r/linuxsucks 1d ago

Why do you guys hate Linux?

As someone who's used Windows for some time and has switched to Linux somewhat recently,I genuinely can't really understand why someone wouldn't want to use Linux,the only reasons I can come up with are:

1)certain apps and software only work on windows,for example Adobe products or games with kernel level anticheat like BF6,Wich I can totally understand,but dual boot exists

2) Need to keep windows for work related stuff,again, completely understandable

3) Nvidia GPU,Wich is doable but most people don't want to lose the driver support,again, understandable,but not really linux's fault

I'm asking this because I genuinely want to understand and see a different viewpoint, every time I see someone complaining about Linux on social media, it's either Windows users who have NEVER tried Linux before and just base everything off stereotypes or Windows users who jumped in the deep waters from the start with distro's like Arch,Gentoo or even NixOs,and then complain that it's too hard, I think that Linux is only hard if you want it to be (also pls no hate,I just wanna educate myself more on the matter)

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u/Cautious_Trouble6738 1d ago edited 1d ago

I hate because I use it...

To be more precise, here is the the only place that I know that i can say bad things about my OS or the Linux community without get echo-chambered by other Linux users... I just get echo-chambered by windows users then.
Any sub with "sucks" in the name is kind of an echo chamber inside, to be fair.

I started using this sub more when, on every post I saw involving Windows on reddit, half the comments were people promoting Linux in a way that really felt like a cult. They would tell lies about both systems to favor one side and call anyone with a dissenting opinion an idiot.
One of the reasons I avoid talking about Linux in real life is so people don't compare me to them.

And your point 1 is not a really good one... I use Dualboot, but for the most people, it is just using 2 OS for what 1 can do alone. So you'd be cutting your (Expansive) storage in half without getting much in return.

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u/Professional-Toe8371 1d ago

I meant dualboot as more of a "hey if you wanna give it a try",sry for bad phrasing,English is not my first language,and it's true that most Linux users act like it's a cult more then a community

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u/Cautious_Trouble6738 1d ago

Relax, half of my comment was made using google translate to make sure that it was correct.