4 reasons I can no longer use Linux as my daily driver
4 reasons I can no longer use Linux as my daily driver
Publish Date: 2026-02-25 06:30:00
Source Domain: www.howtogeek.com
After a decade of using Linux, it has now been two years since the last time I loaded up a distro to get work done—and it’s becoming increasingly hard for me to see myself going back. The computers I use and the way I use them has changed, and Linux just isn’t suited for my new computing world.
Linux isn’t on the type of hardware I want
In the battle between Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS, Google’s ChromeOS, and Linux—I have long chosen Linux. It’s the only one that provides true ownership over my software and complete flexibility to use my computer however I want. There has yet to be an operating system I prefer to power a laptop or desktop PC.
Thing is, I don’t use a laptop or desktop anymore.
Over two years ago, I ditched my laptop for a smartphone that could load up a full Android-based desktop when connected to a lapdock or an external monitor. Linux companies like Canonical and Purism had promised the idea of a single device that could adapt to different form factors, but it was Android that delivered on this vision of convergence.
I have since replaced that phone, a Moto Edge+ 2023, with a book-style foldable smartphone and learned that the inner screen is large enough for me to do my entire job. I am writing these words not on an Android-based desktop, but on the 7.6-inch screen of a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6—and I’m writing not with a keyboard, but a stylus.
Now, when I do want a larger screen, I rarely connect my lapdock or even dock to an external monitor. I have since purchased a Galaxy XR headset instead. That spatial computer runs the same apps as my phone, and it’s easy to share files between the two. The high-resolution OLED panels in this headset makes images and video look better than I’ve ever experienced, and when I can work by standing apps all around me, even a large monitor just feels limiting.
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