Seriously, give me a valid excuse to be using Windows in 2016. There are many better options available now.
t. basement neet
>>55272196
If you want a career in Windows engineering, that's it.
In most IT workplaces I've been, Macbooks or linux laptops are used. In my current and previous programming role, macbooks were provided, linux laptops you're allowed to bring, but Windows is out of the question
I play games that require windows and I'm too fucking cheap to buy a second SSD
What if I wanted to launch software without using a CLI every time
>>55272196
Use whatever the fuck you want, I don't care.
I still use Windows because there's literally no reason for me to move to anything else.
>>55272196
I run windows in a VM. Why not get the best of both sides?
when will windows get some true competition for the hearts and minds of the plebs?
something that gets microsoft engaged again and gives the average low-end user an alternative
something like an android pc os
>>55272196
Drivers
/thread
>>55272196
Video game support.
>>55272792
It already exists and it's called Mac OS you dummy.
It's an out-of-date bsd with a UI designed to appeal to toddler's that sits on on top of it.
>>55272196
are you for real?
Do you realise half the program existing don't run on meme os?
>>55274129
**98% of shit tier botnet programs are not available on meme os
I play video games
>>55272248
>>55274174
>>55273232
Consoles are made for video games, computers are not. Keep play and work separate.
>>55272196
literally just video games
I work using photoshop and other programs not available on linux and macs don't come in powerful enough packages for my needs (not going to resort to fucking hackintosh on my 3k prebuild PC)
>>55274188
>>55274188
just because something is designed for a specific task doesn't inherently make it better at that task
>>55274188
uhhhh ok
I have a dual boot but you're a retard
The fact that I already know how to use it
I have none except videogames. It can stay locked up in a KVM whenever I want to play vidya.
>>55274188
>>55272248
>>55273232
>>55274174
>>55274200
>>55274259
Grow up you fucking manchildren. Computer games are the biggest waste of time.
>>55274324
nope, criticising other people's hobbies is the biggest waste of time
you know it's true
>>55274324
>>55274324
>Grow up
Where the fuck do you think you are?
This is the international English shitposting forums, where in this particular forum people enjoy posting inane shit about consumer electronics.
I love windows 10. No problems with it. Every other option takes a PHD in computer science to use and is usually shit.
>>55272196
Video Games. SteamOS, a Linux platform, is utter garbage ridden with bugs and the whole Steam Machine meme is coming to an end.
They just were not profitable for Valve, but good news for them, they did pretty well when it came to the controllers.
I cannot think of any other Linux based operating systems that is compatible with a lot of the games today.
>>55274397
>shitposting forums
Fuck off, this place's purpose isn't to be a den solely for the use of shitposting.
>>55274188
Why pay for two things, when one can do both tasks? Go to bed, you're old.
>>55274423
It's intended purpose upon creation? Certainty not.
But it is what it is.
>>55274419
lol
>>55274419
Not even trying m8
>>55272196
I dual boot for muh gayms
>>55274188
Bait or retarded
>>55274324
Bait, I don't give a shit what a neet considers to be a waste of time
>>55274419
>tfw no PHD in computer science
fuck this gay earth
didn't realise this place turned into /v/ incarnate
>>55274188
Consoles are made for simpletons. Gaming on a PC is undeniably better in almost every aspect.
>>55274324
As if browsing /g/ is any better. Video games are as much of a waste of time as any other media.
MODS MODS MODS
>There are many better options available now.
lol
There is exactly one option for anybody who doesn't want to use windows. It's called unix. There hasn't been a viable third option for 15 years at least.
So here's a valid excuse to be using windows, if you don't like unix, it is literally the only alternative.
i tried using linux,but didn't like it so i stuck with win7
Your average person that has a career, is educating themselves, has kids, a family, a wife, bills, hobbies, ect, doesn't have time to nerd out and learn how to code and download these shitty operating systems that make everything ten times more complicated, look like shit, and can't even play video games. If somebody comes out with something that has appeal outside the nerd computer science niche then maybe I will consider switching but until then nope.
>>55274494
With a large majority of other mainstream hobbies you can actually get something out of them (with sports you get more fit, with reading you can gain useful knowledge). You cannot gain *anything* from computer games.
>>55274558
wrong
but don't take my word for it, do some research
>>55274558
I agree. Video games are contributing to the degeneracy of our culture and young's men inability to even interact with women.
Honestly though, the days when I played Halo with my friends on my xbox was a lot more fun then playing on my PC in my underwear alone. Video games are fucking stupid anyway and a huge waste of precious time and money. People are so pathetic they would rather live in a virtual world then explore reality.
>>55274558
>With a large majority of other mainstream hobbies you can actually get something out of them
Not really true.
>with reading you can gain useful knowledge
Depends entirely on what you're reading.
And it's irrelevant anyway because only a miserable soulless drone is incapable of appreciating a hobby for its own sake.
