After dealing with the dumbnes of Macs, back in the day, I made a conscious decision that my first 16-bit computer was going to run Windows (3.1).
I’ve played with many many OSes before and since then, and still have a soft spot in my heard for OS/2. I’ve been a professional Unix/Linux sysadmin for a quarter century now, and yet my desktop is still Windows.
No more. I will never EVER install Windows 11 on a machine; and never give Microsoft a penny of my money or a byte of my information to resell.
It’s easier than you think. Muscle memory is a pain, but can be rewritten with new habits and keystrokes. Or for that matter, you can mostly mirror the exact functionality that you’re used to using.
Microsoft will not get their shit together, ever. They don’t have to! If they lose 30% of their existing OS market share, all it will effectively mean is that they’re immune from antitrust complaints, which is a net win for them.
Meanwhile, Steam is working their ass off to make gaming on Linux a seamless endeavour, and are mostly there.
Do it. Give up on the company that wants to milk you, to steal your information, to abuse your trust.
After dealing with the dumbnes of Macs, back in the day, I made a conscious decision that my first 16-bit computer was going to run Windows (3.1).
I’ve played with many many OSes before and since then, and still have a soft spot in my heard for OS/2. I’ve been a professional Unix/Linux sysadmin for a quarter century now, and yet my desktop is still Windows.
No more. I will never EVER install Windows 11 on a machine; and never give Microsoft a penny of my money or a byte of my information to resell.
It’s easier than you think. Muscle memory is a pain, but can be rewritten with new habits and keystrokes. Or for that matter, you can mostly mirror the exact functionality that you’re used to using.
Microsoft will not get their shit together, ever. They don’t have to! If they lose 30% of their existing OS market share, all it will effectively mean is that they’re immune from antitrust complaints, which is a net win for them.
Meanwhile, Steam is working their ass off to make gaming on Linux a seamless endeavour, and are mostly there.
Do it. Give up on the company that wants to milk you, to steal your information, to abuse your trust.