[oybng]

It's incredible the effort Windows 10/11 users will go to in order to reach a somewhat functional and reliable computing experience via third party modifications, yet Linux is somehow too much effort. Just look at the instructions on that page..

[unleaded]

Every techie knows about Linux by now. Not everyone chooses to use Windows because they're foolish or don't know any better

[NaomiLehman]

why do they choose it?

i have a windows workstation because one CNC machine that we use needs it. only other reason i can see is gaming?

I have all 3 major OSs at home and, honestly, Windows 11 is stuff of nightmares to me

[system2]

A foolish take, makes me believe you didn't really work in the real world. Because the entire global computer ecosystem is built on Windows-compatible software. Finance, accounting, medical, car diagnostics, and even HVAC software are built windows-compatible-only only.

Don't get me wrong, I use Xubuntu on my crappy old devices, Ubuntu on my secondary mini-pc, and switch between them with KVM while working. I tried to make Linux work for everything but missing industry software made it difficult.

[thewebguyd]

Don’t bother. HN has a very hard anti-Microsoft bias, especially when it comes to Windows. At the same time will completely overlook many of the same warts or different warts that exist on macOS or Linux because they get a free pass for some reason.

Despite its flaws Windows still remains a very capable workhorse general purpose OS, and with WSL dev is a non issue. Hell, having actual Linux is better than the macOS Frankenstein Unix and homrbrew

[linguae]

Some of us still rely on Windows applications that either don’t run on Linux, can’t run under Wine, or don’t have alternatives that meet our needs.

[accrual]

For some it's just fun. Changing things because we can. I was a huge tinkerer in the XP days, I'd test out every tweak and tool I could get my hands on and would reinstall the OS every couple months. I'd use Resource Hacker to change out the XP flag icons, put my initials on the start button, etc. It wasn't about making it more usable so much as it was just making it mine.

It makes me happy to see newer generations still doing the same stuff, granted its much more complex to do this work on Win11 vs XP.

[sockaddr]

"but he's sweet sometimes"

It's just an abusive relationship and eventually some of them break out of it.

[indrora]

Yeah, that effectively describes my experiences with desktop linux.

[WD-42]

Linux isn’t hard, it’s just different. Better, but different. That’s too much effort for some.

[venusenvy47]

Most of us are forced to use it because of corporate IT requirements.

[Anixx1]

In Linux such kind of hacking is impossible at all. You cannot make Qt4 to look like Qt3.

[Kwpolska]

Windows 11 user here. I use zero third-party modifications. Some people are masochists.

[wild_pointer]

Indeed, some people are :)