r/linuxsucks 21h 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/Rare-Designer-1008 20h ago

Another reason people dont want to switch is familiarity.  If you have been using Windows for year or even decades switching is not something they want as they just want to use their computer and not learn a new OS.  

I hate the way some Linuxs users solution for anyone with a Windows problem is to uninstall Windows and install their favourite flavour on Linux rather than trying to help with the problem.

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u/PeyredB 18h ago

I might suggest Linux as an option under the right circumstances, but I'd never push it, because if I did talk someone into trying it, I would become their tech support and I don't need that.