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I do apologize if I sounded patronizing.
Not at all. I'm just giving away my story and opinion. Did I sound like I was being patronized? DID I SOUND LIKE I WAS BEING PATRONIZED!!
If Windows 10 ltsc does the trick for you, then that's what matters
For now. As I've replied above, I am worried about the day win10 becomes a no-no. If current situation doesn't change, I won't be looking for salvation and eternal glory in the tender, blissful hands of win11 or macOS.
Another example where Linux is IMO superior : Oddly enough, running old Windows games.
Oh yeah... I've bought a cd of Prince of Persia 3D back in 1999. The game is unfinished and has a game breaking bug around 4th level. 20 years later (2019) I've found unofficial patch and promptly installed virtual box to run windows 98. It didn't work there, but it did on WINE for whatever reason. Better late than never I guess
but I find that when something goes very wrong, good luck fixing Windows without a full reinstall.
One of the founders of FOSS community in my country gave me a very practical advice when I was starting out with linux... "Keep your data away from OS". If something goes horribly wrong, I might try to fix it, but I prefer to have a backup option of turning it off and on again.
Another example where Windows is superior : Running those few Windows programs that WINE and its derivatives heavily struggle with.
Ehr... I can't really claim windows is superior because it runs windows specific software.
Not at all. I'm just giving away my story and opinion. Did I sound like I was being patronized? DID I SOUND LIKE I WAS BEING PATRONIZED!!
If Windows 10 ltsc does the trick for you, then that's what matters
For now. As I've replied above, I am worried about the day win10 becomes a no-no. If current situation doesn't change, I won't be looking for salvation and eternal glory in the tender, blissful hands of win11 or macOS.
Another example where Linux is IMO superior : Oddly enough, running old Windows games.
Oh yeah... I've bought a cd of Prince of Persia 3D back in 1999. The game is unfinished and has a game breaking bug around 4th level. 20 years later (2019) I've found unofficial patch and promptly installed virtual box to run windows 98. It didn't work there, but it did on WINE for whatever reason. Better late than never I guess
but I find that when something goes very wrong, good luck fixing Windows without a full reinstall.
One of the founders of FOSS community in my country gave me a very practical advice when I was starting out with linux... "Keep your data away from OS". If something goes horribly wrong, I might try to fix it, but I prefer to have a backup option of turning it off and on again.
Another example where Windows is superior : Running those few Windows programs that WINE and its derivatives heavily struggle with.
Ehr... I can't really claim windows is superior because it runs windows specific software.
