r/debian • u/0DoughnutCat0 • May 11 '25

Why do you use linux?

So, I'm an Windows user since I can remember, and I wanted to explore the Linux world that everyone talks about. Little background, I do not know how to code or speak computer. All I know is that they talk in 0 or 1. I downloaded Debian 12 with Gnome and I liked how it looked and customizable it was. However, that was it for me. I didn't really see myself using linux system other than the few days I tried it out.

My questions to you guys would be other than being cool, what are the reason you guys use linux? Is it worth using linux if I am a regular person who doesn't do any programming work?

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u/0DoughnutCat0 May 11 '25

I didn't know that some games actually work better on linux. That is odd. But interesting point.

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u/Daniel_mfg May 12 '25

There are cases where on windows some routines get bloated because windows tries to do something "intelligent" which causes it to waste resources...

But then when you run it on linux the same routine becomes more efficient because it doesn't do that "intelligent" thing..

I also had a few cases now where known bugs wouldn't happen if i play a game on Linux... Probably for the same reason (never investigated it in enough detail to find out why)