I’ve been trying various Linux flavours every year for 10 years or so. The last year I tried Arch, then EndeavourOS, which has been my most successful Linux exploration I’ve ever had, and given me huge hope. However, there are still a few things preventing me switching it to my default OS.
I’ll put aside Games that need Anti Cheat, as I doubt that will ever be fully fixed, unless Governments force game devs to support more than just Windows.
Here is what doesn’t work for me:
- Streaming services like NowTV. (Works in Windows in browser only)
- DRM proected VST’s for use with Reaper (not via Wine)
- Roblox (Using Waydroid was not very successful)
- Office 365 (I like Libreoffice and OnlyOffice but fact is Word and Excel are just required for some stuff)
For #4, you could use WinApps - just pair it with a debloated version of Windows (like Tiny11) and you won’t even notice any performance impact. I made a custom build of Tiny11 core and it’s idle RAM usage is just 605 MB, and CPU usage close to 0%. When I launch a .docx on Linux, it loads up Word as a RemoteApp in less than a second and it sorta feels like a native app. It’s all pretty seamless once you get it going.
If you are going down this route btw, I highly recommend using freeRDP v3 (which you can install from the AUR), since it’s got a ton of improvements over the old 2.x versions.
Yeah this is a good solution for some of those applications that will outright refuse to support Linux and are relatively lightweight. Bookmarked.
Ok now this is interesting. Wonder if Roblox would also work. Thanks.