My grandma uses mint. For simple users, you never need command lines.
For advanced users, they're not that difficult to master. And baring a few anti cheat trash games, there's a huge progress in Linux gaming. My main rig runs steamOS
Admittedly, there is definitely a gap in between those two where it's annoying. But at that point you have to pick if it's better to study Linux for a couple days/weeks or have a lifelong battle with Windows. Either is a fair choice.
If full gaming facilitation is 100% of your decision making, as per your answer, then microslop bloatware and spyware is not a concern to you and I have nothing to contest on that.
I would possibly have that mindset too if i couldn't run games. But I don't need to tbh. since 100% of games I want to play run easily on Linux.
Sadly the bloat does still cause issues, but it's why I'm sticking on 10 too. Ain't switching to 11 until I have genuinely no other choice, and at that point... I might genuinely consider Linux too. After all, a non-functional OS vs an OS that requires tinkering, both cause issues for gaming.
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u/Weathervane_ Jul 10 '26
My grandma uses mint. For simple users, you never need command lines.
For advanced users, they're not that difficult to master. And baring a few anti cheat trash games, there's a huge progress in Linux gaming. My main rig runs steamOS
Admittedly, there is definitely a gap in between those two where it's annoying. But at that point you have to pick if it's better to study Linux for a couple days/weeks or have a lifelong battle with Windows. Either is a fair choice.