@dragonbird
The point that Gilrond started is more about being a responsible communicator and not misusing technical terms. If we keep doing this we're not doing people a favor by perpetuating a stereotype.
This is the age of political correctness and as much as it interrupts traditional ways of speaking and/or writing, we have to accept that the use of language establishes a shared and likely skewed perception of reality. For instance, not all Linux users are tech savvy and they might not automatically assume a game is Windows only if so far all their games are on Linux. The tech savvy Linux user myth can't be generalized in modern times, when even my mom uses Linux.
I agree that the majority of gaming computers run Windows, but we don't want to keep gamers in the shadows of ignorance forever, do we? Nothing wrong with saying Windows PC instead.
@Costin
We have previously discussed the technical merits of Linux for gaming, please refer to the other threads. In essence, these merits are a subset of the reasons why Linux is used in over 95% of the world's supercomputers: efficiency, modularity, reliability, customization. You want a specialized gaming kernel with optimized memory allocation, low overhead and rock solid stability? Linux.
The point that Gilrond started is more about being a responsible communicator and not misusing technical terms. If we keep doing this we're not doing people a favor by perpetuating a stereotype.
This is the age of political correctness and as much as it interrupts traditional ways of speaking and/or writing, we have to accept that the use of language establishes a shared and likely skewed perception of reality. For instance, not all Linux users are tech savvy and they might not automatically assume a game is Windows only if so far all their games are on Linux. The tech savvy Linux user myth can't be generalized in modern times, when even my mom uses Linux.
I agree that the majority of gaming computers run Windows, but we don't want to keep gamers in the shadows of ignorance forever, do we? Nothing wrong with saying Windows PC instead.
@Costin
We have previously discussed the technical merits of Linux for gaming, please refer to the other threads. In essence, these merits are a subset of the reasons why Linux is used in over 95% of the world's supercomputers: efficiency, modularity, reliability, customization. You want a specialized gaming kernel with optimized memory allocation, low overhead and rock solid stability? Linux.
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