VSCode? Even if some peeps don't like it out of principle because it's an Electron app, it's undeniable that it is extremely popular (...and is actually a lot more lightweight and snappier than 'real' IDEs like VStudio or Xcode, or the various Java-based IDEs).

Also indirectly: DirectX saved Linux gaming ;)

> Also indirectly: DirectX saved Linux gaming ;)

Nah, if windows stayed with OpenGL instead of inventing its own, gaming on linux would be far easier for decades.

But it is a bit funny that win32 api turned out to be most stable way to make apps running on linux

> Nah, if windows stayed with OpenGL instead of inventing its own, gaming on linux would be far easier for decades.

The problem with OpenGL is that it is a complete mess compared to the D3D APIs (D3D was the better designed API since at least D3D9, arguably even D3D7). Also DirectX wasn't just about rendering, it also covered sound, input and networking - although most of that has been dissolved into regular Windows APIs since quite a while).

Also, Vulkan repeats some of the same problems that OpenGL had, but at least Vulkan is an uptodate mess, not a deprecated mess like GL.

Well they've been making improvements to Notepad, like now it has tabs, and you can close it without saving a single one, sort of how I used Sublime Text for note tracking.

And it has AI now, too. Are those really improvements or change for the sake of change? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmBd39OwvWg

Oh yuck

Wow. I had no idea. Last time I used windows was probably 13 years ago...

It depends on your perspective on value. MS stock and lobbying, money bags, and government/corporate capture have provided unfathomable value.