Windows 7.

Voidtools Everything. Can’t find anything near as good that supports, thumbnails and batch file renaming. Fsearch is good, but it’s not even close.

The shameless integration of free code a la Bind.

The one thing that bugs me is having to look up whether periferals work with Linux. Still have odd issues with ones that work like Logitech mmo mouse I have to start Piper every time I log in pretty much to set the DPI. If I ever get around to buying something like a stream deck I’ll have to tripple check it will play nice. Not the end of the world, just little annoyances.

The only other things I miss are COD and LoL, honestly though with how toxic the communities are or can be idk that I’m missing anything of value just haven’t found anything that scratches the same itch yet.

Clippy

I haven’t used Windows, other than very brief encounters during work, for about 20 years. I don’t even know what I’d be missing. I’d say it used to be gaming, but Valve have fixed that problem now. In the now rare occasions I need to play games that don’t work on Linux, or have a multiplayer/anti-cheat component, I’ll use my PS5.

I would really like this onedrove feature, where you can remove files (in my case large images from my camera) and still have them listed in the file structure in the explorer.

My SSD is not big enough for all data, so i really miss this feature with nextcloud and ubuntu.

GitExtensions

I have tried many git GUIs and none get close to it. It has the history, commit diff and branches overview in the same screen. It supports most git actions pretty well (rebasing, interactive rebasing, cherry picking, editing, etc) when right clicking a commit. You can select a commit or current changes and in the diff view select a line/lines and stage/unstage/revert only them. And much more. But it’s only for windows.

I’m not a fan of the command line, I work much faster with gitextension. The best alternative I’ve found is vscode + GitGraph. This plugin is like a simpler version of gitextensions, but it’s sadly abandoned.

If any of you know any close alternative please share!

Much better game compatibility and not having to worry if a game will work or not. Although in some ways it’s part of the fun.

An IME.

I’m sure it’s possible to get it to work, but all I found the one time I tried to set it up was solutions that completely replace my existing keyboard, which is an issue because I use a custom layout. I tried making something work but only succeeded in somehow breaking everything (I forgot how I fixed it but I eventually did)

Arch with KDE btw if anyone happens to have the solution

Not really. At least nothing I deeply miss. 99% is absolutely perfect for my usage.

Maybe when it comes to hardware specific software, there may not be a linux-version of it. But this can only be a matter of time.

Like others said, a lot is just nostalgia. I liked a lot of the aesthetics of the time, from 90’s to XP, to Vista/7.

Also like others said, a majority of actually-affordable peripherals use some sort of specific driver system that’s Windows only. Big example being my cool Mechland keyboard I really like, but it’s one of those where trying to give it cool effects in OpenRGB would brick it, and only their Windows software can access some of its main features.

Not the worst though, I just have a Win10 VM I fire up exclusively to update those peripherals.

WAIT, KNOW WHAT? WORKING VR. I MISS THAT. But M$ themselves killed that one so it’s kinda moot? My WMR Odyssey+ worked GREAT, and since M$ decided it’s a paperweight now, the awesome souls behind Monado are our only hope for decent VR before the Steam Frame. (Which now terrifies me thanks to RAM inflation…)

I think a built in antivirus isnt a bad idea, for free none the less.

Full Software support and functionality from device vendors.

WinKey+period to enter emoji and other Unicode characters. I’ve got some workarounds, but they are all just slightly kludgy, especially with the Wayland clipboard.