That is, on my personal laptop, which I also use for managerial and office work. I have never even used anything else on servers. As I delve into (for me new) technologies, I find that the backend (what actually does most of the work on the computer) is best supported and works best – or comes straight out of it – on Linux. Which is no surprise. However, even the things that Windows has traditionally been best at – i.e., frontend, look and feel, user-friendliness, and support for “IT-blonde” programs – have sometimes worked better on Linux (or Mac) than on Windows. And most of the (G)UI (i.e. the “simple” and nice UI with buttons, menus, etc.) nowadays runs in the browser anyway… So the main function of Windows today is actually already performed by the browser.
Of course, I’m originally an IT guy. But in a sense, I’m now starting over almost from scratch. And one can’t help but notice the global trend towards Linux-like systems, whether it’s macOS X (Linux-based) or Android (Linux-based) or the many others that are more than thriving in the market. And in fact, the only thing I have left as further usable and marketable after a 10+ year hiatus in the industry is a good knowledge of Linux – pretty much everything else I have to (re)learn for the most part.
Not that I want to start a flame on the topic “what is better” or cause a mass switch to Linux. There’s certainly no rush-Windows will be with us for a long time (if for nothing else, for social inertia). I’d be more interested in what to expect if I switch. Problems that are easily solved in Win but not in Linux. So far, I only know of eMClient (a great client for managing mainly email with encryption and signing support), which doesn’t run natively in Linux and has no replacement (and don’t write to me about ThunderBird – unless something has changed fundamentally in the last year, it doesn’t even come close to eMClient). But it would run through wine. What other problems should I expect?
Thank you for your opinions.
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