[can3p]

I think linux became much better in recent years not at least due to things moving into web. Ofc there is a ton of specialized windows only software still, but it became much less relevant for ordinary people.

Just remember all the people struggling with open office (not relevant because of google docs and alike) and video/audio codecs (Spotify, Netflix etc). In general the amount of desktop apps needed to be productive has reduced.

The desktop is just good enough even though App Store apps are quite terrible in both Ubuntu and fedora in my experience.

On the other hand with pipewire we can finally have working Bluetooth headphones and after years of endless shitshow simple things like screen sharing are working again

[simonblack]

Just remember all the people struggling with open office (not relevant because of google docs and alike) and video/audio codecs (Spotify, Netflix etc).

You can call me an old curmudgeon if you like, but I just don't trust the Cloud for storage. (Ever since a badly configured DropBox instance removed around a gigabyte of files.) So I insist on keeping all my Documents at home on my main system, along with all of my 'write once, keep forever' files.

In my early days, I tried to maintain the ability to use MS Word documents as they were all that was circulated in the 90s and early naughties. That included the use of WABI and other kludges. But with the later advent of ubiquitous .PDF files, that pressure for MS Office compatibility has disappeared. Consequently, I find I need only Libre Office Calc to do my spreadsheets, and Libre Office Writer to do my text word-processing. They can do everything I need.

When you say "App Store apps", are you talking about the packages managed by package managers like Synaptic which is used on Ubuntu/Debian/Mint/etc. ?

[cykros]

I recently bought a windows laptop for the primary reason that I wanted a full version of Excel, not libreoffice, and not 365.

But yea, aside from the fact that it's a lot newer hardware than my Slackware 15.0 desktop, there's really not much in the way of anything it can do that makes me go "wow, this is what I was missing out on."

Some games that don't play nice with lutris are still around, but honestly, I almost have more fun fighting to get games to run than I do actually playing them anyway.