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I also spent quite a lot of time during the Windows 10 preview phase, and a while after release, diligently reporting bugs, and voting on well thought-out featu

I also spent quite a lot of time during the Windows 10 preview phase, and a while after release, diligently reporting bugs, and voting on well thought-out feature requests. But after noticing that none of these bugs ever got any attention, and how the Feedback Hub was mostly just noise, I started to wonder why I even did free work for a multi-billion dollar company, on my own time. Right around that period I switched to Linux and now only use Windows for some games that absolutely won't work on the former. This way I no longer care how bad the UX of the system is, and how many bugs there are, as long as my games launch.

gandalfgreybeer 5y ago
Whenever a game I play is released on the Nintendo Switch, I am a little bit happier (eg Diablo 3, Tetris Effect). There’s honestly nothing keeping me in Windows except for video games (which I have less and less time for each year). I’m sort of looking forward to the day I won’t need to play video games on Windows and just be happy with a MacBook and a Linux workstation.
- Kudos 5y ago
  You might be interested in a Valve Steamdeck, it's a Switch form factor Linux gaming device. https://www.steamdeck.com/ https://www.steamdeck.com/
  - dormento 5y ago
    Plus you can play on Steam on GNU/Linux so you're not restricted to Windows. It's pretty much the same runtime that's gonna land on the Steam Deck. I play some pretty demanding games and it runs flawless. While technically it does not require discrete graphics hardware, in practice it does, but its been smooth sailing with my somewhat old NVIDIA GTX1060 GPU.
- Arisaka1 5y ago
  I'm the same. My drive doesn't have enough space so I'm stuck using WSL2 for React/Node development, and I'm waiting for an unreleased game to see how it will perform on Linux before I make my permanent switch. Every other game I play is on Steam and have decent Proton support, or is a retro game where I can use Retroarch and PCSX2 natively.
  - password4321 5y ago
    > My drive doesn't have enough space The recommendation here is to buy a larger drive (and a usb->sata adapter if necessary), clone to the new drive, and keep the old one as an offline backup!
  - stragies 5y ago
    You could install a debian bullseye into the NTFS filesystem alongside with windows, and use the NTFS FS as your root filesystem. That has been possible for a while, but had performance caveats due to the use of fuse-ntfs. There are a some guides on the interwebs. Since Linux 5.15 there is the new ntfs3 driver in the kernel, that has much better performance. 5.15 is easily installable from the testing repo into a normal bullseye.
- pjmlp 5y ago
  Sure, because Nintendo is such a great example of openness towards FOSS communities.
  - Kelamir 5y ago
    Is it sarcasm, or they are really open to FOSS communities, pjmlp? Tone deaf reader here.
    - AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
      Nintendo is notoriously litigious and hyper-sensitive to IP infringement. It's a real shame considering the cultural impact their games have had.
    - pjmlp 5y ago
      Sarcasm, as if switching from Microsoft to Nintendo was any better.
    - WillDaSilva 5y ago
      It is sarcasm. Nintendo is extremely hostile towards perceived infringements on their IP, and go out of their way to make modding and fan content difficult to use.
    - fxtentacle 5y ago
      Nintendo is super trigger happy when it comes to suing modders and homebrew. But at the same time they are extremely friendly towards the indie developers that they work with. So they hate people publicly distributing an open source switch SDK, but they'll happily give it to you (including full source) after you sign their NDA.
- fxtentacle 5y ago
  Me, too. I'm so happy if a newly purchased game "just works". It feels like Windows by now is deliberately wasting my time with updates and unexpected configuration changes.
hsbauauvhabzb 5y ago
Welcome to the dark side. I’m sure (almost) every bug you report will be appreciated here.
- sidkshatriya 5y ago
  > Welcome to the dark side Linux to me is the "light" side.
TheChaplain 5y ago
Just want to say that the time you spend reporting bugs on Linux environments is not in vain but much appreciated. I try to give back to the community and spend time fixing issues people have for the Linux desktops MATE and XFCE, at least a few times a year.
- dEnigma 5y ago
  Giving back to the Linux ecosystem is definitely much more enjoyable than reporting Windows bugs. I'm active building packages and reporting/fixing bugs for Solus, as well as contributing some code to a variety of projects from time to time. It's more of a relaxing pastime for me than a chore. Also you mostly are in direct contact with the actual developers of the apps/libraries, which is a huge improvement.
  - phkahler 5y ago
    >> It's more of a relaxing pastime for me than a chore. This is how a lot of software should be developed. Time to reflect and think about how to make things better. Not some weird money and authority driven scheme.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
  Really? FOSS software very often has the same problems in this regard that Microsoft does. Almost every time I have an issue with something I will find it already in their bug tracker, several years old, at best ignored and at worst closed by the stale bot. In my estimation it is roughly the same as it is with Microsoft: if it doesn't directly affect a developer's workflow it will not be fixed and they're annoyed you even brought it up. The big difference of course being that Microsoft expects you to pay money for this treatment.
  - katbyte 5y ago
    You can’t paint all projects with the same brush as how they are run can vary widely from one to another.

gandalfgreybeer 5y ago

Whenever a game I play is released on the Nintendo Switch, I am a little bit happier (eg Diablo 3, Tetris Effect). There’s honestly nothing keeping me in Windows except for video games (which I have less and less time for each year). I’m sort of looking forward to the day I won’t need to play video games on Windows and just be happy with a MacBook and a Linux workstation.

