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Evolution of Windows (lemmy.ml)

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[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Remember, Windows Phone was a thing

Oh yeah, my poor mother was scammed into buying one of those, just about the most worthless piece of technology I've ever seen.

But yeah, it's quite an amazing journey Gabe has been on. He led the Microsoft team that ported Doom to Windows 95 using DirectX, so he kind of put the first nails in the coffin that was OpenGL back in the day. By 2005 it was all DirectX, and then he clawed that Microsoft victory out of their hands starting in 2012 and 12 years later in 2024 I switched to Linux full time playing Cyberpunk 2077 on a Debian based system of all things. Kinda wild.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Gaming is the only thing I still find Windows useful for. I can neuter it to oblivion and just do literally everything else on linux better/easier, but (unfortunately) Cyberpunk 2077 and some other games still run much faster on neutered Windows, even compared to tricked out linux systems... At least on Nvidia cards.