I'm playing TuxKart right now. Jealous yet?

Steam's Proton lets most of the popular win games run on linux. I've been playing New Vegas lately.

Probably because everyone you’re trying to convince stopped listening out of fatigue. Nothing revs me up to hear an opinion more than “you’re running the wrong operating system/editor/browser, mine is clearly superior,” when we all have limited lifespans in which to argue about exceedingly pointless trivia such as that — especially discarding any implicit requirements for choosing the tools one has chosen which are almost certainly unknown to the person making such an arrogant observation. People have different needs and goals for using computers and telephones.

I’ve been cutting people out of my life for repeatedly talking like GP (and you, to a lesser extent) lately; that’s how frustrating it is to be on the other end after 20 years of hearing it from elitist peers. I finally snapped when I set my iPhone on the table at a bar and was treated to the entire conversation turning to iOS vs. Android for the next two miserably painful hours, while ignoring that we all went there to drink to forget about shit like that.

You might consider my approach harsh. That’s fine because I know my approach is clearly better. (See?) It amazes me that it’s been decades now and advocates of non-mainstream operating systems and tools (read: FLOSS) haven’t figured out looking down at the people you’re trying to convince is repulsive to anything you’d say - and sometimes you as a person. Persuasion from a negative is almost always a net loss. Ask anyone in sales.

Tell me why it’s better for my specific needs. Not that my choices are inferior. Until then, I’m distantly happy for you that you’ve found a tool that works for you, and I’d prefer that you tell someone else (in general, not you specifically). I’m especially thinking of the randoms who don’t know me and approach at conferences or social events to reflect on my choices. It’s never Windows or macOS or Edge or VS Code advocacy, either, weirdly enough. Emacs in particular seems to catch these attitudes like a magnet.