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268 points tech234a | 1 comments | 29 Mar 25 04:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.197s | source
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mythz ◴[29 Mar 25 06:23 UTC] No.43513251[source]▶
All these user hostile behavior finally tipped me over the edge last year after I started to get Windows 10 EOL popups. No way I was going to "upgrade" to a ad/spyware/subscription ridden MS marketing platform and be constantly nagged at to try out more of their services.

Moved to a Fedora Desktop, liberating to move back to an conflict-free OS whose primary focus is to serve its users, imagine that.

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atemerev ◴[29 Mar 25 08:15 UTC] No.43513735[source]▶
Windows is a launcher for games, there is no other use for this system (correction: it still runs some specialized professional software that is too expensive to port). And now, even most of the games work on Linux too.
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1. rekoil ◴[29 Mar 25 09:22 UTC] No.43514035[source]▶
I was looking to move to Linux for my gaming PC, just about pulled the plug when Respawn decided that all cheaters in Apex Legends were supposedly using Linux and decided to block Linux users from playing...