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When I first tried Ubuntu decades ago it was like an awakening and I started seeing every developer …

… When I first tried Ubuntu decades ago it was like an awakening and I started seeing every developer using Windows and Mac as brainwashed fools. That's not to pick on others because I also started seeing my former self as brainwashed. For a developer, Linux is far superior for many reasons. Moving from Windows to Linux reminds me of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. A lot of times, with software, you could be severely constrained but not realize it because you don't know better. The effect is very strong in this industry.

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Microsoft has spent over a decade swimming against their users interests at this point and during that time frame Linux has been improving its desktop and improving kernel performance. We are now at the point where Linux emulating Window's entire API space for games with worse drivers is dangerously close on performance with none of the privacy invasion and anti user features. Its pretty late in the game for them to start trying to switch back to producing an Operating system users actually want. Users refusing to switch from Windows 10 should have been that wake up call. I don't think Microsoft can pull this off, I think as mindshare is shifting it will continue to do so and its going to take Microsoft a long time to row back and right now its only talking about doing some minor things. Now Nvidia is developing the drivers on Linux seriously there is every chance this transition snowbal…

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> For a developer, Linux is far superior for many reasons. This is precisely why Microsoft created WSL2

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zeroc8HN

Yes, for a developer it's great. But then you come across things like "movie not playing due to missing DRM support" and crap like that. Normal users are probably better off with a Macbook.

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