Windows compatibility is insane!

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- Linux:
  User: Can you install this 50 year old program?
  Linux: it's already installed
  
  User: Linux can you install this software from this ancient obscure operating system?
  
  Grep is from 1973 so yeah.
  
  No you can't because the dependency doesn't exit anymore.
  
  Then compile it from the sources
  
  Yes because that is more user friendly than running an executable through a built in compatibility layer... suure
  
  Who tf wants usability when shit just has a solution no matter what. Additionally its an old program that a normal person wouldn't even try.
  On windows shit just doesn't work and the solutions are most of the time not even existing.
  
  If you're trying to get ancient software to work I think "user friendliness" is the least of your concerns. Especially compared to the alternative (Windows) where the answer is just, "No: That's not going to work no matter what you do."
  
  Have you heard to Good Word of our Lord and Savior, AppImage?
- Tfw compatibility for some old Windows programs and games is better in Wine than in modern Windows
- Most people will need internet connection to Google specific commands to run or install the most trivial things, and it won't always work depending on what distro you're using. Oh you're using MX Linux? Goodluck downloading a Plex client installer and just clicking it to install. Maybe use Snap but then good luck creating a shortcut with just a right click.
  Limux won't replace Windows anytime soon, not if even enthusiasts need to Google almost everything.
  
  Bold of you to think I'd install a Plex client when I can just stream video in my terminal with mplayer in glorious ASCII.
  And why would you search the internet when there's a manual built right in?

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