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Originally Posted by HarryT
It depends what you use a PC for. In my own case I'm a keen photographer and my "must have" program is Adobe Lightroom which, to the best of my knowledge, has no reasonable Linux alternative; it's Windows and Mac only.
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I can understand that. I once worked in a print shop -- certain applications were necessary there, so you used what platform you had to. When folks ask me about PC games and Linux, I tell them that they would probably be happier sticking with Windows. But if you mostly use your computer for email, web browsing, writing -- general computer usage -- Linux is a fine choice. And it's not as if the platform could not handle games, or Lightroom, or the others, it's just that the market is too small. So it's kind of a Catch-22 situation.
At any rate, for my needs, Linux is the much better choice. Less maintenance required and fewer hassles with updating. And it's faster and lighter on the same hardware.