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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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How bad is Microsoft? (www.gnu.org)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was curious what the Linux people think about Microsoft and any bad practices that most people should know about already?

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Windows is the worst thing that ever happened to computer science.

And I don't exaclly mean the product itself, but the mindset and habits that came with it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Xbox controller is the worst thing to happen to emulation

[–] Voytrekk 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How so? It's just a controller that is just the most standard for PC because Microsoft fully implemented the drivers in Windows.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

See the other comment.

The problem is that they took Nintendo’s button names (ABXY) and transposed their positions. It’s utter chaos, and very hard for me at least to remember that A is B and B is A.

[–] Voytrekk 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Almost every emulator lets you remap buttons on your controller. There is nothing that stops you from mapping the buttons based on position instead of what the face button says. There are also plenty of controllers you can use on PCs that have the Nintendo layout.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Yes, I know I can remap, but I'm just too stupid to be able to remember that the confirm/cancel buttons are swapped so I'm constantly messing that up. It's especially a problem on the steam deck, which has Microsoft's layout.

Somehow, when I'm holding an xbox controller, my brain just knows that the A button has to be the south button.