Wow gun to head and everything. Glad he survived the transition.
More seriously, editing is either a lost art or click bait headlines are more important than ever. The title is very immature.
Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux
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Re: Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux
#12I'd switch if it weren't for anticheat breaking the games I play. I really, really hate Windows, and Windows 11 even more than normal levels of Windows hate. I had to do some really weird shit to get it to a place that feels sane.
"The only real limitation is that some games with anti-cheat like Valorant, Call of Duty or League of Legends won't run. But honestly I think not being able to launch League of Legends is actually a feature - one final reason to install Linux."
Fair point though :P
Re: Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux
#13It's not going to get any better. Microsoft's problem is tech debt. Copilot doesn't pay tech debt it creates it. It will only get worse faster.
Re: Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux
#14Gentoo forced me to switch to Apple. jk, I wanted to install Ableton and now it's been 15 years.
And you got Bitwig :)
Re: Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux
#15Maybe it's stockholm syndrome but I still have no interest in Linux. Are nvidia drivers still bad?
Haven't really ever had much issues with nvidia drivers on Linux tbh, and I've been using it since the early 2000s.
Re: Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux
#16I've never heard of CachyOS. I'm amazed at how many Linux versions there are and how good they seem and it makes me wish I could try them all.
Re: Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux
#17Gentoo forced me to switch to Apple. jk, I wanted to install Ableton and now it's been 15 years.
Yep, Ableton is why I have a Mac Mini on my KVM.
Re: Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux
#18Maybe it's stockholm syndrome but I still have no interest in Linux. Are nvidia drivers still bad?
Drivers are generally fine, but there's more to it than just switching. If you're not bothered by the Win11 stuff, switching is probably not for you. Perhaps you can look into Linux for your current use cases and see if it's at all attractive.
Re: Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux
#19Like the author says:
> Linux is the preferred platform for development
Honestly I'm surprised he was using a non unix system this long, I guess it kinda proves his point that switching costs can seem huge
Re: Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux
#20Apple forced me to switch to Linux! Linux should consider paying Microsoft and Apple for new customers. Perhaps the customer acquisition funnel is quite long, at least it took 20 years of using Apple in my case before switching to Debian ( Xfce ), but it was worth it!
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