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What are some things that Linux can't do, but Windows can? (lemmy.zip)
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[–] 52 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Embed ads on your desktop.

Play games with kernal level anti cheat

Run professional software like fusion 360, Adobe suite and much more.

Use Wsl to get a lot of the benefits of linux

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I've put more work into getting wsl to work at work than I have my home linux machines. it's just so unreliable for some reason. I ended up just giving up and running a full vm instead, and it's so much nicer since I can just pretend windows doesn't exist

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    fusion 360,

    Onshape, with extra advantages like seamless collaboration (like that of Google sheets)

    Adobe suite

    Darktable - Lightroom replacement, Gimp - Photoshop replacement, kdenlive - premiere replacement, but I get that you will have to relearn all these all over again (worth it tho, as no monthlys ever again)

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    GIMP is not a Photoshop replacement except for pretty basic stuff. There’s no content aware fill, fewer non-destructive edit options, wonky compatibility with PSD files, etc.

    Darktable also isn’t a real replacement for a lot of use cases. Lightroom (the non-Classic version) has pretty great cloud syncing and multi-platform apps, so you can do some work on a desktop and then move to a tablet/smartphone or vice-versa. Darktable doesn’t have that kind of flexibility.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    People always talk about how Linux is just as good or better because of the FOSS apps but in the work world it doesn’t matter if my coworkers and partners are using Office to collaborate, etc. (and where it is A LOT better than a standalone free app).

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