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For me, it's Shared GPU memory.

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[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Online games just working.

I know, I'm probably off better without Chinese and Korean rootkits installed, but Infinity Nikki looks so darn comfy to play.

Oh, and HDR and 144Hz. Both in X-Server as well as in Wayland, over a good DP, I can select 199.98Hz at best. Never managed to fix it. Same computer, monitor and cable used to do 144Hz just fine on Windows, before.
HDR is really gone, though, but I don't miss that as much.

Windows update holding me hostage like the slut I am

[–] Roopappy@lemmy.world 30 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I miss targeted advertisements. It's important that my OS tracks what my interests are, so that I can be served more relevant advertising.

Advertising that doesn't know my interests doesn't hold my interest, and having no ads means that I have no idea what I'm supposed to purchase next. It's crazy.

[–] Corgana@startrek.website 11 points 3 days ago

I loved the constant pop-ups with offers for things I could purchase. If I don't purchase something frequently enough I get sad so it's nice to have an OS that cares about my well being.

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[–] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I've been using Linux primarily for 24 years and exclusively for like... 10-12. When I HAVE to use another OS (for work or something) I miss all my tools and feel powerless. It drives me nuts.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 61 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Here’s the list of things I miss:

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[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Effort free gaming on Windows

I'll acknowledge that gaming is much better than when I entered the field 20 years ago,

but it was so nice being able to just install a game and have it function instead of install a game and play the 50/50 gamble of whether or not it's going to have some bug that forces me to go online and search the issue.

Proton DB has been a lifesaver for most issues that have occurred, but there are still so many games that have obscure problems that while not all of them prevent you from playing at all, a good portion of them have issues with them that dampen the gaming experience.

And as a bonus one, the lack of a decent Android emulator. I have tried so many different emulators for Android, and all of them work notoriously worse than BlueStacks did on Windows and a lot of times take up double the space it did. As a person who plays a lot of mobile games that require constant looking at, it was so much easier to just have it running in BlueStacks on the third monitor and then just look at it when needed

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

I miss effort free gaming on windows too. It looks like they laid off everyone in that department and put everything in to AI and subscription begging which has made it a miserable experience lately. I had to click deceptively placed no buttons like 30 times just to get to the desktop so I could update the damned mobo rgb controller to detect and turn off the lights

[–] adamnejm@programming.dev 16 points 3 days ago

I honestly loved some of the default Windows apps, like Notepad, Paint and believe it or not, the default file manager. I find that most file explorers on Linux can't strike a good balance between simplicity and the amount of features.

Thankfully (or not, if you use Windows) they started enshittifying each and every one of them, so there's nothing to miss any more.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 58 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

I just miss my social life. Back when I was on Windows I had a lot of friends and was banging people constantly in my free time. As a Linux user, I've pretty much been ostracized by my local community and my mojo no longer works on the daily trimmings. I might give Mac a try, but I'm just not sure how many tide pods I could possibly eat.

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[–] sunshine@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

On Windows, there used to be (possibly a third-party application) a desktop widget that had a "turtle", and if you clicked on the widget it would drop a little pixel of food, and the turtle would slowly walk over to it and consume it. I thought that was really cool.

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 161 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

I switched in 2005, I miss being in my 40's. 😋

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[–] Krait@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The lack of a good cad software (fusion 360), and no, freecad and openscad are not worthy equivalents.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

it's this. muh goadd. Its like going back to the days before blender was good and trying lightwave because your friend is convinced it was better than maya or 3ds max, and making thay whole experience four times worse. I guess every now and then you run in to a software so inconceivably counterintuitive that no tutorial can help you produce meaningful work. meanwhile I haven't followed any tutorials apart from those for 2000's era modellers meant for games and movies and I've been able to make what I need fairly easily in f360 or onshape.

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[–] furycd001@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 days ago

When I switched from Windows to Linux back in 2002, I never looked back. I missed absolutely nothing. Linux offered everything I needed and more, with unmatched freedom and flexibility. In late 2008, I bought a unibody MacBook, and while macOS wasn’t bad per se, it just didn’t feel like home. I missed Linux too much, so I wiped the MacBook and installed Debian. From that moment on, I’ve never switched again—Linux has always been home. I'm currently rocking Arch (btw) on my main desktop & Debian on my laptop....

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

I do like that splash screen on Windows before login, where it shows me a different beautiful landscape each day.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 days ago (3 children)

When looking at a file knowing immediately what physical drive it is on.

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[–] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (10 children)

HDR support and good VR support.

I suppose another way to say that while also outing myself as a real corporate shill is “better Nvidia support”

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[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 78 points 4 days ago (1 children)

i miss some software so im writing my own

[–] ZoDoneRightNow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Not having to worry about games straight up blocking linux users from playing because we are supposedly all cheaters…

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[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Uh, Shared GPU memory absolutely exists on Linux. Mind you this only exists (regardless of OS) when you have a shitty integrated GPU with no dedicated VRAM, but I am not sure why you think this only exists for Windows (or some other non-Linux OS, you did not specify).

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