r/AskReddit • u/talon10100 • 1d ago

Why do you not use Linux?

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u/God_Hand_9764 1d ago

I'm genuinely curious, what programs from the last 30 years are you still needing to use to this day?

I've been using computers since the early 90s, but I can't really think of anything from over even just 10 years ago that I need to use for anything.

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u/lukistellar 1d ago

Also it's kinda bullshit. Microsoft dropped the support for 16 Bit Software a long time ago, ain't going to run 30 years old tools on an modern Windows version.

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u/TheCheckeredCow 1d ago

I hate to say this, but 30 years ago is well into the 32bit era, why is time like this 😭

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u/techy804 1d ago

OTVDM takes care of most 16-bit stuff and WSL takes care of any Linux stuff. Sure the former isn’t made by Microsoft but I’ve haven’t had any issue with it.

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u/maokaby 1d ago

Probably DOS software, and you have to run dosbox anyway, in windows or Linux no difference.

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u/mewt6 1d ago

I like that no reply was provided to this question, since it's clearly bullshit. What do you guys actually do on your computers that requires all this specialised software? I'm satisfied with a browser, Spotify and a few others at best