Comments on: Why Thousands Of Gamers Are Leaving Windows For Linux https://davescomputertips.com/why-thousands-of-gamers-are-leaving-windows-for-linux/ Computer Help, Tips, How-to's, and News Tue, 03 Feb 2026 13:22:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ed https://davescomputertips.com/why-thousands-of-gamers-are-leaving-windows-for-linux/#comment-174658 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 13:22:43 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=150683#comment-174658 In reply to Ed.

Let me add one more thing ….
Had Windows 10 not met end of life , I seriously do not think that Windows 11 would be even close to a 50% market share, even after two years. I think a lot of Windows 10 users got scared and are using 11 just because they think they have to.

]]> By: Ed https://davescomputertips.com/why-thousands-of-gamers-are-leaving-windows-for-linux/#comment-174633 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:16:57 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=150683#comment-174633 I have been dual booting Windows and Linux for probably a little over a year now, the only thing I am waiting on is for Wine to be able to run Photoshop in Linux, from what I understand they are hot on it and it is not too far off. When that happens I will be completely done with Windows.
I know I can use Krita or Gimp, it’s just that I have used Photoshop for so many years , using it comes as second nature, I’m an old dog just set in his ways … LOL
The news is also that Microsoft is also reevaluating it’s approach to AI in Windows 11 now, and it looks like Recall may not even make it to PC’s at all, they are talking about maybe revamping it into something else because Recall was not accepted very well by the masses.
Seems to me like they are a day late and a dollar short, I guess losing 440 Billion Dollars and all those users just to put some lipstick on a pig finally caught their attention.
What they NEED to do is take Satya out of the drivers seat and put someone in their that knows how to give the consumer or end user something functional that works without all the garbage and right now that is just what Linux is doing, the OS’s are small in size, lightweight, SECURE and it simply does what you need it to do and it doesn’t dictate what hardware YOU HAVE TO HAVE to install it and register it legitimately, and THAT is what people want, the average home user can give a rats furry ass about AI and Copilot. They shoved 11 down our throats under the guise of it being “more secure” which is nonsense, Windows 11 is no more secure than it’s predecessor.
With barely a 50% market share after the OS has been out over two years now , someone over at Microsoft needs to answering some serious questions, Windows 11 tanked when it was originally designed as a tablet OS , and it is tanking again as a PC OS, Satya is in deep water up to his nose with his hand held out, problem is, no one is throwing him a life preserver !

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