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And the reason those few programs don't support Linux is because they don't think we have enough users. So don't hold up on using linux for that reason, it's just a circle.
Yes, I've been trying hard to squeeze some linux into my life, currently trying to turn an old laptop into a little music machine for jamming with on me midi keyboard. I've run across quite a few issues just trying to get specific software working. I did cave at one point and try to use windows 10 but their installation media tool would fail every time I tried and the hardware is too old for windows 11 lol. It also triggered my gag reflex just thinking of all the ads it would feed me and all the bullshit I'd have to disable to make it respect my privacy. A number of different distros just worked flawlessly, though, and if all I needed to do was simple computer things and web I'd be laughing.
Some software is always going to have problems. Specially if the developer never had to work with linux.
In my case I think of it like my choice of Linux like how people may choose other lifestyle. It's not about having superior experience in everything, but about general good experience and self satisfaction.
Just think of it this way, people in the 90s were happy with the softwares they had, so if some subset of software is not available to me it's not end of the world. On the flip side many softwares are only available to me because of linux, my favorite is poppler-tools that allow me to merge PDFs and other pdf related tasks that in windows you'd need to pay Adobe for. If you compare and want things that you can't have it'll always make you unhappy. Everytime you search for a tool, search in linux websites or search source codes and you'll be happy to ignore any tools that have a lot of licensing complications and windows only support. Not saying that's the way to do it, but that's how I do it.
This is where I'm trying to get to. Any new software I try to make sure is foss and linux where possible. It's just a bit of a pain with music because there's a lot of tools I've bought over the years and would like to continue using.
*Enough paying users