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Please don't act as if Linux was a viable alternative for everything. It's not. I appreciate trying to prod people, but this came off very elitist. -- someone
by wink 8y ago
Please don't act as if Linux was a viable alternative for everything. It's not. I appreciate trying to prod people, but this came off very elitist.
-- someone who's been using Linux since 1998, Linux desktops for work stuff since ~2008 and has more machines with only Linux at home than ones with Windows, but still spends the majority of recreation time on a Win7 box because not all games run nicely with Wine, or at all.
- 131012 8y agoIt came off very elitist to assume I am running on Windows too. My comment was written from Ubuntu, yet I had to buy a Win10 license last time I bought a laptop.
- flukus 8y ago> Please don't act as if Linux was a viable alternative for everything. It's not. Please get over the idea that linux will ever be a 100% perfect drop-in replacement for windows. If you can't accept that their will be some pain involved and things they have to give up then you should expect to be stuck in this abusive relationship forever.
- zapzupnz 8y ago> Please get over the idea that linux will ever be a 100% perfect drop-in replacement for windows Are you saying that generally or to the person to whom you responded, because it looks like you're both saying the same thing with the current wording and I find it a tad confusing.
- flukus 8y agoWe both recognize the difficulty but OP doesn't seem willing to accept the self sacrifice necessary to get to the end goal, which is what I was attempting to emphasize. As long as MS know that people aren't willing to make sacrifices (and we're using the term loosely) like that they will have no reason to change and the cycle will continue.
- dman 8y agoI would like to live in a world where the parents comment could be interpreted as talking about openbsd / freebsd etc. (Parents username notwithstanding).
- linuxftw 8y agoI don't play video games on PC, and neither do most 'normal' users. Most people use PC for browsing the web, writing email, and creating documents. Many people do play games on PC, but not most. Vote with your dollars. What do you care about most? PC Video games, or having an operating system that respects your freedom and privacy? Critical mass starts with you too, if you want PC Video games that run on free operating systems, us those systems and the vendors will follow.
- Nerdfest 8y agoWhile not a 'normal' user as such, I've used only Linux at home and at work (Win VM at work occasionally for rare corporate stuff). I develop software, control my guitar amp and audio equipment, play video games, do photo processing, watch videos .... No, it's not a viable alternative for everything, it's damn close. Valve is doing some incorporation of Wine into Steam that should make many "Windows-only" games play effortlessly. Don't use Linux if you don't want to obviously, but complaining because you can't play all games written for a completely different OS is a valid complaint. If you know people that are concerned about surveillance and privacy, don't scare them away. At least tell people about multi-boot.