My observation, after over a year of running the Windows Ping List, is that most of the sniping in Windows threads comes from disgruntled Windows users and recent-convert Linux users, with considerable overlap between those two groups.
Apple users, by and large, simply don't bother with Windows issues, and so generally are not attracted to Windows threads.
For my own part, I run Windows primarily in VMs, where it's pretty safe and easy to recover/roll-back when something goes severely pear-shaped. Oh, and I stick with Win7 at home now, getting more than enough Win10 exposure and experience at work. So I actually have very little to complain about, Windows-wise.
[[ For my own part, I run Windows primarily in VMs, where it’s pretty safe and easy to recover/roll-back when something goes severely pear-shaped.]]
i would love to do that IF I could easily find a way to get a VM to use the hosts graphics card— everything i need to do in windows needs a dedicated graphics card- IF they ever come up with an easy way to do that I’ll ditch the dual boot and run windows right from a VM with no access to Internet to protect against windows viruses and cross contamination to the linux host- I do run windows in a VM now, but can’t run the programs I want (like photoshop and some other taxing post processing programs, and windows games)- but i have to dual boot into dedicated windows in order to run photoshop properly- I tried wine and soem other emulators in linux- but no good-
The ultimate would be for linux to be able to run windows programs in emulation mode efficiently-
Thanks for your work on the Windows Ping List. I enjoy a lively discussion and sometimes its fun to discuss something other than politics.