Why not just play games on linux?

Gaming on Linux works now. I play every game I care for.

Gaming on Linux either works on Linux or the game requires a rootkit malware to run.

I refuse to call it "kernel-level anti-cheat." That's like calling a sucking chest wound "alternative breathing"

honestly, if there would be a 100% office compatibility, photoshop on linux, and proper anticheat support, we would have 40% linux usage

Games work better on Linux than you might expect. Check out protondb for specific titles you're thinking of. Most things I've just hit "play" on steam or heroic and they work n

I'm still using Windows 11 just from inertia, but I've been putting my kids on Linux Mint and Bazzite depending.

I don't think I can get away from Windows, as a professional .NET developer, but I won't likely have more than the one Windows laptop at this point. My entire home lab and home infra is Linux of one variety or another. If we count VMs, then I overwhelmingly using Debian.

While going for another program, ideally non proprietary, with a native Linux version would be ideal, I would not be surprised if running Photoshop on Linux with wine was a viable option these days. Or will be in a not-too-distant future.

As for games, what the others have said. Unless you're into a specific multiplier game with a kernel level "anticheat", then it should be fine.

In fact, I suspect Photoshop, rather than gaming, is much more likely to be the reason you'd have to dual boot.

I’m going to drop this here. Both Affinity 2 if you bought it or the Free Affinity 3 works well on Linux.

https://github.com/seapear/AffinityOnLinux

You might be surprised by how capable linux gaming has gotten. The only thing really missing is AAA FPS type games. That doesn't matter at all to me, but its something to consider. Just about everything else plays right out of the box.

Check out winboat

While I don't generally recommend it, NVDIA has streaming options for games on Windows. You can even run this from a browser if you wanted, all within Linux. I would be surprised if you couldn't use this for Photoshop or an alternative existed.

It's just important to keep in mind this isn't your computer, its a subscription to someone else's computer. I just thought I'd mention this because it's not commonly suggested and it's nice to know avaliable options.

You can also just get a separate computer with MacOS for Photoshop and ditch the kernal games or maybe play them on Mac if they're low end, and use Linux for everything else.

Maybe rootkits will be gone soon. 2026 is the year of the Linux desktop.

Windows users want a menu button in the lower left corner and shit to work after a short installer. How the fuck do you keep messing that up?

Capitalists are literally Mt Krabbs:

"Squidward! New rule! All customers must fill in this survey about the details of their day before they order!" Drops a giant stack of papers on the counter

Squidward sighs "Why are we doing this?"

"Because then I can sell their information for more MONEY! Hyukukukukuk!"

Who can ever forget the "Remind me in 3 days" bullshit.

Also UI that operates near instantaneously. Not waiting for the option I want to pop in.

Working as intended by the shareholders.

-365=> no thx

Actually, being able to collaboratively work on the same document is a game changer. Not unique to 365 but a step up from sending PowerPoint files back and forth.

I've been here improving the whole time

FTFY

It's probably been good enough for non-gamers for ages. There have been a number of attempts to make wine personable enough to run games for the average user. I think Valve finally nailed it.

Now we just need enough marketshare to break through the kernel game protection bullshit and for Adobe/Autodesk to get on board.

It really isn't for most people though.

You're expecting that people will seek out alternatives. I expect the more likely reality. People will just stop using PCs completely outside of work.

It's not a matter of how easy something is. It's a matter of human perspective. Right now they think of PCs as being "Windows". In much the same way some of our moms would say "I bought you a Nintendo game for your xbox!"

And instead of buying non-compliant software, she actually DID buy an XBox game. And called it Nintendo.

Same way down in the south you might overhear someone order a coke. To which the waitress asks "what kind?" And the reply is "Sprite".

Kleenex/Tissues.

You get the idea. To them PCs are made by Windows and thats all they know. They just know they don't like the AI they gwt forced to use at work. So instead of using it at home, or using an alternative, they figure they can just watch youtube on their phone.

YOU use a PC as a PC. Most other people use PCs as a browser to go to facebook, and youtube, and instagram. All the things that make you cringe, thats what a PC is to them.

So when you say "You can customize everything in linux!", their response, from someone who used WindowsXP for 15 years and never once changed the wallpaper, will be "but why?".

Hopefully that can help you see the difference between "it's easy" and "it's a thought that runs through their brain at all"