by Sontho on 2/14/25, 4:52 PM with 147 comments
by rideontime on 2/14/25, 5:41 PM
by duxup on 2/14/25, 5:45 PM
I could strip it down and it performed and stayed out of my way. It wasn't ever pretty, I didn't like a lot of it, but I could just get what I needed out of it.
Then it started to change, UI / UX had about 20 different flavors. I couldn't find settings anymore. Updates would change settings / undo my explicit settings. Eventually it felt like I was using an ADWARE OS.
I fled to macOS and haven't looked back. I'm even ok with less local gaming to avoid the windows hassle.
It's a bit of a sad thing for me. I do think fondly of my "old days windows" experiences in the sense that I was excited about updates and "Start Me Up" always reminds me of a special time in computing that I loved:
by tombert on 2/14/25, 5:47 PM
I've been so entrenched in the Unixey space for like 13 years that going back to Windows would be a pretty substantial productivity drain in the short term, but I'm not sure I'd want to anyway, simply because gaming on Linux has gotten so good, largely thanks to Valve.
Like, it cannot be overstated how utterly good Proton is now. It's to a point where I almost never check compatibility, because it's more than likely going to work just fine. GameScope in particular is such wonderful thing in its own right, and it has genuinely made Linux the "Gaming OS" of choice for me.
I know it's not perfect, my understanding is that there are some games that break with online play with Proton, but for the games I play I have been very happy with Linux.
by amima on 2/14/25, 5:49 PM
by wmil on 2/14/25, 5:30 PM
Edge came out in 2015 and they kept supporting IE11 until June 15, 2022.
Given that the major Windows 11 features were things like introducing a screen grabber to make your passwords and private data vulnerable to theft, it's no wonder people have resisted adopting it.
by ch33zer on 2/14/25, 5:28 PM
by Lunatic666 on 2/14/25, 5:57 PM
by cafeinux on 2/14/25, 6:15 PM
I have installed Pop!OS on it and the combo Steam+Proton is great. I've kept my Windows 10 partition to run Skyrim with mods (last time I checked, it didn't run on Linux) and maybe the occasional Proton-incompatible game.
I tried once to upgrade the W10 partition to W11, and got an error saying that my CPU was not supported.
The day W10 reaches EOL is the day I finally delete that Windows partition. I could just keep it offline, but I don't really play Skyrim anymore (and worst case, I'll wait for Skyrim to run on Proton). As for the occasional game I can't run on Linux, I'll just pass my way. There's way too many games I still want to play, if editors filter themselves out from my reach, it's not my loss.
by Kapura on 2/14/25, 5:54 PM
Combine that with some of the smartest people I know at microsoft telling me that their current task is to add one iframe to the UI to inject more advertising (and that it had taken six months) and I am an active advocate on not upgrading. I have a test gaming system I'm going to install Arch on to prepare for the win10pocalypse.
by mcv on 2/14/25, 7:15 PM
Maybe the number of Steam Decks sold is too small to show up in the statistics? Or maybe it reports as Arch, which is the top category of Linux here.
In any case, I'd like to express my gratitude for Steam's excellent Linux support. If anyone is going to usher in the year of the Linux Desktop, it's Steam.
by petee on 2/14/25, 6:27 PM
A couple open replacement options are in the works but nothing is 100% compatible yet
by ethagnawl on 2/14/25, 5:34 PM
by guax on 2/14/25, 5:57 PM
by the__alchemist on 2/14/25, 5:37 PM
by zitterbewegung on 2/14/25, 6:14 PM
by shaggie76 on 2/15/25, 1:18 AM
53.6% Windows 11
43.8% Windows 10
1.59% WINE
0.79% Steamdeck
0.13% Windows 7
0.03% Windows 8by phendrenad2 on 2/14/25, 6:40 PM
by manchmalscott on 2/14/25, 7:22 PM
Instead of upgrading to windows 11, I’m switching to x plane, which has a native Linux build.
by michaelcampbell on 2/14/25, 7:40 PM
My game machine on W10 runs the games I want it to run well enough as well, which is nice.
by nalathna on 2/14/25, 6:31 PM
by serallak on 2/14/25, 5:36 PM
I doubt those are regularly updated.
by blackeyeblitzar on 2/14/25, 5:55 PM
by maxwell on 2/14/25, 7:24 PM
by Spooky23 on 2/14/25, 5:42 PM
by Night_Thastus on 2/14/25, 6:11 PM
As for everyone else, it's almost identical to 10 aside from one minor graphical change. Personally I don't get why so many are opposed to it.
by lousken on 2/14/25, 7:31 PM
by sitzkrieg on 2/14/25, 10:42 PM