Why would they? That’s what makes Linux good. Infinite choices.

Yeah, it’s one of the greatest characteristics of FOSS. We have many options and endless posibilities.

Glad to help.

Sure, I can do that.

• If you’re looking for something lightweight, go for st or urxvt. These are Xorg-only.
• If you want to configure it via GUI, xfce4-terminal is the middle ground for lightweight and feature-rich. If you are on KDE, konsole would suffice. You can use these on Xorg and Wayland.
• If you want to work with multiple panes in a single window, terminator is your friend. Used this on Xorg but not sure about its Wayland compatibility.
• If you want GPU acceleration and more features, kitty and alacritty is out there. Both should work on Xorg and Wayland.
• If you want something like st but pure Wayland, foot is the best lightweight terminal emulator. My current personal favourite.

If you’re occasionally using them, there aren’t any.

If you’re excessively using them, there are many.

Depends on the usage though. While I prefer GTK over Qt as well, for me there are no GTK alternatives for Krita, Kate and Ghostwriter.

The one true way is TempleOS.

Clarification: It’s $100 per game. And they give it you back once your game earn $1000. https://store.steampowered.com/sub/163632

You probably saw Cinnamon and want that. XFCE is the same whether you use it on Xubuntu or Mint.

Merry Christmas to you too!

If that was a joke, it was a really bad one. If that was not a joke, just take care of your mental health. That’s all I’m gonna say.

You never heard of it yet wrote silly things about it that is not true.

Is this a joke of some kind? It’s been OnlyOffice since 2014.

Since it’s ELI5, I’ll try to be as clear as possible. Windows and Linux distros are different operating systems, so their programs are their own. If there isn’t a compatibility layer present (or an emulator) you won’t be able run a program written for the other system. What Steam does on Linux is, it uses a compatibility layer (Proton) to run Windows games. Proton is Valve’s version of WINE with some specific improvements, mostly targeting Steam games. That’s how Steam Deck works. You can think the other way around of this is Microsoft’s WSL (not exactly).

So, because of there needs to be a compatibility layer, it might not always work as intended for some games (though numbers are decreasing with every update). Most of these games are games that use an anti-cheat, though Valve included Linux versions of BattlEye and EasyAntiCheat in Proton, and if a developer uses it, there is no problem for that game. For example, Hell Let Loose works fine because of this. Note that, some games will use kernel level anti-cheat (or currently using), those games won’t run at all.

From what I found, there is also a possibility that you might have a hard time with some older games that use a custom-built engine. I mostly encountered this with some Japanese games. Though, those games usually don’t work on something over Windows 7 too.

No problem!

No problem! There are actually a lot of good paid software for Linux too but most people don’t know about them. Mostly targeted businesses but that’s fine I think.

This one has a perpetual license option, which could be steep for personal use but could be fine for a business. PDFsam Visual is great for what it does. You can also try it for 14 days too and then decide if it’s useful for you or not.

I approached this as they are more techie than a regular user, so they can learn Linux faster if they want. Otherwise, it’s their job and they are not a regular user. It’s the same for MS Office too. If it’s related to someone else’s job, it’s most likely irreplaceable. However MS Office is not a must for people who just want to write or do some spreadsheet.

Basically I exclude jobs from “everyday users”.

Well, it’s true that Photoshop has no real competitor, at least in the FOSS world. Otherwise we wouldn’t have this conversation. :)

I mean, I get MS Office part but do normal people use Adobe stuff (aside from Acrobat)? As I see, normal people don’t even know how to use Photoshop. The ones who can use Adobe products can use Linux as well without a hassle in my opinion. However, a change requires to relearn things. Probably that’s the reason people don’t seek a change, unless they feel a little adventurous.

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! Hopefully, Microsoft will break that cycle.

I prefer that over NT or Windows.

I guess I’m gonna say Linux Mint here too, even better LMDE.