Vendor support. Some hardware and software vendors still only care about Windows.
No. There used to be some nice things on Windows, but Windows 11 has thoroughly ruined them.
The ability to update Xbox controllers, though when mine dies I’m probably switching to a similar priced high end brand with better joysticks.
And on that note, I also miss being able to assume anything I want to use or install is available for my operating system. I was looking a month or two ago at buying one of 8bitdo’s pro 2 controllers, but it didn’t support Linux. I never had to check if anything was windows compatible, everything either was or loudly said it wasn’t.
Still not going back
They work out of the box, but the firmware updater is what’s windows only (pro 2 and pro 3 at least). Not even a MacOS version of the firmware tool.
The larger issue I found with them was that hollow knight and silksong didn’t capture the triggers properly on their Linux version making them unplayable. Also the games would crash once in a while. You have to run the windows version with proton to get a solid experience. I read it was due to outdated Linux input libraries used by unity or whatever game engine it uses.
Ok so no worse than Xbox controllers (and actually probably better if I learn to use wine). Good to know. I should’ve asked on here when I was looking
The other day i couldn’t play a multiplayer game with my friend. So i had to boot up windows and the xbox app to play a game on steam that “works” without the xbox app we swear. So after booting up windows after a few months now i can confidently say that i don’t miss a thing
The maze screensaver was kinda cool.
That and all the themes for 98 Plus
The font rendering in windows is unmatched. I have a 1080p screen so I have yet to just super resolution my way out of this problem.
Windows 7.
The one thing that bugs me is having to look up whether periferals work with Linux. Still have odd issues with ones that work like Logitech mmo mouse I have to start Piper every time I log in pretty much to set the DPI. If I ever get around to buying something like a stream deck I’ll have to tripple check it will play nice. Not the end of the world, just little annoyances.
The only other things I miss are COD and LoL, honestly though with how toxic the communities are or can be idk that I’m missing anything of value just haven’t found anything that scratches the same itch yet.
Voidtools Everything. Can’t find anything near as good that supports, thumbnails and batch file renaming. Fsearch is good, but it’s not even close.
Clippy
The shameless integration of free code a la Bind.
I would really like this onedrove feature, where you can remove files (in my case large images from my camera) and still have them listed in the file structure in the explorer.
My SSD is not big enough for all data, so i really miss this feature with nextcloud and ubuntu.
Nextcloud does that on Windows but not Linux.
Just like you, I would like that feature on Linux too.Tresorit has this. Works flawlessly on Linux. Not the cheapest solution though.
GitExtensions
I have tried many git GUIs and none get close to it. It has the history, commit diff and branches overview in the same screen. It supports most git actions pretty well (rebasing, interactive rebasing, cherry picking, editing, etc) when right clicking a commit. You can select a commit or current changes and in the diff view select a line/lines and stage/unstage/revert only them. And much more. But it’s only for windows.
I’m not a fan of the command line, I work much faster with gitextension. The best alternative I’ve found is vscode + GitGraph. This plugin is like a simpler version of gitextensions, but it’s sadly abandoned.
If any of you know any close alternative please share!
I haven’t used Windows, other than very brief encounters during work, for about 20 years. I don’t even know what I’d be missing. I’d say it used to be gaming, but Valve have fixed that problem now. In the now rare occasions I need to play games that don’t work on Linux, or have a multiplayer/anti-cheat component, I’ll use my PS5.
Much better game compatibility and not having to worry if a game will work or not. Although in some ways it’s part of the fun.
Same here. I’ve had no luck with proton. It’s gotten to the point where I’d it doesn’t run natively on Linux, I won’t buy it.
Proton has worked really well for me, 90% of my games just work. But the final 10% dont and that is something I miss.
Protondb?
There is proton and protondb which are great tools I use all the time, just not as good as not having to worry about compatibility at all.
