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Those of you who still use windows for one reason or more, where do you draw the line about the shitty things microsoft is doing? By drawing the line I mean using some other operating system no matter how bothersome it might be.

Not judging or anything, i'm just curious where the general mindset is about it.

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[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I stopped dual booting in 2025 so there's almost no Windows usage at home now except with Winboat to use Vortex for some games on Nexus mods. I'm aware of workarounds but this is still faster and more reliable if I'm stuck using Vortex for Collections. Otherwise I'll faff around with prefixes and WINE like I did for Dragon Age Origins Mod Manager. Jackify for Wabbajack. Used LIMO too for Expedition 33.

I have: Desktop, Living Room TV PC, and an old server. They all run Linux now. x2 CachyOS and server is Debian. Server is just running BetterMC at the moment.

Stuck using Windows at work. I.T. strips most of the AI crap out and mostly uses the Office suite in Edge browser now except for Excel.

The line was...blurry? I just slowly got too fed up with telemetry, AI slop, vibe coding slowdown, ruined GUI in 11. At the same time Linux gaming was getting better and met my standards. I don't play anything requiring anti cheat anymore even when I was using Windows. Not out of principal but lack of interest. There's also a strong motivator in my life of ditching centralized American software.