@gamingonlinux Interesting. I don't really ever use Windows myself but I was kind of hoping it wouldn't come to this.

I guess the backlash wasn't strong enough to really deter Microsoft from doing this, even though we saw it coming.

@gamingonlinux It's not easy for those who're stuck in an abusive relationship to get out unfortunately

@gamingonlinux I disabled all the “recommendations” settings from the start on my W11 PC. It’s a lot more likable this way.

I have two others PC running Linux, though.

@gamingonlinux Dunno. I'm a hair's breadth away from considering abandoning the linux desktop experience on my work machine. It's been a long, long road. I passed the town where Torvalds got off and decided to stay many, many moons ago.

@gamingonlinux as much as i would love to ditch windows if i could, that "just" is holding a LOT of weight

@gamingonlinux I mean, if a person really needs a Windows only program that doesn’t work well with Wine, then maybe I’d say use a Windows 11 VM.

But yeah, Windows 11 (the original release no less) is what turned me from a dual-boot Windows 10 and Linux user to a full-time Linux user.

Enough is enough with these ads, this is getting really ridiculous. We just need more Linux pre-installed laptops; fortunately, @slimbook FINALLY has a US ANSI keyboard option for the Fedora Slimbook.

@gamingonlinux Well this news made me look up something like "Forza Horizon 5 on linux" and apparently it runs well on Proton. I had no idea.

@gamingonlinux thankfully?!. It shouldn't have ads for start.

@gamingonlinux Also, in related news: I'm replacing MailStore Server with Piler Muti-tenant, not because MailStore isn't an excellent product or is failing in any way, but because it runs on Windows and Piler let's me host on Linux.

Also, UPDATE:
The MailStore server had completely died when I came in this morning and I can't even boot from the Windows install media. So now recovering by spinning up a new Windows VM to attach the hard drive to.

@gamingonlinux I recently bought an #Asus #Zephyrus G14, hoping to have one laptop for work, hobbies and light gaming (dual-boot). How disappointed I was to find that #Linux is almost unusable on this machine (fuck #Nvidia). I tried to adapt to #Windows because most of the software I need is available for Windows. But Windows is so disgusting, I don't understand how anyone can choose Windows. Linux desktop environments are simply superior to Windows (or #MacOS for that matter). Linux FTW.