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Linux: powerful, but not practical for everyday work

Terrence O’Brien revisits Linux on a 2019 Dell XPS 15, finding that while Linux has improved for gaming, photo editing, and music software, it remains a fiddly, fragmented ecosystem with EFI issues, driver quirks, and a heavy reliance on terminal tweaks; even when things work, Steam, MIDI controllers, and DAWs can be finicky, leading him to conclude Linux is powerful but still more of a hobby than a ready-to-work OS—he ultimately needs an OS that “just works” for his workflow.