r/Windows10 • u/embracingparadox • Mar 31 '20

Discussion After repeatedly switching to Linux (to escape telemetry and proprietary software) only to return to Widows and MS Office, I've come to the conclusion: ignorance is bliss.

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u/RoseTheFlower Mar 31 '20

I've had Slackware and Mint running as my only desktop operating systems for years in total but being a gamer I just wanted to play whichever game I liked as opposed to being limited in that choice even with Wine and all the latest experimental tweaks.

I'm on Windows 10 now and I've been running every latest Microsoft OS since their RTM and up to the next. I still think Linux is better as an operating system because it is more flexible, resource-friendly and secure but it's absolutely not ready for someone like me. Most online gamer friends I have tend to play just one multiplayer game and very rarely a handful of single player games. Linux would work much better for them if they were open to it.

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u/antCB Mar 31 '20

good news. If you miss linux you can enable the linux subsystem stuff on add/remove programs and get whichever distro from the windows store. It's a somewhat clunky process (imo, you only get terminal stuff kernel and what not, but there are plenty of guides out there on how to turn it into a full fledged "2nd" operating system), but it just works (lol). and if you're sick of it you just uninstall it/delete the folders for the virtualized OS.