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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It's really unfortunate that some people still rely on Windows for their computing. There are better, more respectful alternatives but Microsoft's stranglehold causes problems switching.

https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Freedom_Ladder

This page is a work in progress but if you scroll down you'll see some rough guidelines on how to get off of proprietary software, eventually Windows, one step at a time.

Free/Libre/Open Source software is guaranteed to be supported by GNU/Linux, and it also has many other perks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

My problem is I pretty much only use my PC for games. I don't want only ~60% of what's out there, I want to be able to run whatever game I want as it's literally all I use the device for...

I hate Microsuck but they have a stranglehold on that part of the market :(

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

At this point, Linux game compatibility is much better than 60%. More like 99%

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

More like 99.5% tbh