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You'd be surprised. I accidentally pushed myself out of Windows around XP because I loathed to wait out its startup and patch installation times. The longer y

You'd be surprised. I accidentally pushed myself out of Windows around XP because I loathed to wait out its startup and patch installation times. The longer you stay in Linux, the worse Windows punishes you when you come back, so you do just this one thing more in Linux. Then one day you wonder why Windows is so miserably user unfriendly for anything, and notice your brain flipped from Windows defaults to Linux defaults somewhere in the recent past. Turns out they are both equally brain damaged, and the brain damage from the most used one becomes invisible. Now Apple, for some reason, never clicked with me.

PrimeMcFly 3y ago
Apple never clicked with me either, it's a clunky-crippled interface with a manufacturer that wants to lock you into their ecosystem worse than Microsoft does. I've been using Linux since 97 or so though, so I'm pretty comfortable with it. But there are some things Windows is just necessary. Games are a good example, there are some games that just won't work under Proton at all. There is other stuff as well. I took the LSAT last year, and they require software to monitor the computer I use while I take the test, and only Mac or Windows is supported.
- hyperman1 3y ago
  My qualms with Apple were more practical, e.g. their godforsaken keyboard layout. I ended up installing XP on that machine, which somehow angered both the MS and the Apple fans. For games, I just stopped playing and ask for refund on gog or steam anything that doesnt work on wine. Im not much of a hardcore gamer though. I tolerate some nuisances, e.g. Timberborn wont let you alt tab away ( I tolerated that from XP too I guess). Proctoring software is nasty, though. I have no windows machines left, so I dont know what I would do. Ask to take the test with them, I think? My sons school software somehow works better on Linux than on the school PCs with windows, but schools have notoriously old hardware so that might be the issue too. In the end, it's a free country. Anyone still happy on Apple or Windows, be my guest. But I knew a competent IT colleague that questioned my competence daily because I ran Debian at home (And Vista on the job like everyone over there). My response to him stays: Go away and leave me alone.
  - PrimeMcFly 3y ago
    I agree with all of that. Asking to take the test would be an option, they do have some program where they can give you a PC to use, I just felt it wasn't worth the hassle. I'm not much of a gamer either, but I want the few games I do play to run - GTAV Online is one that won't run in Linux at all.

PrimeMcFly 3y ago

Apple never clicked with me either, it's a clunky-crippled interface with a manufacturer that wants to lock you into their ecosystem worse than Microsoft does. I've been using Linux since 97 or so though, so I'm pretty comfortable with it. But there are some things Windows is just necessary. Games are a good example, there are some games that just won't work under Proton at all. There is other stuff as well. I took the LSAT last year, and they require software to monitor the computer I use while I take the test, and only Mac or Windows is supported.

hyperman1 3y ago
My qualms with Apple were more practical, e.g. their godforsaken keyboard layout. I ended up installing XP on that machine, which somehow angered both the MS and the Apple fans. For games, I just stopped playing and ask for refund on gog or steam anything that doesnt work on wine. Im not much of a hardcore gamer though. I tolerate some nuisances, e.g. Timberborn wont let you alt tab away ( I tolerated that from XP too I guess). Proctoring software is nasty, though. I have no windows machines left, so I dont know what I would do. Ask to take the test with them, I think? My sons school software somehow works better on Linux than on the school PCs with windows, but schools have notoriously old hardware so that might be the issue too. In the end, it's a free country. Anyone still happy on Apple or Windows, be my guest. But I knew a competent IT colleague that questioned my competence daily because I ran Debian at home (And Vista on the job like everyone over there). My response to him stays: Go away and leave me alone.
- PrimeMcFly 3y ago
  I agree with all of that. Asking to take the test would be an option, they do have some program where they can give you a PC to use, I just felt it wasn't worth the hassle. I'm not much of a gamer either, but I want the few games I do play to run - GTAV Online is one that won't run in Linux at all.