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by scoodah 648 days ago
No one used the word must until you right now. The OP comment was posting a valid thing that Windows has that Linux does not. It’s fine if Linux doesn’t have it but I don’t understand where you’re coming from as presenting this as though someone said Linux must have this.
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movedx 648 days ago
> Linux doesn’t have a good equivalent for these.

That implies Linux must or should have an equivalent to those features found in Windows -- you can choose any word you like, friend. There is no other reason to make that statement but to challenge the fact Linux doesn't have those options.

Fun fact: I switched to Kubuntu recently and I didn't even have to install a graphics driver. It was just there, just worked, and my AMD 7700 XTX is working fine and playing Windows "only" games via Proton just fine as well as Linux native games just fine.

I'm simply trying to get people to think about design choices and questioning or stating why one thing is better than another.

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alt227 647 days ago
Dont read into the text too much, this doesnt imply what you are saying at all.

The reason to make that statement is to point out that there are differences in functionality.

Nobody in the thread said one situation was better than the other, until you did.

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lelandbatey 647 days ago
> Linux doesn’t have a good equivalent for these.

That literally does not imply a need for those features. It points out a thing that Linux lacks, which is true. And that's where it stops. You are projecting an implication that "Linux does need x, y, or z because Windows has X, Y, or Z."

We're not sitting in a thread talking about what makes Linux/Windows better than the other, we're in a thread talking about just factual differences between the two. You can talk about two things, compare them, and even state your own preference for one or the other without stating that each should do everything that the other can do.

E.g. snowmobiles are easier to handle while driving in the snow than a Boeing 737. I like driving my snowmobile in the snow more than I like taxiing a Boeing 737 in the snow.

We can talk about things without implying changes that need to happen.

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