, I could spin them up a VM and do some RDP trickery, but these aren’t super technical people - the friction would mean emergency tech support calls that I’m not ready to answer.
“I don’t have time to learn it.”
Although it’s weird now, because we usually have this conversation while they wait for Windows to crash, restart, search up a patch, apply it, and reboot.
It’s awkward. But I still kind of get it. Who has time to try something new when the current thing barely works.
Adobe apps
My excuse is that I don’t even own a PC.
My work provides me a laptop that I use for what I need to do.
I don’t really have a use for a PC other than maybe gaming, but I don’t even have a lot of time to do that. I barely play my PS5. I did buy a Steam Deck and play it more than the PS5.
Fair enough
My work provides me a laptop that I use for what I need to do.
I hope nothing personal (from a opsec pov)
Not enough games for linux 🤣
Many games on Steam should be playable on linux. Except for games requiring kernel level anti-cheat.
if the game is not on Steam, you can find launcher (Lutris / Heroic) that launch the game for you, or proton wrapper (umu).
What game do you play? You can find its compatibility here https://www.protondb.com/
It’s getting better; Proton has really advanced this.
What’s hurt this movement, is the lack of support of AntiCheat games, whether that being due to kernel level anticheat or games not supporting server side anticheat.
Not only that, theres also an increasing number of anticheat’s that supports linux, however they have it intentionally disabled so when you run the game it either blocks you or in worse case bans your account as a whole
Quite frankly, the potential of server-side anti-cheats is nearly entirely untapped. In Minecraft (Java Edition), some anti-cheats have made cheating much less overpowered, going as far as to patch 99% of movement cheats, and many combat cheats are ML-based, at this point.
“My graphics programs.” Printmaster in particular. That was a long time ago and now she’s more open to Linux. We’ll see what happens next time Windows does some bullshit.
too hard
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