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MataVatnik ,
@MataVatnik@lemmy.world avatar

Windows is so unstable

TurtleTourParty ,

I switched to Linux on a laptop of mine because an update to windows caused it to not boot.

Now I get to deal with my keyboard backlight not working, sometimes the keyboard freezing on resume, my Bluetooth not connecting on the first try, and my wifi sometimes not working, but it boots fine every time.

TheRedSpade ,

Now I get to deal with my keyboard backlight not working

Could I get that problem please? Pretty much any keyboard anymore comes with a backlight which I can’t even imagine being useful to anyone who can type. If they provide a way to turn it off, it’s via Windows-only software.

stochasticity ,

I type in the dark sometimes. But it’s not on by default either.

BlemboTheThird ,

Have you tried different distros? Some hardware is supported better by different forks. I myself have an odd situation with an old laptop that got weird Bluetooth audio issues on stock Ubuntu, but having swapped it over to mint (which is supposedly just Ubuntu under the hood!) it works flawlessly.

TurtleTourParty ,

I have, it works better on Fedora than PopOS or ubuntu. There’s actually a fix for the 17 inch version of my laptop in the main kernel, but it explicitly mentions the full model number so doesn’t apply to my 13 inch version. I spent a long time trying and failing to figure out how to build a kernal with a patch for my model.

possiblylinux127 ,

It is pretty solid unless you are going way off the rails. There are a lot of reasons not to like it but stability is not one of them (unless you are talking about non changing)

MataVatnik ,
@MataVatnik@lemmy.world avatar

I’ve always had issues with windows. Something always starts fucking up.

possiblylinux127 ,

I haven’t had issues since Windows XP came out (mostly)

BCsven ,

Adobe, OK. SolidWorks? Nah. NX is a higher-end CAD solution (costs more though) and runs on RHEL or SUSE

Dadifer ,

Yay! SolidWorks was literally the last thing keeping me on Windows

Edit: Um, why does the Siemens website say it only supports the license server since 2020?

BCsven ,

Not sure, they changed license server types recently for newest NX. But new server should support backwards. They have NX12 linux GUI version supported , latest NX release only runs Linux batch NX—for who know why

CuriousRefugee ,

I miss NX. My company uses SolidWorks, and it’s…okay, I guess? But I’m aggravated on a weekly basis because it doesn’t do something that NX could. But cost is the issue. I think you can get like 5 SW licenses for the cost of a single NX one.

BCsven ,

Siemens has a 3 to 1 model license option now. Up to 3 users of Solid Edge, but if they check theirs all in, you can pull 1 NX license. A nice compromise for when you need more power

jaaake ,

Adobe works pretty good on another non-Windows OS…

TimeSquirrel ,
@TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org avatar

First person to come up with a time machine, can you make your first trip back to the early 80s and buy 86-DOS and open source it before Bill gets his grubby hands on it?

Petter1 ,

…and make it unix based, for good lord, I hate CMD/ps commands

Spiralvortexisalie ,

Plot twist, you have to partner with Richard Stallman for the first open source licensing to get off the ground and end up with GNU plus BSD and its all powershell commands.

Petter1 ,

😱😭😫🤬

pressanykeynow ,

Probably wouldn’t work as GPL license was published much later in 1989.

barsquid ,

Imagine traveling back in time and casting 21st century witchcraft like the AGPL.

Aurenkin ,

I dream of a world where I don’t have to dual boot.

EherNicht ,

Due to planned virtualisation in Windows this will probably soon be the case for people who Dual boot due to anticheat.

Aurenkin ,

That would be awesome! There’s still the odd game I can’t run unrelated to anti cheat but that would still be a huge win.

Buelldozer ,
@Buelldozer@lemmy.today avatar

Due to planned virtualisation in Windows

I must have missed something. What are you referencing with this comment?

EherNicht ,

They want to prevent spooky programs running in the kernel (like crowdstrike) which may break the whole system. Source: theverge.com/…/microsoft-windows-changes-crowdstr…

umbrella ,
@umbrella@lemmy.ml avatar

please.

EherNicht ,

It seems quite likely actually. The only problem might be them noticing the benefit for GNU/Linux.

Buelldozer ,
@Buelldozer@lemmy.today avatar

Perhaps I’m being dense but how do you see this helping Linux Gaming?

