• xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day
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    24 days ago

    Things currently stopping “YEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP”

    • Anti cheat
    • Adobe
    • Microsoft Office Suite
    • Nvidia
    • No availability of Linux PCs in physical stores

    These but to a lesser degree

    • AutoCAD
    • Obscure research/academic/industrial software
    • Music production software
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      24 days ago

      Good summary.

      I’ve been working a while and think the latter things combined with the unfamiliarity of MDM/IT management tools in Linux has stopped much wider adoption.

      So many industries just MUST run a few key apps that were designed and battle tested in windows long ago, as in wet lab science, manufacturing, and medicine to name a few I’ve seen.

      Also stability (sorry but it’s hard to beat a MacBook).

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      24 days ago

      Music production software RIP. Not to mention the Lovecraftian horrors of the Linux audio stack. It’s gotten so much better with REAPER and there are many great VSTs but there’s still a long way to go.