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[–] 30 points 4 months ago (11 children)

The grapuh of Linux suitability as a function of user skill is a U. At the bottom of user skill, you've got your aunt who needs a Chrome bootloader. Linux is perfect for them, maybe better than Windows.

As you get into the middle, you get into "I just need to use Photoshop" or "I just want to play Valorant". It's gotten to where software that doesn't run on Linux is a deliberate choice, but they're still out there. Gaming has been easing up in large part due to Valve, so the middle of the U has been rising, but it's still a big dip.

At the top end you've got the computer science types developing all these internet and AI based systems almost all of which run on Linux servers in the back end. Linux dominates literally every computing platform except desktops.

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    Very good analogy, only would say there's a wide range of creative people who are stuck with windows/mac because of compatibility in their field. They can be quite highly skilled but you can't escape the industry standards.

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Luckily Adobe seems hell-bent on self-destructing, that should help.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Oh yeah, it does help indeed. After I got used to Gimp, I don’t think I’d ever want to open Photoshop. For my personal tasks that’s 100%.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago

    At the bottom of user skill, you’ve got your aunt who needs a Chrome bootloader. Linux is perfect for them, maybe better than Windows.

    My school system had thin clients running CentOS growing up and nobody had issues.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Gaming is better on Linux than Windows now. I said what I said.

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