Even assuming that VBS-E allows Game Devs to shift their current kernel based anti-cheat over to it there’s no guarantee that Linux will get a compatible VBS-E module nor that Game Devs would allow its use.

I guess I see it as: If a Game Dev does this (use VBS-E) AND Linux gets a compatible module AND Game Devs allow its use THEN newer games may not have the same problem with anti-cheat as older ones.

EherNicht , (edited )

The way I understand it is that every anticheat needs to be overhauled as they can no longer tap into the kernel/get kernel access. So the anticheat has to run in userspace. This can also be done under GNU/Linux which is why anticheat should work on both platforms.

Buelldozer ,
@Buelldozer@lemmy.today avatar

The way I understand it is that every anticheat needs to be overhauled as they can no longer tap into the kernel/get kernel access.

Yes, if we assume that various institutions (cough cough looking at you EU) allow MS to remove kernel access.

So the anticheat has to eun in userspace.

VSB-E isn’t really “user space” but your point about the kernel is valid.

hich is why anticheat should

The word “should” is doing some heavy lifting in that sentence. Even if it COULD that doesn’t mean devs will allow it nor does it mean that existing games will get updated on EITHER platform. Removing a kernel level anti-cheat could easily be the death of some older games on Windows as the owner simply doesn’t want to put the money into making it work.

I’m honestly not too sure how possible it is to make VSB-E work on *nix either, since it appears to use Microsoft Hyper-V technologies at its core and those wouldn’t be available in *nix. That means that we’d be back to Game Devs having to specifically write anti-cheat for *nix…which is something they can already do if they want.

VSB-E is interesting but I’m not convinced its going to do anything for Linux Gaming at all. Hopefully I am wrong. :)

communism ,
@communism@lemmy.ml avatar

Out of curiosity what do you dual boot for? I used to dual boot for gaming but I’ve lately found that proton works very well with my games and there is no need to run Windows for anything

Aurenkin ,

Yeah proton works really well for me for the vast majority of my games but there are a few that don’t. I dual boot solely to play those.

  • Star Citizen - much worse performance for me using Linux.
  • Cyberpunk - Used to work fine but started crashing on Linux for me
  • Counter Strike 2 - Audio cuts out after about 15 - 20 minutes on Linux.
  • Supreme Commander - Frequent crashes on Linux.

I think people can run most of those fine but I haven’t had luck and don’t spend much time tinkering.

skulblaka , (edited )
@skulblaka@sh.itjust.works avatar

Cyberpunk works great on Proton 7. I was playing it last night. It crashes on updated/experimental Proton but by forcing compatibility to Proton 7.0-6 I played for about 4 hours with no issues.

index ,

There are plenty of games that runs on linux just fine

libregaming.org/play-libre-games/

The games you mentioned don’t seem to have anything so special that they are worth trading for your privacy and freedom over.

Aurenkin , (edited )

How dramatic.

EDIT: In the dramatic spirit though.

It’s too late for me, friend. The trap was baited with the frivolous and delightful outputs of an unethical capitalist machine and I was ensnared. I am now doomed to forever carry out a small percentage of my computing tasks in the glass cage of OS lock in and corporate surveillance. It’s not too late for others, though, you can still save yourself. Leave me to my fate, my only solace is that my experience may be a lesson to others.

index ,

Na it’s not to late, just try different games and experience new OS. After a while your thirst for playing specific games simply goes away and you will feel as much comfortable playing games on linux.

yamanii ,
@yamanii@lemmy.world avatar

This is the part where you name the games you like so we trash talk them back.

index ,

Endless sky Mindustry Minetest 0ad Battle for Wesnoth

veng ,

CS2: Try using -sdlaudiodriver pipewire in launch options

anivia ,

I dualboot Linux and hackintosh, mostly for Affinity and Fusion360

FiniteBanjo ,

TBH you could just pick one of them and run the other as a virtual machine.

Engywuck ,

Different tools (or even preferences) for different people, you know…

hemko ,

Where Linux?

veganpizza69 ,
@veganpizza69@lemmy.world avatar

Precisely.

This is a negative space meme. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_space

hemko ,

True, but Linux memes being 50% about macos/windows gets tiresome

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