It’s the next evolution of planned obsolescence - it just doesn’t work as soon as you start to use it.

If you do try Linux:

• buy hardware that’s supported. For some things (storage) virtually everything works. For others, (video cards, latest-gen wifi) you need to make sure it’s supported out-of-the-box. It’s not worth the headache of trying to get it to work unless you just like geeking out.
• if some piece if software or hardware doesn’t work, it doesn’t work. If you spend more than a half hour (or whatever your limit is) trying to get it to work, just say to yourself ‘not available on Linux right now’ and move on. Linix has way more access to beta and alpha-level stuff, and that can make it tempting to try to fix whatever problem. Just don’t bother.

That said, most of the systems I use Linux on, it just works.

Meh. Most of the top comments are pretty reasonable.

fwiw, I’m now pretty darn happy with Linux and gaming. Granted, I use Steam, so there’s that.

There are issues sometimes, but I just keep a copy of windows around for windows-only things. Generally, Linux “just works” for me, but I’ve also learned to just skip it when something requires too much involvement to get working.

Times change, and people are slow. ‘Colored people’ used to be the most PC, now it’s an insult. Because it could, in any old fart’s brain, be either the most PC thing or an insult, you never know if the person is doing so intentionally or not, which sucks because:

• if someone uses it unintentionally and people jump on them, that just makes them bitter
• someone who is racist can use not knowing as a smoke screen
• people who are really “with it” on social issues can also be quick to blame, and low on tolerance, and high on trauma or virtue signaling.

…the divide just grows until people resolve it inside themselves.

Proper instruction.

Likewise.

Is liftoff homegrown?

Stellaris. Extremely long games, a lot to learn… …and they change it. Mechanics that worked before stop working. The bad parts are added to same become a DLC, the good parts disappear or are algal paved in DLC. Overall, it just doesn’t feel worth it.