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When Linux works with games/ games development, has a decent IDE, has decent industry standard 2D and 3D content production apps and office apps ok. Right now, it’s really only for server use.

Without knowing coding and issues resulting from so many flavors, Linux can be used fine for the Internet and basic computing (we have one that is mainly for the former, but it lack the wealth of easy customization and wealth of free software to do such.

Like over 200 tweaks available in in Ultimate Windows Tweaker 4 for Windows 10 From the Windows club.

Add to this Winaero features of the Winaero Tweaker

Then there is Right-Click Extender (add items to many right click menus) , and T-Clock Redux and Classic Shell, now called Open Shell (https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/archive/master.zip)

Composite (with my own Quick Launch menu) using T-Clock and Open Shell, by the grace of God.:

Desktop w. RightClickExtender

When Linux works with games/ games development, has a decent IDE, has decent industry standard 2D and 3D content production apps and office apps ok. Right now, it’s really only for server use.

Linux is fine for a personal computer. I've been running some variant of Ubuntu for 20 years and I do more than most people on their PC. Currently running dual boot to Kubuntu or Win7 Pro and haven't booted up to the Windows side in months. About the only Win program I use is TurboCAD because it's something I learned before I started using Linux. I also have Adobe Acrobat Pro on the Win side but rarely use it.

I just did a PC update while typing this and I don't have to worry about restarting the system even if it's a major update. I can close down three browsers, Evolution email client, Inkscape and/or GIMP(graphics programs), Sublime and immediately shut down the PC and still have a 5 second shut down time. Startup time is about 15 seconds. Kubuntu runs the Plasma desktop which has as many goodies as Windows.

Libre Office is fully compatible with MS Office. OpenOffice also. I run AbiWord and Caligra Sheets and can save or open files in the same file format as MS Word, doc/docx or Excel xls/xlsx.

I agree Linux is not much good for gaming.

Plenty of IDEs but maybe not "the one that everyone uses" for a given language. I use Sublime as a text/code editor for web dev stuff. Html/CSS/php, no compiling.

For 2D graphics, there's GIMP, Krita and InkScape. InkScape's native format is svg and it will export high res png files with a very small file size so InkScape is perfect for the web. SVG is the up and coming web standard for vector graphics on the web. Right now it's png and jpg. I use GIMP for editing jpg images and ImageMagik for optimizing jpg files. GIMP will do pretty much anything Photoshop will. ImageMagik is a command line program for working with image files. It will reduce the file size of a folder full of jpg files in a matter of seconds. It's usually pre-installed on most Linux servers as well. When you upload images to facebook, twitter, imgur etc, it's usually using ImageMagik behind the scenes to optimize the image file size.

Blender has been used for 3D modeling by NASA and has been used for Spiderman 2, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and other projects. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blender_(software)#Use_in_the_media_industry It's mostly used in the early stages of large projects like that. They follow up with 3D Studio Max(think Transformers movies) and others.

Here's a French artist that uses nothing but open source software running on Kubuntu, https://www.davidrevoy.com/article783/kubuntu-linux-20-04-for-a-digital-painting-workstation-reasons-and-install-guide This is his webcomic, https://www.peppercarrot.com/en He makes his living as a graphic artist and creates the Pepper & Carrot webcomic to push for open source. He does tutorials showing how he creates the webcomic as a contribution to the open source software community.

I haven't enjoyed paying money to see the blue screen of death in 2 decades. Windows has also become yet another personal data collection machine like google, Android etc. Every PC(laptops) in the house runs dual boot Win/Ubuntu. The kids use Windows mostly because it's more compatible with web based games they play and it's what everyone else that they interact with online uses. Peer pressure. My wife usually uses Ubuntu because it's faster and more stable. She watches streaming and is on facebook for their games. Everyone where she works is on facebook and they use it for work related comms.

The biggest reason everyone uses windows is because everyone else they know uses windows, unless they're Mac users. Then they use Mac because everyone else in their field does. It's similar to how difficult it is for conservatives to start up a new social media website when everyone uses facebook or twitter. People are comfortable with what they know and want to fit in with the crowd, even if it sucks.

When Linux works with games/ games development, has a decent IDE, has decent industry standard 2D and 3D content production apps and office apps ok. Right now, it’s really only for server use.

Linux is definitely for more than just server use. Sure, it's still a bit more on the advanced side for many users, but it's opened up a LOT.

- There are several IDEs geared towards various languages, but I'm not much of a programmer so I can't say anything on a quality comparison.
- Definitely agree on CAD, Linux has some programs but they're just not as good as the stuff on Windows. But most people using those likely already have a certain program their company uses, so they don;t have much freedom on that.
- Games, try https://store.steampowered.com/linux or Blizzard's stuff - "Overwatch is the only game that Blizzard has released (except Warcraft 1 & earlier) that is not playable in Linux (even with work). Every other title that Blizzard has put out is playable in Linux with not much effort". There's likely options from other companies, but I don't really play that much in general, and almost nothing outside of Steam/StarCraft. (My tower's on Windows anyway, so it doesn't really matter though.)
- Word/PPT/Excel: try https://www.libreoffice.org/ or http://www.openoffice.org/. I like Libre better, and both are fine with most normal documents. If you have a ton of fancy formatting/cell formulas/ppt transitions and effects, you're better off sticking to the same program that designed that particular file, as any switching programs can go wonky.