The issue is "the long tail". For example, if my favorite game (extra points if it's from 2000 and abandonware) doesn't work on Linux, why should I switch?

If my camera which I already own isn't on Linux, why should I switch?

If I'm running an office and I suspect I'll need a Windows program in the future (almost guaranteed, if you want some off-cloud accounting or billing or business-logic software), why should I switch?

> if my favorite game [...] doesn't work on Linux, why should I switch?

That's easy: you should not switch to Linux because of games. You should switch because you like it better than Windows; if you also happen to like gaming, you will find plenty of games for Linux. Your favorite game might not be available, but then again, you should not switch (to any OS!) because of games.

This is not exclusively a problem for Linux either; it also happens to Mac users. Still, the Mac has many fans, right?

>That's easy: you should not switch to Linux because of games. You should switch because you like it better than Windows; if you also happen to like gaming, you will find plenty of games for Linux. Your favorite game might not be available, but then again, you should not switch (to any OS!) because of games.

That's my point. For the "masses", there isn't much there (see how much they care about privacy), and something to lose.

I first started using Linux because I liked unix, programming and open source; privacy wasn't a concern.

I'm not sure it's an OS "for the masses". I know it works for people who just want to edit simple documents, browse the web, watch movies and play the occasional game.

Note that I was replying to MrFurious' comment about "videogames and MS Office". This may come as a surprise to us techies, but "the masses" do NOT game on PCs at all. Gamers on any platform at all are not particularly mainstream (they certainly weren't until relatively recently). I'm willing to bet most people who game at all either play on consoles or play casual games (which usually work on Linux). Very few people play AAA on their PCs, comparatively speaking. Serious PC gamers who build monstrous high-end machines won't be comfortable with Linux, sure -- but they are not the mainstream.

MS Office and related apps are a reasonable point. I get by with Libre Office, but I'm willing to concede the point it's not on par with MS Office. But gaming? I do not believe gaming is the reason people don't use Linux.

I use linux everyday, practically only play football manager,but in steam practically doesn't exists AAA games. Mad Max from 2015?. No fifa, no call of duty, no last AAA games. It's the reality.

You're simply wrong, there are plenty of AAA games on Steam, GOG and the Humble Bundle for Linux. Plenty. It's just not the case anymore that you cannot game on Linux. Also, we're on 2017, 2015 is not old.

Here are some AAA games that I own, all running great on a Linux laptop:

    - XCOM: Enemy Unknown (the remake)
    - Alien: Isolation (impressive graphics)
    - Insurgency
    - Mad Max
    - Victor Vran
    - Portal 2
    - L4D2
    - Dawn of War 2
    - SOMA
    - Firewatch (awesome graphics)
    - Invisible Inc
    - Transistor
    - Divinity: Original Sin (impressive graphics)
    - Hand of Fate
    - Shadowrun & all expansions.

... and plenty more. I just picked some that I like (you won't see racing or sports games because I'm not into them), I actually own hundreds of games. Some newer, some older, some low spec, some hardware-demanding.

In this day and age, pretending that gaming on Linux is hard is just FUD. You may get the games later than on Windows, and not every game, but still there are plenty.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown - 2012 Alien: Isolation - 2014 Insurgency: 2014 Mad Max: 2015 Victor Vran: 2015 Portal 2: 2011 L4D2: 2009 Dawn of War 2: 2009 SOMA: 2015 Firewatch: 2016 Invisible Inc: 2015 Transistor: 2014 Divinity: Original Sin - 2014 Hand of Fate: 2015 Shadowrun & all expansions: 2013?

Oh, with Linux you can play old games(and indie games) and comfort you thinking that linux is the best platform for a gamer and 2015 is not old in the videogame world, meanwhile, your friends play Horizon Zero Dawn in PS4 or last FIFA 18 in Windows 10.

Really do you think that a gamer will change windows 10 for linux for play ancient games and cannot play the last AAA games?.

Finally, i have games how L4D2 in Linux, but if i want to play games how GTA or Asssasins Creed i need windows.

> Oh, with Linux you can play old games(and indie games) and comfort you thinking that linux is the best platform for a gamer and 2015 is not old in the videogame world

It's 2017 now. These games are not old and certainly not ancient. Most of the games I listed are AAA. You said "you cannot game on Linux" and I've proven you wrong. I just listed some games I like, I'm not about to list my whole collection for you to ridicule it.

I never said Linux was the best platform for a gamer, and certainly not the best platform for playing this year's games, but that was not your initial remark either, was it?

> Really do you think that a gamer will change windows 10 for linux

No, but since nobody was arguing this, it seems you're talking to yourself?

Please try to address the actual point, otherwise I won't bother answering you anymore.