--- title: Linux is Easy, right? | daily.dev description: Linus Sebastian and colleagues attempt everyday computing tasks on Linux as part of the Linux Challenge 2026, testing whether Linux is a viable Windows... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-is-easy-right--u9sh0yteq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Linux is Easy, right? | daily.dev og:description: Linus Sebastian and colleagues attempt everyday computing tasks on Linux as part of the Linux Challenge 2026, testing whether Linux is a viable Windows... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-is-easy-right--u9sh0yteq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/U9SH0yTEq.png og:image:alt: Linux is Easy, right? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Linux is Easy, right? **[YouTube](https://daily.dev/sources/youtube)** · 27 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Linus Sebastian and colleagues attempt everyday computing tasks on Linux as part of the Linux Challenge 2026, testing whether Linux is a viable Windows replacement for average users. Tasks include adding startup programs, transferring files from Android and iPhone, video editing with tools like Flowblade and Kdenlive, mounting network shares via SMB, remote desktop access using Sunshine and Moonlight, running games with Easy Anti-Cheat via Steam/Proton, and formatting USB drives to FAT32 with GParted and KDE Partition Manager. The video highlights real friction points — confusing UI labels, Wayland compatibility issues, app crashes, and unclear error messages — while also showing that many tasks are achievable, sometimes with workarounds or community tools like KDE Connect. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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