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mergingapples ,

Alright, as much as I want to give Microsoft the double birds and leave, way too many modding programs are .exe based.

And I just cannot yet be fucked to learn how to do per-app emulation. It scares me, things just sort of work here, and I can give them one and a half birds by removing almost all their telemetry garbage.

That being said I do really like the idea of Linux, I just want a little bit more idiot friendliness out of it

vinyl ,

I generally only use Linux for programming just because how convenient and straightforward it is, but beyond that I have no incentive to move.

I like KDE but the ui is jank af right now, after logging in, it takes a solid 1-2 min for the taskbar to actually popup, and opening file manager including any file dialogs takes about 5-10 secs which is pretty insane since I’m running on a pretty powerful PC with a Samsung 990 pro M.2.

For context I am using Endeavour distro with nothing else modified.

pathief ,
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Mate you need to debug your machine, that is not normal behaviour. I have endeavour on an old laptop and everything is fast.

vinyl ,

Yea no shit I have to figure out why it’s having issues, but my point is that I still have to jump through hoops just to figure out what’s wrong, I have a life to deal with besides being on my pc for hours on end

uranibaba ,

Just reinstall. Finding the cause takes too much time.

ArcaneSlime ,

Yeah, that’s strange. I’m not running endeavor like you two but I’m running fedoraKDE, it’s lightning fast for me from boot to up and running, I don’t think it’s KDE I think your set up is off somehow.

Uli ,

Just built my first fully dedicated Linux machine. Still keeping my old Windows desktop around purely because I play League of Legends and they use a kernel level anticheat, so it won’t run on VM.

Fun fact, ever since Riot made it mandatory to install their rootkit if you want to play their games, every time I try to eject a flash drive, it says it can’t eject because it’s in use - even if I just plugged it in. And that’s super comforting.

DerisionConsulting ,

It’s not like Riot Games is fully owned by Tencent or anything…

But if you still want to play the game, having a computer that you only use for league, with nothing else installed, is the best way to go about it

Tlaloc_Temporal ,

The best sandbox is made of bare metal.

possiblylinux127 ,

Windows 10 and Windows 11 are basically the same

Prove me wrong

drq ,
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@possiblylinux127 Windows 11 is Windows 10 with worse Start menu.

@cordlessterry

a1ba ,
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@drq @possiblylinux127 @cordlessterry Windows 11 and Windows 10 are basically the same

Both are trash

Tlaloc_Temporal ,

I need to click twice to get to the 7zip options.

PrinzKasper ,
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NanaZip is a fork of 7Zip that integrates nicely with the Win11 context menu

Tlaloc_Temporal ,

Ooo, nice fork.

Too bad it doesn’t fix the 17 other context options though. If I’m getting software specifically to circumvent W11, that means I can modify my installation. There’s so much more I’d do than a 7zip fork.

Sadly, most of my windows useage is going to be fleet machines, so even NanaZip is beyond my reach. W11 is still worse than W10.

Infinitus ,

Have you ever tried installing 50 pc’s with windows 11 vs win10? A night and day difference. To clarify, win 10 is outrageously faster then win 11 where ms wants to have the system updated before you finish the initial setup. Whoever thought that this was a good idea should be fired.

Gumus ,

There are only a few mouse models that fulfill my requirements and software support for them is bad even on windows. I’m currently on Razer and Roccat, the software is slow, heavy and convoluted, but it’s the only way to use the devices to their full potential. There’s no way to get the drivers for Linux and that’s a deal breaker for me.

jol ,

Is this for real or a joke? I can’t tell anymore.

DerisionConsulting ,

There are some mice and keyboards with proprietary software that only works in windows.

But unless you have a special input device because of a disability, not using an os because of a mouse/keyboard feels like a joke

jol ,

Like driving a shitty car because you really like a certain brand of seat covers.

pathief ,
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But don’t Razer products actually have a decent support on Linux?

ComicalMayhem ,

write a new driver for it

Kushan ,
@Kushan@lemmy.world avatar

Because the time to learn a new operating system is more than I have to spare. I’m approaching middle aged, windows is familiar and I just want to kick back and enjoy my games.

