I've been using Linux since it was first practically available (early 90's), UNIX before that, a variety of other OSs including UNIX derived NeXTSTEP, and I can genuinely say that Windows has many advantages and continues to do so.
Whilst part of the advantage comes from being the primary OS (for games, 96.76% market share on Steam), some comes from its feature set.
Most programs which work continue to do so (I have a 25 year old game I made, for which the installer and game still work).
@dougbinks This is something I constantly remind myself (and others) of. The backwards compatibility of Windows is astounding and every year that passes it becomes more laudable. Android, macOS, iOS, Linux, etc. constantly and deliberately make not-so-old programs not run anymore. Not Windows, it's amazing. It respects and serves both developers and users.
@eniko Sadly some of my later games do not work well. We had workarounds for issues with some early DX drivers and these cause problems now. The OpenGL ones are fine though.
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