GOG's new owner can't stand Windows either: 'It's such poor-quality software '
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Re: GOG's new owner can't stand Windows either: 'It's such poor-quality software '
#2any word on GOG offering links to upgrade to linux, i think it would speed things up, right now we are almost at the part where the mortally wounded leviathan trashes everything about in its final death throes.
it really would be nice for early emancipators to have a comfortable landing, and avoid being subject to collateral damage.
Re: GOG's new owner can't stand Windows either: 'It's such poor-quality software '
#3any word on GOG offering links to upgrade to linux, i think it would speed things up, right now we are almost at the part where the mortally wounded leviathan trashes everything about in its final death throes. it really would be nice for early emancipators to have a comfortable landing, and avoid being subject to collateral damage.
I suspect they would put out a GOG Galaxy that works on Linux well before promoting it on their web site that aggressively.
Re: GOG's new owner can't stand Windows either: 'It's such poor-quality software '
#4So part of me agrees, but part of me also feels like a victim of the boy who cried wolf.
People have ragged on Windows going back for as long as I can remember. Only in hindsight did people ever express fondness in public for Windows XP (and maybe a bit for Windows 7). It's hard for me to distinguish how much of the vitriol is legitimate this time from developers, or will nostalgia glasses just haunt Windows forever.
I've been using Windows 11 and... it feels fine? If anything, it doesn't feel substantially different enough from Windows 10 to care. My other comparison points are a Macbook and a Steam Deck, and both of them have so many faults of their own that I don't understand the need to rag on Windows in particular.
Re: GOG's new owner can't stand Windows either: 'It's such poor-quality software '
#5any word on GOG offering links to upgrade to linux, i think it would speed things up, right now we are almost at the part where the mortally wounded leviathan trashes everything about in its final death throes. it really would be nice for early emancipators to have a comfortable landing, and avoid being subject to collateral damage.
I'm not familiar enough beyond casual use of Steam on Linux and a few one-offs to know the current state of gaming... but can only posit that a GoG installer/launcher for Linux that uses Proton (like Steam) wouldn't hurt.
Re: GOG's new owner can't stand Windows either: 'It's such poor-quality software '
#6> would you like to purchase an Office 365 subscription? No? Okay I'll ask again tomorrow),
Ironic, given their website showed me two unrequested popups.
Re: GOG's new owner can't stand Windows either: 'It's such poor-quality software '
#7any word on GOG offering links to upgrade to linux, i think it would speed things up, right now we are almost at the part where the mortally wounded leviathan trashes everything about in its final death throes. it really would be nice for early emancipators to have a comfortable landing, and avoid being subject to collateral damage.
I'm not familiar enough beyond casual use of Steam on Linux and a few one-offs to know the current state of gaming... but can only posit that a GoG installer/launcher for Linux that uses Proton (like Steam) wouldn't hurt.
There is the Heroic Game Launcher that also interfaces with the Epic Games Store.
Re: GOG's new owner can't stand Windows either: 'It's such poor-quality software '
#8So part of me agrees, but part of me also feels like a victim of the boy who cried wolf. People have ragged on Windows going back for as long as I can remember. Only in hindsight did people ever express fondness in public for Windows XP (and maybe a bit for Windows 7). It's hard for me to distinguish how much of the vitriol is legitimate this time from developers, or will nostalgia glasses just haunt Windows forever.…
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Re: GOG's new owner can't stand Windows either: 'It's such poor-quality software '
#9So part of me agrees, but part of me also feels like a victim of the boy who cried wolf. People have ragged on Windows going back for as long as I can remember. Only in hindsight did people ever express fondness in public for Windows XP (and maybe a bit for Windows 7). It's hard for me to distinguish how much of the vitriol is legitimate this time from developers, or will nostalgia glasses just haunt Windows forever.…
I was there when XP came out and it was clearly better than any of the entries in the two "parents" that it replaced (NT/Win2k, and 9X/ME). I was the local "hey, my PC is broken" guy and the first thing to try was always to replace whatever version of windows they had with XP.
I certainly have some anti-fondness memories as well (I had the service pack burned to a CD because it took longer to download and install the updates than it did to get infected with one of the various worms around at the time), but there was zero doubt in my mind that XP was the best windows yet when it came out.
Re: GOG's new owner can't stand Windows either: 'It's such poor-quality software '
#10So part of me agrees, but part of me also feels like a victim of the boy who cried wolf. People have ragged on Windows going back for as long as I can remember. Only in hindsight did people ever express fondness in public for Windows XP (and maybe a bit for Windows 7). It's hard for me to distinguish how much of the vitriol is legitimate this time from developers, or will nostalgia glasses just haunt Windows forever.…
Well, that's because 11 and 10 are similar while being substantially worse than XP.