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The appeal of Windows for me is inertia. I keep using it because I can keep using my preferred programs, namely: Winamp, MPC-HC, and my video game library. Pe

The appeal of Windows for me is inertia. I keep using it because I can keep using my preferred programs, namely: Winamp, MPC-HC, and my video game library. Perhaps once my desktop with Windows 7 installed dies I will put Linux on a new one as the idea of using 10 terrifies me. I did try to use Linux a few times in the period between 2007 and 2010 but I never found a desktop environment I liked enough. The file browsers and music players always left much to be desired. I can't say much about how the programming compares as I stick to the command line mostly but I do prefer the thought of using the Win32 API over whatever might, might be available on Linux. Do I choose GTK and its copious unique types (even for integers) or do I force myself to learn the abomination that is C++ to use Qt? What audio subsystem do I use from the dozen or so that is around?

stegosaurus 11y ago
Video game library is a fair point. I use W7 in a VM for that, though I find myself playing games less and less nowadays. I guess it's that I don't do GUI programming. I mostly produce software that does things directly (rather than enabling others to do things). I fundamentally have very little use for a GUI unless I were producing software for someone else to use (e.g. QuickBooks or something). I think that's probably the barrier in both directions. GUI users don't usually see eye to eye with terminal users. It's vi-vs-emacs all over again. :P