Honestly - I used to think the same way. I’ve tried Linux multiple times and it never “stuck”.
When I got my Steam Deck, though, I realized that the desktop mode was actually quite good. I had tried KDE before and it was always meh at best - slow and usually janky. When I heard that the Deck used KDE Plasma I was worried.
But I had such a great time with my Deck that I realized, “Hey, Linux actually seems usable now.” I tried Linux Mint on a Live USB and noticed it got like 90% of the way there, but it had issues with multiple monitors.
Then I tried KDE Neon. And it was great! Multiple monitors worked fine, I have all the tools I need for work, and honestly it’s such a step up from Windows glitching out or nagging me with a notification to get Xbox Game Pass or whatever or putting ads in the Start menu.
I’ve had KDE Neon as my daily driver for about a month now, without a single problem. I recommend giving it another look if you’re like me and haven’t tried Linux in a while.
Maybe I will one day. Last time was pretty recent, but it was on a super old laptop that always had problems, so that could have been the issue. But for now, I am fine with mac. Does what I need it to do.
Krita is a perfect alternative to photoshop. Sadly, I own a mac now and it doesn’t work as well there.
Blender is also amazing.
I love Krita. You could always switch to Linux!
I like linux, but I don’t think it’s quite “there” yet as an OS. It is getting better, but I am going to wait it out.
Funny. I always think Windows and MacOS aren’t quite “there” yet, but I don’t think they ever will be.
Honestly - I used to think the same way. I’ve tried Linux multiple times and it never “stuck”.
When I got my Steam Deck, though, I realized that the desktop mode was actually quite good. I had tried KDE before and it was always meh at best - slow and usually janky. When I heard that the Deck used KDE Plasma I was worried.
But I had such a great time with my Deck that I realized, “Hey, Linux actually seems usable now.” I tried Linux Mint on a Live USB and noticed it got like 90% of the way there, but it had issues with multiple monitors.
Then I tried KDE Neon. And it was great! Multiple monitors worked fine, I have all the tools I need for work, and honestly it’s such a step up from Windows glitching out or nagging me with a notification to get Xbox Game Pass or whatever or putting ads in the Start menu.
I’ve had KDE Neon as my daily driver for about a month now, without a single problem. I recommend giving it another look if you’re like me and haven’t tried Linux in a while.
Maybe I will one day. Last time was pretty recent, but it was on a super old laptop that always had problems, so that could have been the issue. But for now, I am fine with mac. Does what I need it to do.
Yes, Krita is so good! I was using Photoshop before, but the price is too much
Affinity is very affordable and very good
It doesn’t? That’s such a shame. Does it perform worse or something?
I found that gmic crashes more often on the mac version, as well as other odd crashes that have not occurred to me on the windows or linux versions.