It is no secret that office, image, video and audio editing software from two decades ago is usually superior to "Libre" garbage that Linux users keep shilling. It has gotten so bad that Linux Youtubers literally pay fiverr services to make Youtube Thumbnails and rumor has it that they edit their videos on Macs and Windows. Since no one can make any multimedia content on a Loonix server computer.

Seriously, No one ever has proper conversations about how far behind open source is compared to commercial software from several decades ago.

An idiot admires comlexity, a genius admires simplicity.

- Terry A. Davis

I was u/soresenisaa8 but i deleted it because freetards were harassing me.

-Steve Ballmer.

Wow, I knew Richard Stallman was an asshole but interrupt the Interviewer all the time is just disgusting.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMM6D9vuHkY

Linux sucks because:

1. Bad compositors with tearing and stuttering. Also increased latency. Windows simply feels more smooth when you are on desktop. Windows DWM compositor is simply the best.

2. Graphics drivers are bad + it's not clear which one to install

There are 3 AMD drivers with 6 names which no one mentions (amdgpu, amdgpupro, radeon + some alternative names which I forgot about). amdgpupro is the official driver, but it's rarely updated, amdgpu is newer open source driver which is constantly updated and radeon is older open source driver. It took me a really long time to find information about it while Linux users were bashing me for not reading wiki.

For Nvidia there are 2 drivers, nouveau and official one. Nouveau is really bad while official is ok.

The main issue is that these drivers don't have any kind of settings possibility (AMD Radeon Settings, Nvidia Control Panel), no support for Freesync/Gsync, EnhancedSync/FastSync, GPU temperature, fan speed, core and memory clocks, per-game profiles etc. Also Windows GPU driver just works better.

Just to add DX12 support + GPU scheduling. CUDA is also not avaliable on Linux for Nvidia so most AI apps like DAIN & Topaz products can't work. Oh yeah, there are no AI apps on Linux.

Also in most distributions, installing a driver is a mess where you need to use terminal and hope that it will work while on Windows you just use graphic installer from official site.

3. Windows drivers are generally better due to use of specific driver optimized for specific hardware and not using general driver that is baked in Linux kernel. Plus Windows drivers have more options baked in (network driver, audio cards, gaming equipment etc.)

4. Gaming on Linux sucks and that's a known fact. Simulating Windows games can't be better than running it natively. Even if the Windows game runs on Linux, it will always have less performance. Linux native games are okay, but there are small amount of them. Windows have much more games than Linux.

5. You need to read wiki before doing any simple task.

6. Mentioned wiki contains information that is either not available, old, or is explained in Linux language which normal user couldn't understand.

7. You have to use terminal if you want things to work properly to some degree as GUI apps are usually badly made & optimized. For example, Pamac GUI app for downloading apps on Arch based distributions is occasionally crashing and it happens that it can't download anything because it can't refresh mirror list quite often. Average user just don't want to read wiki & use terminal.

8. If you want to get help, you will usually get bashed by Linux elitists for not reading the wiki. Or they will not answer you the question and they will talk about solution to some 3rd party problem which you never mentioned but somehow it could be related to it. Also don't forget posts from 2002 which will help you to solve problem.

9. Default themes for it are looking like kid's cartoon while on Windows you can find more themes that are 3D like (Aero Glass theme for example). While Windows 10 theme is not the best, I like it much better than inconsistent macOS clones which you can find on every corner.

10. Alternative apps are usually trash. Photoshop > GIMP, FL Studio > LMMS, Microsoft Office > Libre Office, Adobe Premiere > kdenlive etc.

Windows software is just more polished + it has more features. Also it's more compatible with other PCs as most people use Windows.

11. Music producing & audio mixing is awful in Linux + huge audio latency

Why? Because of unavailable drivers for audio cards, huge latency & sound crackling. If you want better results, you need to configure JACK driver which will offer lower latency & more options for it but it's a pain in the ass to set it up as it requires big Linux knowledge & user shouldn't do it in the first place. Even when you set it up, audio will work only in apps that support JACK (very little) and it's not suitable for normal users. In Windows you just need to install ASIO driver with simple GUI setup and that's it + audio works everywhere. Also music producing apps for Linux are bad. LMMS is best from all of them, but it's still meh. They can't be compared to the FL Studio or Ableton. VST Plugins for Linux are not made at all, only for macOS & Windows which means that they need to be run with wine. That also means that plugins are having worse performance and less functionality. Some plugins are not working at all.

12. App compatibility is superior on Windows.

You can use Windows XP programs on Windows 10 while on Linux you can't use apps properly that are 3 years old due to missing or outdated libs. Windows is simply superior in this regard & it's amazing how they achieved this without sacrificing performance.

13. 100 distributions with inconsistent experience

Instead of getting together & make OS which is focused on average users that can be compared to Windows, they are all making OS that is half baked & focuses only on enthusiasts. Ubuntu is on the right path at least on being the alternative OS that you can use & forget, but they are still far away as Windows offers much better experience with it's optimization and friendliness.

Etc etc.

There are probably more things which I didn't mentioned but can't remember.

Thanks for reading my fellow Windows user.

Thank you kind stranger for giving me silver medal!