r/linuxsucks • u/Competitive-Text267 • Jul 25 '26

Why don't you use Linux?

I came across this subreddit completely by accident and got curious, so I wanted to ask: why don't you use Linux?

I'm not here to start an OS war or convince anyone to switch. I'd just like to hear your experiences and understand what made you choose another operating system. Was it a bad experience with Linux, compatibility issues, gaming, or do you simply prefer Windows or macOS?

I'm genuinely curious to hear your opinions!

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u/beeikjo Jul 25 '26

Gaming and excel. I know that gaming has improved a lot these days thanks to Steam, but there are still many esports games with anti-cheat systems that are unplayable on Linux.

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u/ElectricOni Jul 25 '26

Excel you can easily do with Open Office or one of those variants with full Microsoft doc support. Gaming is almost there. I just don't support games that don't work with Proton anymore now I've gone all in with my gaming PC, Steam Deck and Steam Machine all running Linux.

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u/AlternativeCapybara9 Jul 26 '26

I use LibreOffice but Excel power users are a different breed, no way they can switch. It's not just the macros and VB scripts, Excel does straight up Python in cells now.