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
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.
Affinity is very affordable and very good