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Linux not for everyone

The reasons I haven't installed Linux are as follows:

- if anything, there is too much choice. I think if there were one Linux desktop more people would try it
- I don't want to have to spend time trying to find drivers for my peripherals, e.g. a Minolta film scanner (it was a bit of a nightmare getting it to work with Windows!)
- although there are alternatives to mainstream software, such as The Gimp (which is, incidentally, available for Windows), it's not necessarily as good (the Gimp is slow and clunky compared to Photoshop, which is fair enough as it's free)
- if you're in to gaming, then it's got to be Windows: can I install Valve's Steam client in Linux (not yet, despite rumours)? Can I play Half-Life 2, Bioshock, Halo, Fallout 3, Roller Coaster Tycoon etc?

I'm not knocking Linux, but it's not quite enough to drop Windows (or MacOS) completely, for most of us.

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