I see your comments, I get it, you're not a fan of Linux or whatever. I'd like to see some improved gaming support for sure, it works great when it does, but can be a pain when it doesn't. I'm considering maybe a dual-boot or something to ease myself into it for games and really see. I've only played a handful of low-performance games in Linux so far. I won't be pushed into having a MS account on my Windows, I've been down that road and it ended very badly with me losing a lot of data. So for when the day comes I can't get around it, I'll just start going backwards to Windows 7 or something.
Worse version of DOS though? Uh yeah, that's absolutely insane. I was just cleaning up some things on my DOSBox setup yesterday and it's irritating once you've gotten used to a Linux command line. There's so much that's just a pain to do or just doesn't exist without a highly custom config.
You've obviously no experience with headless servers then. Networks and the internet live on the Linux terminal, not a GUI. I did some Windows Server work for clients in the past, it's pretty and clickable. It's also a total pain in the ass when they ask for anything beyond the default things Microsoft wants them to do. If you don't want it on a desktop machine, that's fine. A lot of things work okay without it, and the improvement is real. I couldn't bear Linux as a main desktop just a few years ago and it's great and easy now. If you want a "stupid fucking terminal" gone forever, then well, go ahead and hand the entire internet over to Microsoft. What of it still exists I guess, as it will be limited to what MS decides to allow in the "Set Up My Website Now Wizard"
I'm not sure I want mass adoption really. Mass adoption of computer things has gotten me required acccounts everywhere, TPM and secure boot requirements, software that runs like shit because it's dragged and dropped by someone who has no idea what even happens inside the computer much less how to optimize for it. I'm to the point I say gatekeep away.
I'd be curious what you've used on Linux that is requiring so many hours to set up though, or a command line at all. Fallout New Vegas is a horrible example, that game is actually broken on Windows now too. I admit, gaming is a disaster and it's going to be something like SteamOS that comes the closest to fixing it. Everything else, that isn't advanced user stuff, you really don't need terminals and hours to do.
I see your comments, I get it, you're not a fan of Linux or whatever. I'd like to see some improved gaming support for sure, it works great when it does, but can be a pain when it doesn't. I'm considering maybe a dual-boot or something to ease myself into it for games and really see. I've only played a handful of low-performance games in Linux so far. I won't be pushed into having a MS account on my Windows, I've been down that road and it ended very badly with me losing a lot of data. So for when the day comes I can't get around it, I'll just start going backwards to Windows 7 or something.
Worse version of DOS though? Uh yeah, that's absolutely insane. I was just cleaning up some things on my DOSBox setup yesterday and it's irritating once you've gotten used to a Linux command line. There's so much that's just a pain to do or just doesn't exist without a highly custom config.
You've obviously no experience with headless servers then. Networks and the internet live on the Linux terminal, not a GUI. I did some Windows Server work for clients in the past, it's pretty and clickable. It's also a total pain in the ass when they ask for anything beyond the default things Microsoft wants them to do. If you don't want it on a desktop machine, that's fine. A lot of things work okay without it, and the improvement is real. I couldn't bear Linux as a main desktop just a few years ago and it's great and easy now. If you want a "stupid fucking terminal" gone forever, then well, go ahead and hand the entire internet over to Microsoft. What of it still exists I guess, as it will be limited to what MS decides to allow in the "Set Up My Website Now Wizard"
I'm not sure I want mass adoption really. Mass adoption of computer things has gotten me required acccounts everywhere, TPM and secure boot requirements, software that runs like shit because it's dragged and dropped by someone who has no idea what even happens inside the computer much less how to optimize for it. I'm to the point I say gatekeep away.
I'd be curious what you've used on Linux that is requiring so many hours to set up though, or a command line at all. Fallout New Vegas is a horrible example, that game is actually broken on Windows now too. I admit, gaming is a disaster and it's going to be something like SteamOS that comes the closest to fixing it. Everything else, that isn't advanced user stuff, you really don't need terminals and hours to do.