• halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Don’t forget the difference in legacy software support. The answer to legacy support on Linux when an update breaks something largely being, “just don’t update then, and maybe they’ll fix it”. Meanwhile Windows will run just about any 32-bit application designed for Windows all the way back to the 90s that you throw at it.

    The Linux community at large swings wildly between being extremely welcoming and helpful with figuring out how to fix a problem you run into as a new user, or completely useless and actively hostile with a superiority complex only rivaled by rich narcissists.

    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
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      1 hour ago

      Talk about whataboutism.

      Backwards-compatibility was until Windows 8.1 a selling point. Now, old games run better in Wine on Linux than on Windows compatibility mode.

      And on Linux, that’s what Appinage and Flatpack are for. Or in worst case a VM, but that’s for both sides.