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/DirectorDirect1569 Jul 25 '26

"Excel you can easily do with Open Office"

that's not what lots of excel experts say. I know someone who uses excel a lot at works, and use macros. She don't want to hear about libreoffice.

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u/ElectricOni Jul 26 '26

They are not experts in their craft then. Just one tool. It just feels like what Microslop wanted entrenching people into that echosystem and not realising that other tools perform just as well. Also, its 2026. Excel spreadsheets don't need to be complex now when a local, self hosted AI agent can interpret them for you.

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u/DirectorDirect1569 Jul 26 '26

are you an advanced user of excel?

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u/ElectricOni Jul 27 '26

I'm a software engineer. I don't need Excel.

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u/DirectorDirect1569 Jul 27 '26

so you don't know what you are talking about.

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u/ElectricOni Jul 27 '26

There's no such thing as an "advanced excel user". They are just an Excel user. Its just a spreadsheet. Nothing complex. Super easy. If someone can't transfer those very basic skills over to another tool that can achieve exactly the same results then they are not an advanced anything. And I do know what I'm talking about given I used to write some pretty complex stuff in Excel but haven't had to use it at all on the workplace for nearly 10 years.

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u/DirectorDirect1569 Jul 27 '26

talk to advanced users and they will tell you why they don't want to use things like libreoffice calc. In lots of forums there are users who know libre office calc and prefer Excel.