What problems does Linux have to overcome to get more users (programming.dev)

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Games on Linux are great now this is why I fully moved to Linux. Is the the work place Pc's market improving.

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[-] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

The elitism mostly.

It's seen as complicated because linux users behave a certain way

[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Tell me about it. The Linux crowd here on Lemmy is so god damn annoying, and that makes me not want to switch.

(For one, Linux needs to get a lot better support for gaming GPUs and HDR monitors before I'd consider ditching Windows for good. I can't live without RTX HDR and the Nvidia Control Panel, but Linux supports neither. There's no SDR-to-HDR upscaling support in the Linux version of Firefox, either.)

[-] BJ_and_the_bear@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It's kinda a catch-22 situation: the vendors themselves need to implement these things on Linux, but they don't because it's a relatively small slice of the market. However, users won't switch because these things aren't available

[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

That's a good point—and I don't like that I'm part of the problem—but I also don't want to have to dual-boot just to play games or watch YouTube in HDR. I don't care who makes it; I just want one OS that covers all of my needs. It would be nice if that OS was Linux.

Plus I DJ on the side and find that my decade-old hardware doesn't play nice with Linux. Not a fan of the DJ software options, either. Mixxx is decent, but I prefer the industry standard, Serato for it's reliability and simplicity. Unfortunately it doesn't work in WINE without massive audio latency, which is a non-starter in a Live DJ environment where near-realtime (sub-5ms) audio is crucial.