Heyho, recently someone asked for the silliest reasons, but as someone who has suggested linux to many people, I often encounter people having valid reasons for staying with Windows or switching back.

The most boring but valid one is “I have to use Windows for work. It is a requirement (of some software I have to use)”. But there are also other answers that fit. My sister for example tried Linux, but while installing software constantly encountered issues that I helped her solve and eventually switched back because she felt like she had less control than over windows. While I am aware that this is fundamentally wrong, it is valid that some amateur users do not want to invest enough time to get over the initial hurdles of relearning how to install software.

What are the best reasons people have given you for not wanting to try Linux?

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    Intel graphics support, or the absence of it

    That’s like one of the best platforms.

    Decent touchscreen support

    Pretty much everything on Wayland LGTM. If something doesn’t look quite right (like, hover tooltips), it’s probably the fault of the widget toolkit and will also be broken on Windows.

    Windows Ink

    As in stylus/pen/drawing tablet? kwin has awesome support, other compositors have some basics.

    WSL which I use with NixOS

    ??? you want a container? distrobox can do that, or something like this

    Adobe apps

    true… slightly outdated repacks work fine in Wine tho

    PowerPoint Libre Impress (…) it’s not even close

    Wine.