Brian2d ago

Four solid months into my Linux journey, and I had a realization:

I will never need Microsoft Windows again, for anything. I really cannot express how liberating this feels.

It feels like escaping the matrix.

#linux #foss

Show threadNazo1d ago

@prime It's been a little bit harder for me because I'm a gamer and have had to deal with some annoyances, but in the end I just don't ever want to ever go back. Even if Microsoft suddenly realizes what they've done and the way they screwed over every single one of their users and chased away people who used their software for literal decades and makes a Windows 12 that goes back to XP/7 goodness, it's too late. The bridges are all burned. I will never ever trust Microsoft ever again no matter what they do.

Plus the feeling of actually owning my own blasted PC truly is hard to underestimate. No fighting against systems determined to force stuff on me against my will... (Except systemd FFS.)

Show threadBrian
@nazokiyoubinbou I too am primarily a gamer, so this was a big part of my hesitation before switching, but Valve has done the damn thing and really made gaming on linux a mainstream-accessible idea.
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Show threadNazo18h ago

@prime I really hate to give them too much credit and I do want to remind everyone as a whole that WINE was a really really long process and a lot of hard work by a lot of people long before Valve stepped in, but yes their WINE patches (eg Proton) have improved it a huge amount I will begrudgingly admit.

Thankfully it's fully open and we can use Proton/Wine-GE in just about anything. 😁