Linux hasn’t reached drop-in replacement on the desktop yet. The steam deck is fantastic and I have no problems running it stock, but desktop Linux? Nah. Why would I dual boot when I can stick to one OS that does what I want and need.

(Side note: I run Linux on my server and am quite happy with it).

ArcaneSlime ,

Windows changed shit up on me too many times, I kept having to relearn where the dick they hid the control panel, for instance. At a certain point I realized if I’m having to put in the time to relearn shit on windows every new version, why not just learn linux? At least I’m learning because I’m getting into something new and exciting by choice instead of being pissed I have to relearn it because some dickhead moved it around on me!

Presi300 ,
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ngl, if you’re mentally ill enough to like valorant, you should stay on windows /s

arin ,

Auto HDR… I have one HDR monitor and one SDR monitor and w11 plays nicely, Nvidia app still won’t work with more than one monitor for their version of auto HDR

tfw_no_toiletpaper ,

Tarkov and Destiny 2 mainly.

Also I have a laptop I use from time to time running mint, few games installed. The games itself work okayish but the amount of times I need to “fix” some bullshit is annoying. Last things I remember were the touchpad being wonky and games having extreme tearing on HDMI, no matter if vsync was on or off.

I might try pop os some time but honestly my windows machine runs mostly without fault for years now (just cannot use any gpu drivers after march 24, but that’s on nvidia) and at the end of the day I just want to consoome without fiddling in settings every time.

Lumisal ,

Tryp BazziteOS next instead of Pop. It’s a Linux OS that’s designed for gaming and comes with all drivers, emulators, proton, etc out of the box. Also based on Fedora, which in my experience does better in the gaming department.

tfw_no_toiletpaper ,

Thanks, I’ll save this comment and try it out when I switch

Unreliable ,

Yeah I can back this. I switched to Bazzite about 6+ months ago after messing with Linux on the Steamdeck and I haven’t looked back.

hipsterdoofus ,

AutoHDR/SpecialK, AFMF, proper scaling on multiple monitors with mixed resolutions, Freesync

In time I’ll switch, but for me the extra gaming features on W11 are just nice.

Presi300 ,
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But all of these things, except AutoHDR (coming soon tm) already exist on linux though… Scaling and Freesync, especially haven’t been an issue on linux for a while if you use the right desktop (KDE Plasma or GNOME on wayland)

umbrella ,
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their ecosystem of apps is buggy as fuck.

teams and outlook always gives headaches.

Tlaloc_Temporal ,

Ugh, outlook has been dropping support for email standards for a while now, it’s getting close to a proprietary standard now.

goblinsharksama ,

Only reason i keep a windows box around. Valorant and tft

lolcatnip ,

I just want proper HDR support in games. Since that’s most of what I use my laptop for these days, Windows it is.

Dartboard4 ,

Bazzite has HDR support out of the box. Steam deck interface, meaning it has a regular desktop as well. Pretty straightforward.

PrinzKasper ,
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HDR and G-Sync on multi-monitor setups are two big things holding me back. And also yeah I like to play CoD and CS2 FaceIT lol.

thisbenzingring ,

For a couple of my friends, it Destiny 2. What a lame game to cling to

Gerudo ,

Yeah, how dare they have fun playing a game they want.

tfw_no_toiletpaper ,

It has the best FPS raids mechanics imo

thisbenzingring ,

LoL people on a Linux subreddit supporting a game that doesn’t work on Linux only because the developers don’t want it to. And actively bad Linux users, pretending it’s for keeping cheaters off but that’s laughable.

BmeBenji ,

oooooooohohohohohoho you really got me with that last one.

Though at least I’m only addicted to R6: Siege and not CoD or Valorant like a fucking pleb

Edit: a MASSIVE /s I do unironically love Siege and it is actually what’s keeping Windows installed on my PC, but I admit it’s in no way a good reason to keep malware on my machine

Presi300 ,
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I knew it was a /s the moment you mentioned you like valorant… Nobody hates themselves that much

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