Post #3915707

2026-07-18 14:15 UTC

I know it's a Cheap Pop, praising #Linux here on Mastodon, but I have to say... I think Microsoft may have made a massive "Video Game Crash of '83" level fuck up with Windows 11. If people don't like one of their decisions, their entire value, up until now, has been the *somewhat* valid argument of "what are you going to do, switch to Apple?" And to be clear, I am not shaming Mac users (a thing that I really wish they would also try not to do back, looking at you, iPhone snobs). But even though Unix/Linux have been around since the dawn of time, Microsoft's never really considered Linux a threat, due to the multiple barriers of entry - the complicated install, difficulty of overall use, lack of support and drivers, incompatibilities, and there being a certain (let's be honest, sometimes justified) stigma against Linux users.

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@thevhswizard@retro.pizza 2026-07-18 14:22

But while Linux has continued to evolve, and has gotten a MASSIVE adoption via the Android OS, Microsoft's conceptual rhetoric about switching to a different OS has not changed. I have personally dabbled with PC-side Linux several times over the last couple of decades, but have never been comfortable enough with it to use it as a daily driver, as my primary operating system... until now. I now have a laptop running Mint because I didn't want to upgrade to Windows 11 and was tired of getting constantly threatened and harassed by Microsoft itself. AND I now have a Steam Deck (somehow). Between those two, I have had a face-first full exposure to the insides and outsides of Linux, and I gotta say... it's fine.

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