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My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore (www.howtogeek.com)

submitted 4 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I can relate to the anxiety that comes with the thought of switching and finding out you're missing something essential.

It wasn't a big deal for me since I've used FOSS alternatives for almost everything even on Windows and was hardly gaming anymore when I made the switch (but somewhat ironically I started again on Linux). But that's hardly the position most unhappy Windows users are in.

[–] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 2 points 4 months ago

That’s a good point too.

I’m primarily a web developer so essentially my entire toolkit is already FOSS and it doesn’t make sense to even run half of it on Windows. Windows is usually the odd one out with weird hacks to make it play nice.

I use macOS a lot too and because it’s UNIX my Linux toolset is available and ported to the OS with (what I understand to be) minimal changes.

And I’ve never needed to deploy to some Windows Server either (the thought frightens me).