I Grew Up With Windows and Somehow Outgrew it

I’ve used Windows since Vista, so I don’t really hate it. I think I’m just disappointed by what it became.

Going from Windows 7 to 8, 10, and 11 felt less like watching an operating system evolve and more like watching Microsoft repaint the same old house while leaving the broken plumbing untouched.

The Control Panel is still hideous. Bluetooth still behaves like dark magic. Half the settings live in a new interface, while the other half are hidden in a menu that looks like it survived three corporate reorganizations.

Then I upgraded from 16 GB to 32 GB of RAM, and Windows somehow decided it needed nearly 10 GB at idle.

At idle, guys.

We lost the plot.

Meanwhile, macOS became more polished, and Linux kept offering more control, personalization, and possibilities. They made using a computer feel exciting in ways Windows gradually stopped doing for me.

I wanted Windows to bloom into something cleaner, lighter, and more coherent. Instead, it became heavier, noisier, and increasingly full of things I never asked for.

I’m not angry, really. I’m just sad that Windows never became the version of itself I thought it would.

The only thing still keeping me around is Marathon.

So Bungie, please put Marathon on Linux.

Seriously.

Marathon on Linux.

I am trying to leave.