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LibreOffice is right about Microsoft, and it matters more than you think.
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this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2025
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The point i guess with the main OS's like windows/macOS, is that microsoft/apple put in the time to support most edge cases, and most things you can try either work, or aren't that hard to make work (assuming you don't go against things they try to force. But that's not something that most users we're talking about here do). So for windows, want to install that app for windows XP from 20 years ago? no problem. As mentioned in the article here: want to install that up to date program made for another distro? good luck....
And that's in the end what it boils down to... It's a fragmented ecosystem, and many slightly advanced things require that you understand how your computer & OS work. Things that a slightly advanced user can handle in Windows via some UI, will most likely be far harder on linux...
I'd love to use a linux desktop more, but sadly my time is also precious, and i just don't have the motivation to use it fighting with the linux desktop >_<....