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[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago (120 children)

You know, if you use Linux you don't have to jump through hoops like this (trivial though they may be). Wouldn't it be nice to not have an adversarial, abusive relationship with your OS?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (28 children)

In that same Linux I had to rack my brain and still failed to launch the game I want.

You mean like that relationship?

Sure Linux has its own pros, but not what I need.

[–] freeman 8 points 1 year ago

Linux not being able to launch a game (that probably was not made for it) is not a relationship issue but a technical one.

Even if it is possible to run the game but you need to hack around your distro's configurations, you can be certain the default configuration was not made with the specific intent of preventing you from running the game.

In the Windows case you are not hacking around with the json file to solve a technical issue.

Windows is not misconfigured, it's Microsoft's explicit decision to prevent you from removing some of it's software even if it's forced by law to do so for other people.

It's ok if you don't mind Microsoft's behavior or you just find Linux's technical issues more important in choosing an OS. But the issues are not similar neither equivalent.

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