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Being something only linux users say and being an offhand comment are not mutually exclusive.
And maybe there's a reason we say things like that. You have to go out of your way to get put linux on a machine, dude. Means you have plenty of time to look at windows before you put what you want on there. Hell, I still have to do help people with windows on their computer all the time. I'm not the one trapped in Plato's Cave by any means.
Besides, based on your logic, are you saying you're a windows fanboy? You seemed to get pretty aggressive when someone dared insult the Holy Code of Gates.
I just find the Linux ideological possession to be utterly insufferable and its proponents are often willfully blind to the shortcomings of their own platform whilst exaggerating the flaws of Microsoft's and refuse to acknowledge its strengths. There's a bitterness that runs through their rhetoric that belies the fact that they're salty more people don't adopt Linux despite the fact that it's utterly unsuited to the vast majority of use cases of personal computer use.
So I guess my hostility towards it could be summed up as hostility towards the denial of reality.
fair enough.
It doesn't help that a fair bit of leftism runs through linux communities and I'm sure we both know what insufferable twats those cultists can be...
For me, it's more about longstanding issues with windows that never seem to be addressed, forced updates, forced upgrades, the fact that every version seems to double in resource usage for the sake of "features" that I'd just assume turn off, a UI that seems to change the location of settings drastically with every major version, and the fact that, unless you go to outstanding lengths to block its bullshit, at this point it's basically worse spyware than the stuff that we used to be warned away from "free" software for fear of it being bundled with the crap...
for what it's worth, though. I'm sorry I set you off. it wasn't my intent. Peace?
Fair enough. I share many of those complaints myself and it's part of why I'm seriously concerned about the long term viability of Microsoft. There's always been some legit grievances to levy against them but in the last 10 years or so it's gone from annoyance to genuine cause for concern.
With Windows being a full fledged gaming platform I fear for the long term preservation of a great many games if Microsoft manages to well and truly shit the bed. That was one of the big strengths of the PC platform over consoles. Yeah you have to fiddle with some config settings but at a base level you can just sort of play old games forever. If the Windows platform straight up dies or changes too drastically...well we could lose practically everything. Yeah you can do a lot with virtual machines, but at some point you're going to hit a wall with drivers and interaction between VM and host platforms that just sort of gums up the works and stalls out your ability to replicate the original experience(CRT monitors notwithstanding). The inevitably death of GOG isn't making me optimistic for the future either.
...at the risk of setting you off again(sorry😣), this is actually one of the reasons I like linux so much...
in the linux world, there's a tool called WINE, that's basically an application layer between 'nix and the software. been around for a decade or so. while it has a lot of trouble with newer stuff, because it's been around so long people have been bashing their heads against older games long enough to get them to work pretty robustly in most cases. There's always exceptions of course, and very little can be done about games that depend on external servers, but it gives me hope that olders games can stay alive a hell of a lot longer.
I'll give an example. there's a couple of RTS games, star trek armada i & II, that I haven't been able to play on modern windows since XP (and even then the first game only with sound acceleration turned off), but a few tweaks, and they both play fine.
but it would definitely be a shame for GOG to go belly up, i'd rather buy from them from steam, and that's with steam having better linux support.
still, no hard feelings if you don't wanna join the cult of the penguin, lol.