Linux is on par with Windows kind of but not really. It's a little ghetto
For example, desktop environments are just wonky and buggy most the time, random games don't work, WINE is the worst piece of software on the planet, drivers suck, other random weird issues.
> For example, desktop environments are just wonky and buggy most the time, random games don't work, WINE is the worst piece of software on the planet, drivers suck, other random weird issues.
When was the last time you have tried linux? With exception of wine, which on its pure form is indeed annoying, nothing else is true. Gnome/KDE/Cinnamon are just fine (not my cup of tea but far from buggy/wonky). I have no problem gaming even on i3. For driver on many distro you can check a box to install the proprietary Nvidia driver.
You can use lutris to easy the pain of wine, and if you use proton on steam you are just have to click install like windows. You can check here the compatibility:
Also let's not pretend that windows is walk in the park. I have had my share of problems with drives/games not working on windows as well. That is just the nature of trying to run games on PC. It ain't never gonna be as easy as on consoles.
> desktop environments are just wonky and buggy most the time
Of course it depends on the DE ou're using, but I'd encourage you to give it another shot. This was certainly the case at one time, but I tried Fedora earlier this year and was shocked by how stable the UX is. Not even in the "wow, this is nowhere near as buggy as it used to be" way. I can't speak for all distros, and I do know some which are less than perfect, but Fedora at least was certainly an eye-opener.
> random games don't work, WINE is the worst piece of software on the planet, drivers suck
I get why you, as the end user, wouldn't care about excuses, but to be fair none of these are entirely the fault of linux because they're trying to get things to work that the original developer didn't intend to run on linux.
It'd be like blaming Microsoft for MacOS apps not working on Windows, or visa versa. Again, as the end user thats not really your problem, if you need to run a piece of software and the OS doesn't run it, it doesn't really matter why, but I don't think this is an example of buggy software on the side of linux devs.
For example, desktop environments are just wonky and buggy most the time, random games don't work, WINE is the worst piece of software on the planet, drivers suck, other random weird issues.