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Linux comes for Windows at 40 — and gaming can't save it (www.makeuseof.com)

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To not much official fanfare on Thursday, the Windows operating system turned 40 years old, marking four decades since Windows 1.0 debuted in the United States on November 20, 1985. Its midlife milestone comes with a crisis, though. Diehard Windows users are switching to Linux for a variety of reasons.

For one, gaming is finally better on Linux machines, which makes the moat Windows dug for itself a little more passable. Add to that the end of support for Windows 10 in October, the growing frustration among power users about Microsoft Recall, and the growing number of polarizing features, and power users are finding plenty of reasons to make the switch to Linux.

It's unclear if the wave of Windows power users loudly moving to Linux has crested yet, or if this is just the beginning. That said, the past year has seen a flood of articles like this one, scores of posts on Reddit, and YouTube videos documenting and occasionally evangelizing the conversion to Linux.

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[–] BigTrout75@lemmy.world 18 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

These articles always remind me of 80s Hulk Hogan with him taking about how big Hulamania is getting.

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago

BRUTHA, IF YOU WANT TO GET IN THE RING WITH THE HULKMEISTER, YOU NEED TO START GETTING ON MY LEVEL OF RACISM. I'M TALKING ABOUT FULL ON DISPLAY FOR EVERYONE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO KNOW YOU'RE A DRUNK SON OF A BITCH WHO HATES ANYTHING NOT WHITE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T COMPREHEND HOW ANYONE COULD BE BETTER THAN WHITE SUPREME LEADER HULK HOGAN.

ALSO DRINK A LOT AND SLEEP AROUND UNTIL WHEN YOU DIE THE MAJORITY OF THE WORLD COULD ABSOLUTELY GIVE A SHIT.

THAT'S WHAT HULKMANIA IS ALL ABOUT BRUTHA.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 1 points 3 hours ago

Hulamania is getting

I hate hulk hogan, I hate AI videos....

but now I'm feeling a strong desire to see hulk hogan talking tough about his insane hula hoop skills.