Kudos 5y ago
You might be interested in a Valve Steamdeck, it's a Switch form factor Linux gaming device. https://www.steamdeck.com/ https://www.steamdeck.com/
- dormento 5y ago
  Plus you can play on Steam on GNU/Linux so you're not restricted to Windows. It's pretty much the same runtime that's gonna land on the Steam Deck. I play some pretty demanding games and it runs flawless. While technically it does not require discrete graphics hardware, in practice it does, but its been smooth sailing with my somewhat old NVIDIA GTX1060 GPU.
Arisaka1 5y ago
I'm the same. My drive doesn't have enough space so I'm stuck using WSL2 for React/Node development, and I'm waiting for an unreleased game to see how it will perform on Linux before I make my permanent switch. Every other game I play is on Steam and have decent Proton support, or is a retro game where I can use Retroarch and PCSX2 natively.
- password4321 5y ago
  > My drive doesn't have enough space The recommendation here is to buy a larger drive (and a usb->sata adapter if necessary), clone to the new drive, and keep the old one as an offline backup!
- stragies 5y ago
  You could install a debian bullseye into the NTFS filesystem alongside with windows, and use the NTFS FS as your root filesystem. That has been possible for a while, but had performance caveats due to the use of fuse-ntfs. There are a some guides on the interwebs. Since Linux 5.15 there is the new ntfs3 driver in the kernel, that has much better performance. 5.15 is easily installable from the testing repo into a normal bullseye.
pjmlp 5y ago
Sure, because Nintendo is such a great example of openness towards FOSS communities.
- Kelamir 5y ago
  Is it sarcasm, or they are really open to FOSS communities, pjmlp? Tone deaf reader here.
  - AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
    Nintendo is notoriously litigious and hyper-sensitive to IP infringement. It's a real shame considering the cultural impact their games have had.
  - pjmlp 5y ago
    Sarcasm, as if switching from Microsoft to Nintendo was any better.
  - WillDaSilva 5y ago
    It is sarcasm. Nintendo is extremely hostile towards perceived infringements on their IP, and go out of their way to make modding and fan content difficult to use.
  - fxtentacle 5y ago
    Nintendo is super trigger happy when it comes to suing modders and homebrew. But at the same time they are extremely friendly towards the indie developers that they work with. So they hate people publicly distributing an open source switch SDK, but they'll happily give it to you (including full source) after you sign their NDA.
fxtentacle 5y ago
Me, too. I'm so happy if a newly purchased game "just works". It feels like Windows by now is deliberately wasting my time with updates and unexpected configuration changes.

hsbauauvhabzb 5y ago

Welcome to the dark side. I’m sure (almost) every bug you report will be appreciated here.

sidkshatriya 5y ago
> Welcome to the dark side Linux to me is the "light" side.

TheChaplain 5y ago

Just want to say that the time you spend reporting bugs on Linux environments is not in vain but much appreciated. I try to give back to the community and spend time fixing issues people have for the Linux desktops MATE and XFCE, at least a few times a year.

dEnigma 5y ago
Giving back to the Linux ecosystem is definitely much more enjoyable than reporting Windows bugs. I'm active building packages and reporting/fixing bugs for Solus, as well as contributing some code to a variety of projects from time to time. It's more of a relaxing pastime for me than a chore. Also you mostly are in direct contact with the actual developers of the apps/libraries, which is a huge improvement.
- phkahler 5y ago
  >> It's more of a relaxing pastime for me than a chore. This is how a lot of software should be developed. Time to reflect and think about how to make things better. Not some weird money and authority driven scheme.
AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
Really? FOSS software very often has the same problems in this regard that Microsoft does. Almost every time I have an issue with something I will find it already in their bug tracker, several years old, at best ignored and at worst closed by the stale bot. In my estimation it is roughly the same as it is with Microsoft: if it doesn't directly affect a developer's workflow it will not be fixed and they're annoyed you even brought it up. The big difference of course being that Microsoft expects you to pay money for this treatment.
- katbyte 5y ago
  You can’t paint all projects with the same brush as how they are run can vary widely from one to another.