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    [–] CheeseNoodle 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (37 children)

    I want to use linux and will use it when two conditions are met:
    -All my work software and the games I play the most all work on it (without requiring me to re-buy shit I already own to get a linux compatable version)
    -Its user friendly enough that asking which version I should use as a beginner doesn't result in all the linux users immediately descending into the thread equivelent of a cartoon fight cloud with random limbs flailing around.

    Edit: Some feedback on the feedback:
    -Apparently some of the linux versions are super user friendly but advice about this is totally inconsistent, some of the advice doesn't even actually name a specific version or versions.
    -"It all works fine you just need to install thing A through thing B and then use it to run thing C in order to run this one single program from windows" is not as encouraging as you think it is. The thought of potentially going through that for every piece of software is at least for me a big reason for not switching yet and I suspect for a lot of other people too.
    -The reference page for what games work on linux is helpful though some things on it only work if you use the steam version which is the precise reason for my not wanting to re-buy things comment.

    Edit: Additional question.
    Is it mandatory to use the terminal for everything? Everytime I see people talk about linux or look stuff up about it the terminal seems to be everywhere. I'm somewhat familiar with the windows command line (which I assume is the terminals equivelent) but having to use that just to install software (as opposed to just running a .exe) seems really daunting.

    [–] AlecSadler 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    For me it's...

    • Visual Studio Enterprise (VS Code with a hundred plugins still doesn't come close)
    • SQL Server Management Studio (though with extensions, Azure Data Studio has gotten me pretty damn close)
    • Full-featured Office 365 software (Edge web versions are somewhat sufficient, but not quite there)
    • Teams with multi-tenant. The desktop Windows app lets me quickly switch between the 6 orgs I need to, unfortunately on Linux I have to have 6 different browser profiles and use the web version which just doesn't fly.
    • More responsive RDP. Unfortunately for server management I'm juggling 3-4 RDP instances daily and I'm not typically allowed to install AnyDesk or VNC or anything. I've tried a couple RDP alternatives and there were just all sorts of problems from keyboard issues to rendering issues to general sluggishness.
    • There is one weird VPN program a job forces me to run and unfortunately it isn't available on Linux.

    But! All the above said, I run Linux and have a Windows VM. And I also run Windows and have a Linux VM - so it's almost there for me. If work & clients all ditched Microsoft's ecosystem, it'd be a lot easier for me to but, unfortunately, they pay my bills.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Teams with multi-tenant. The desktop Windows app lets me quickly switch between the 6 orgs I need to, unfortunately on Linux I have to have 6 different browser profiles and use the web version which just doesn't fly.

    Probably never gonna happen because Microsoft has an active interest in making it not happen

    There is one weird VPN program a job forces me to run and unfortunately it isn't available on Linux.

    Knowing the VPN I'm forced to use I'll just make a blind guess that the VPN you're forced to use doesn't support IPv6 either, because actually providing a product instead of an overpriced relic apparently is really difficult for Enterprise VPN Companies.

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