If you think doing anything that doesn't "get you something" is a waste of time, then toil away endlessly until you die for all I care.
>>55274598
>People are so pathetic they would rather live in a virtual world then explore reality.
Says the guy posting on fucking 4chan.
I mean jesus christ. Do you have any idea how ridiculous it is to be calling video games a waste of time when you're spending it posting in this shithole?
>>55274558
Well I am not taking life advice from some faggot on an anonymous imageboard
>>55274610
The esports scene is the most pathetic thing I have ever seen come out of our generation.
>>55272196
Linux video drivers are literal garbage.
Mostly because Microsoft bribes NV/AMD to not actually do anything but jerk off.
>>55274644
cool
has nothing to do with what I said though
>>55274610
>>55274626
Damn, you seem to be really upset about calling your hobby a waste of time. How much time do you spend playing video games everyday? Have you even interacted with a human face to face recently?
>>55274665
Have you? Again, 4chan.
>>55274678
Believe it or not, people can browse 4chan and be functioning human beings. And by the way you dodged the question, I'm assuming I must have hit a sore mark. You'll regret spending so much of your life in a virtual world instead of seeing the real one for yourself one day.
>>55274665
oh, so you're at this stage of your troll now
I kinda hoped you'd carry on a bit longer, trolling vgfags can be great fun and I could've used the entertainment
>>55274665
1.23 hours a day averaged past 2 weeks
It's my freetime so you can fuck off you neet
That's hardly anything either
It isn't unix and it's usable.
>>55274707
lol "dodged the question". I didn't answer it because it was rhetorical question.
I regret the time I spend on 4chan more than I regret literally every other thing I do in my life. I could lie on the ground and stare at the ceiling for 5 hours and it would be a better use of my time than making this post. There is no more shameful waste of time than this garbage.
>>55274753
Stop coming here then. Have some self control for once in your life.
>>55274753
>I regret the time I spend on 4chan more than I regret literally every other thing I do in my life. I could lie on the ground and stare at the ceiling for 5 hours and it would be a better use of my time than making this post
spot on definition of the feeling you get browsing on 4chan
games
I'm comfortable with it, know 7 like the back of my hand
lots of software is windows only, lots is linux only, so between the two, I can do anything
>>55274769
Can't. It's too addictive, and you're addicted too, calling yourself a "functional human being" doesn't make it otherwise.
What do you think would get a more negative response out in the "real world" from "real people", "I play video games" or "I post on 4chan"? You know the fucking answer. You can't shame people for playing video games when just being here is a hundred times more shameful.
It's just too fucking funny. "I post about linux on the 4chan technology board, and YOU'RE a loser!"
never really used linux.
had a business PC that was the size of a normal book. tiny. and very under-powered.
perfect to be used as a NAS/HTPC.
was a little cautious over using Windows because it needed to be on 24/7 and connected to the internet while being un-monitored for weeks at a time.
decided to try out a simple linux distro.
linux mint or something like that.
installed it.
wifi didn't work.
changed the settings until i got it to run.
no big deal.
no already activated network sharing folder.
i had to download samba.
installed it.
had to know how to share files.
took a half-hour to get it to show on my windows PC.
press play on my windows PC.
video cuts off 3/4ths of the way.
file-size limitation = 3.5gb.
.......
re-install windows.
install wifi drivers.
install everything i needed.
now i have
plex
nzbget
nextpvr
ftp
services installed.
>>55274809
Yeah, I think (at this moment) dual booting Linux and Windows is the best choice if you care about video games. Use Linux for everything, and only boot into Windows to play games that aren't Linux compatible.
I say (at the moment) because hopefully game devs will trend towards making games for Linux instead of Windows over time.
>>55272196
It works. Don't fix what isn't broken.
Linux is a form of mental sickness; a security blanket left over from the childhood of the Computer Age. The sooner "Tux" and his travelling freak show pack it up and move on, the better.
>>55272196
Only advantages are ease of use and video game support.
I just use it to play a couple of games. By default I use GNU/Linux.
For me, it's video games. I wouldn't be running Windows if I didn't play so many video games.
Parametric equalizer.
>>55272196
gaymen
.NET stack
>>55272196
I'm an Apple engineer. I work on iTunes for Windows. It only makes sense to test our software on the same OS that it will be used on by millions. For personal use I have a Thinkpad running Linux Mint 17 and Ubuntu 16.
>>55275886
>I'm an Apple engineer. I work on iTunes for Windows
People don't have time to learn how to use randomOS every month.
How many linux OS versions are out there?
/g/ can't even decide which is best.
It's the reason why apple is superior to android. You can take it out of the box and it instantly works. With android you gotta download custom roms, root, etc. Why would people do extra work that violates warranty when they could just get something that works out of the box.
