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This was so inevitable it’s comical. Microsoft has been the face of Enshittification in my mind for years now but hoooo boy does this put the icing on the cake.

This was so inevitable it’s comical. Microsoft has been the face of Enshittification in my mind for years now but hoooo boy does this put the icing on the cake. With gaming on Linux finally becoming fairly mainstream I just cannot justify using windows anymore. There’s literally no reason to use a Microsoft product in 2024.

cqqxo4zV46cp 3y ago
That’s a leap. Microsoft makes plenty of things that aren’t Windows. And let’s not conflate “literally no reason to use” with “literally no alternative for”. Microsoft is big. There are pockets that deliver value to people. But, to be clear, I’ve not willingly used Windows since 2008.
genewitch 3y ago
The only issues i've had with windows 11 in six months is with an enterprise grade dual 10gbit network card, and even that isn't a windows thing - whenever i join voice chat on discord it completely nukes the network connection with a "No Resources" error from "ping.exe". Discord support threw up their hands and said "reinstall the bleeding edge version or contact the developer support directly here:" It suffers about the same amount from my setup of dual monitors (as winten and linux) but one is 4k DP and the other FHD HDMI and the hilarity from display scaling (or DPI scaling or whatever), but other than those two thorns i haven't had any issues, and i abuse my computer. my list of available soundcards has a scroll bar on it, for instance. I read, game, and do ML inference on it whenever i use it, and it's been solid. However, i paid next to nothing for 3 win 11 pro licenses, so my opinion is a bit biased. if i had paid $750 for those licenses (or whatever it costs, it's a free download, michael, how much could it possibly cost) i'd probably have a different opinion about the thorns i experience. I used to run windows in a qemu VM with GPU and USB passthrough, on gentoo. I'm very used to thorns in computing. amd 5950x, 128GB mem, nv 3090 gpu, 20TB (16+1+1+1+1 spindle/ssd).

cqqxo4zV46cp 3y ago

That’s a leap. Microsoft makes plenty of things that aren’t Windows. And let’s not conflate “literally no reason to use” with “literally no alternative for”. Microsoft is big. There are pockets that deliver value to people. But, to be clear, I’ve not willingly used Windows since 2008.

genewitch 3y ago

The only issues i've had with windows 11 in six months is with an enterprise grade dual 10gbit network card, and even that isn't a windows thing - whenever i join voice chat on discord it completely nukes the network connection with a "No Resources" error from "ping.exe". Discord support threw up their hands and said "reinstall the bleeding edge version or contact the developer support directly here:" It suffers about the same amount from my setup of dual monitors (as winten and linux) but one is 4k DP and the other FHD HDMI and the hilarity from display scaling (or DPI scaling or whatever), but other than those two thorns i haven't had any issues, and i abuse my computer. my list of available soundcards has a scroll bar on it, for instance. I read, game, and do ML inference on it whenever i use it, and it's been solid. However, i paid next to nothing for 3 win 11 pro licenses, so my opinion is a bit biased. if i had paid $750 for those licenses (or whatever it costs, it's a free download, michael, how much could it possibly cost) i'd probably have a different opinion about the thorns i experience. I used to run windows in a qemu VM with GPU and USB passthrough, on gentoo. I'm very used to thorns in computing. amd 5950x, 128GB mem, nv 3090 gpu, 20TB (16+1+1+1+1 spindle/ssd).