Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux
From Microsoft to Microslop to Linux: Why I Made the SwitchJanuary 26, 2026Share on RedditShare on X (Twitter)Share on LinkedInWhat’s better than a devil you don’t know?The devil you do. I’ve used Windows for as long as I’ve been alive. At 6 years old, my first computer was a Windows 98 machine, with an Athlon XP 1900+ (Palomino core) and a GeForce 440 MX, blessed with a generous 256 megabytes of RAM. Looking back, I kinda got scammed with that graphics card, but what could I do? I was a silly kid. (The missing shader support came back to bite me in the ass) Also, is it weird that I still remember the specs of my first computer, 22 years later? Anyway, Windows has been familiar and comfortable. I knew all the workarounds and how to extract maximum efficiency from it. I was a happy…