Windows just gets the job done. It's that simple
>>55272196
>There are many better options available now.
>>55274088
>Mac OS
.in any way competing with microsoft
hah, no. they appeal to entirely different markets enough that they never really need to worry about each other. Apple will keep selling macos to hipsters and 'trendy' people, and microsoft will keep selling windows to everyone else, in addition to businesses.
neither has any real competition
>>55272196
Actually, it feels there are even less options out there today.
Maybe during the days of WinXP when Ubuntu was making the rounds, things looked promising for the desktop.
These days, its worse, when it comes to an alternative.
Linux has been so divided with a bazillion forks, it just absolutely terrified anyone away from even attempting to use it on the desktop. Not to mention, ZERO commercial devs want to develop hardware or software for it because then they have to provide support for the never ending flavors of linux.
>>55274188
Computers are not designed for any specific task. The same computer that can be used for playing video games can also be used as a server, text editor, web browser, or even just a calculator. The point is that PCs are general use devices, not designed for anything specific.
>>55275886
>running Linux Mint and Ubuntu
>and
Why are you running Ubuntu and Ubuntu?
>>55272196
Games
Foobar.
>>55272196
Dualboot
/thread
>>55272196
because it just werks
>>55272196
For most things it just werks. GPU support is much better than Linux too. That said, I use Manjaro as my main OS because I like its features and security.
Windows just works, but without the limitations in software availability and operating system customizability that Mac suffers.
It's a good middle ground between Mac and Linux.
>>55272196
vidya games
>>55272196
i want an os that works easily and can run all the programs i want without issues.
i also play games.
the fact is 99% of computer users don't need any of the 'features' that linux or osx offers and the larger software base for windows is a good enough reason to use it.
i have a question, why should i use linux or osx when i dont program or video edit or photo edit?
Why aren't there any good alternatives to Windows?
Shouldn't all operating systems be able to carry the code needed to interface with Windows drivers/software?
>88 replies to boring regurgitated /v/ bait
photoshop isn't available on linux which is the only reason I still use Windows since I no longer play gaymes or at least only play linux available ones
>>55274324
I know that I shouldn't agree with that, as people just have different interests etc, but honestly, whenever I try to play games, I just get so instantly bored with it, that I absolutely don't understand people's obsession with them. There are so many things on this planet to do that are just so much more interesting than that absolutely pointless activity.
I know this is
>Stop liking what I don't
but secretly, I know that you are all degenerates and every response filled with incoherent anger at the guy who dared to criticise baby's favorite thing will just further confirm my opinion.
>>55278743
this
computer games are boring once you realize you will never benefit from them and that they are just massive wastes of time
>>55274188
As if consoles were something other than computers.....
>>55274324
Time enjoyed wasted, is not wasted time. Like you, and us, here posting on this stupid thread, in this stupid forum.
>>55274324
>telling people to grow up while posting on a website made for discussing japanese topics like anime and video games
>>55272196
99.9% of all desktop applications and drivers are made for it. Not your stupid Apple cuckbboks or loonix stinkpads.
Just for the record work issued me with a mbp which I use every day with shitty Mac is on it. I spend all my time working through terminal servers to you know. Get real shit done.
>gaymen is total waste of time
Spends more time ricing his loonix than most gamers spend gaming
>>55278836
People marrying people they met ingame, people building friendships that last longer than their lives ingame, people making millions gaming, people overcoming depression through gaming
Just because you only played hentai games alone in your basement, crying yourself to sleep while watching the third repeat of honey boo boos first potty time on TV, doesn't mean all gaming is useless/pointless
>>55272196
t. NEET mad he has no games
>>55281518
haha dude ur so cool, i bet u meet a whole bunch of worthwhile business connections on games
yeah jk you basically met a bunch of stoner neets and you pretend they are worthy as friends
your stupid emotional bullshit excuses for wasting time on games are a laugh to me, kill yourself
>>55272503
>What is whiskermenu
>What is kickoff
>What is gnome shell
>What is rofi
>What is dmenu
>>55278574
>What is wine
So, I'm running an OS that's widely used, can run anything essential in the world and I need an "excuse"?
Only Windows XP supports hardware accelerated audio. My CPU is not strong enough to handle web browsing and audio decoding at the same time.
Also, last time I tried Linux on this hardware it failed because of my obscure AGP graphics card.
>>55272196
MPC-HC with madVR
Games
>mountain biking
>building mountainbikes
>hillwalking
>electronics and prototyping
>reading books, so many books
>photography
>spending time with the GF
>walking dogs, cooking, wathing tv, browsing internet, shitposting, 40 hour working week + road cycle for gping to and from said work
>gaming
You know, i should spend more time playing games. The rest of my life is fucking BUSY and they help relax me.
>>55282062
The liquid that helps me fall forget my problems till the next day..
>>55272196
AutoCAD and Photoshop.
