Rustmilian

Rustmilian , 11 months ago to memes in unholy software..

EAC & BattlEye have official Linux support both natively & via Proton, however unfortunately only a few devs have enabled the said support in their game.
If you go here you can see what is and isn’t currently working.

Rustmilian , 11 months ago to memes in unholy software..

Fall Guys is currently working for me via the latest version of Heroic Games launcher.

Rustmilian , 11 months ago to memes in unholy software..

How big on gaming are you?

Rustmilian , 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to memes in unholy software..

The thing is, why would you want any of that crap to begin with? Like sure you can disable it, but wouldn’t it be nicer if… You know… it wasn’t there in the first place?
Like if you had the option, wouldn’t you want to ditch Windows for something a little less anti-consumer?
Hypothetically, let’s say there was an OS that meet all your needs, wasn’t riddled with ads and trackers, and tries to empower you as a user; wouldn’t you choose that OS?

Rustmilian , 11 months ago to memes in unholy software..

Exactly! This sentiment is why I ditched Windows in the first place. That and the combination of unnecessary annoyances that slow my workflow in which the majority of Windows users seem to be desensitized too.
Linux already works for my use case, so why would I want to voluntarily deal Microsoft’s anti-consumer practices? I don’t.

Rustmilian , 11 months ago to memes in unholy software..

That’s untill you switch to Wayland and realize just how shotty Nvidia’s support can be.

Rustmilian , 11 months ago to memes in unholy software..

The Rust based Cosmic DE is looking awesome.
I can’t wait to try it when it releases.

Rustmilian , 11 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to memes in unholy software..

Sir, do you know what OEMs/system integrators mean?
You’re very likely using hardware components OEMs/system integrators use in their consumer products (in fact I’d bet on it), in which incentivizes hardware manufacturers to write & maintain proper Windows drivers for said components, because of money and contracts; that is until the hardware goes EOL and the development and maintenance ceases to continue from that point.

That’s where Linux is different; it may not be able to support all consumer hardware from day one (if at all in some cases; tho this is getting better with time), since all the (in-tree) drivers are open source there isn’t a true EOL and the driver can receive proper maintenance, improvements, security patches, etc. long after the support has gone EOL on Windows.
This very thing is why Linux is so good at reviving hardware that Windows doesn’t or can’t support anymore.

In fact Linux probably officially supports more consumer grade hardware then Windows 11 specifically because of the TPM tomfoolery that blocks hardware from installing it in the Microsoft approved fashion (even though the hardware is easily supported through unofficial means).

Rustmilian , 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to memes in unholy software..

And this wouldn’t have happened with Linux?

Nope. Because Realtek commit their drivers directly to the Linux kernel, they may be a bit slower getting the driver to the consumer depending on their internal team that’s developing/handling the driver and how long the code review takes on the kernel maintainer side but even then you can generally get the driver early e.g. before it’s merged into the kernel via a dkms a.k.a out-of-tree driver (easily found in something like the AUR). Once the Realtek WiFi driver is merged you don’t have to worry about it because it’ll be in every distro with the following kernel release.

Rustmilian , 11 months ago to memes in unholy software..

That’s the reason you find windows for accountants, but no one uses windows for complex systems that have to be stable, reliable and maintainable.

Like how the international space station ditched Windows for Linux because "…we needed an operating system that was stable and reliable – one that would give us in-house control.” or how NASA used Linux for the Mars helicopter.

Rustmilian , 11 months ago to memes in unholy software..

For in the future, I suggest using USB tethering via your smartphone to get WiFi to the device.

Rustmilian , 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to memes in unholy software..

On Arch they’re usually right in the AUR. I imagine there’s people adding them to the new AUR-like Debian repo which name I can’t remember rn.

Rustmilian , 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to memes in unholy software..

Nah, it’s literally just Arch Linux with the tweaked Linux zen-kernel, a crap ton of eye candy and a few GUI tools.
You could use the zen-kernel on a plain Arch base add their GUI tools (likely just by adding their repo to pacman.conf) and likely achieve better results/performance because you’re not using resources on the flashy desktop effects and background processes instead having more available for the game.
Better yet, you could start with Garuda and strip it down and disable much of the resource heavy effects and achieve the same thing more or less.

Rustmilian , 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to memes in unholy software..

You’d have more driver issues with Windows if you used hardware that wasn’t already being sold with Windows pre-installed by OEMs/system integrators. Comparatively Linux supports a wider verity of hardware for much longer, Windows on the other hand only really supports consumer grade hardware that’s likely to have it pre-installed anyway with a limited (and often predestined) EOL.

If manufacturers treated Linux desktop as first class like with Windows or Linux on Servers then there’d be a very small amount of unsupported & likely obsolete hardware.

Rustmilian , 11 months ago to memes in I don't know why I love it so much, but I do.

What game are you trying to play and are you using Valves Proton?