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just use linux instead.
why are people allergic to ~~windows~~ linux?
Gaming is the primary driver behind my PC choices by a humongous margin. I'm not really concerned about imvasive anti-cheat software, I don't want to tinker with settings, I want to turn on my computer and play video games. That means I use Windows.
As someone who just installed Linux Mint as a test and uses their machine mostly for gaming:
Linux is perfectly fine for that, too. I had one minor issue that was fixed by plugging a cord into a different plug on my machine and have otherwise had 0 issues getting things to run on the Linux partition of my system.
I actually have seen mostly better performance in the realm of about 10fps better per game than the Win 10 install on the same hardware
Spent less time tinkering with the settings (done via GUI that makes more sense than windoes' 15 different settings menus) than I never have in any version of Windows, synched my firefox over, boom.
Not gonna say Linux is perfect for everything but it does seem a lot of people think it's harder/worse than it is by a mile
This right here. Lutris, proton, WINE, proton-QT, winetricks... Just so much shit.
I'm really trying to learn it but..it's a bit much
You don't have to go all in, use Steam for purchased games, and use the already created Lutris templates on everything else.
Proton-QT is for updating Proton used by Lutris.
In addition, you can actually launch any application through Steam and just select it to use Proton. I mean your mileage may vary, but it's worth a try potentially.
That doesn't compute here. Like I have literally 0 problems with Windows. That's certainly not been my experience with Linux. Oh bought a new drawing tablet, nah that won't work. Oh need to update for firmware on a device, yeah better have windows. Oh you bought a recent printer, better not use Linux.
Fucking nailed it, and peripheral manufacturers have almost zero interest in providing their own linux tools and drivers because of how tiny the marketshare is.
I already spend most of my waking days fixing work related computing bullshit, I don't want to have to spend 3 hours of my free time trying to get my fuckdamn video capture card to work when it's all seamless in Windows.
I mean I have a lot of problems with windows, forced updates, telemetry, the uselessness of modern error messages, but if I just want to chill and relax with some media or games, Windows is clearly the simpler solution.
A million percent this. Linux is great for servers at work but I don't want to spend my free time doing what I do every day at work. I just want things to be hassle free. But also at the same time, fuck Win11. My 8 year old PC still runs the latest games with a nvme and a better gf card, why do I need to toss it out.
I've had tons of problems with windows AND Linux. Neither are perfect. In my latest, elden rings anti cheat window needs to be closed from the task manager when I quit it. In Linux I do not get this and they work the same otherwise. YMMV
It will be like that as long as people are so used to bad products. Linux will have similar but better support if it has more users. It already improved a lot. This myth of printers/tablets not working got quite old now
Same I dual boot, Linux for most things windows for games and a few other things which I find easier on windows.
If you don't play any of the few blacklisted games (read actively blocked by the developer on linux, go figure), you can expect higher performance a lot of the time.
Well I do, so.
well if you like fortnite and valorant that much
I don't think allergic is the word you were looking for.
i meant to say linux not windows
derp
I believe you’ll find that Linux Is Not Unix, actually. /s
I get the joke, but lots of people, me included, start to understand why people pay so much for a Mac. It's not the hardware, it's not having to deal with Windows.
Not a joke. Linux is genuinely better in most cases, barring some niche, very specific stuff.
As an IT person, Macs shouldn't exist.
They aren't computers, they are fashion accessories that just happen to compute.
No offence but you're a bad it person if you really think like that.
I love to suggest Apple products to my relatives, because they're too dumb and I don't have to give technical support, lol.
And what type of person are you who judges by their spending habits? For all you know I could be a 5 gallon lifetime blood donor that volunteers to feed the homeless. But since I don't like your chosen consumer identity product, I'm a bad person.
Get every manner of fucked.
I don't want to argue with you, because your thoughts are right and you raise valid good points when interacting on social media.
But just to add something, I didn't say he's a bad person, I have no clue about that, I did say he's a bad IT person. In other words, not qualifies for the role, if I can have an opinion on that.
Supporting such a fucked up company makes you a bad person, so 🤷🏻♀️
I support the right tool for the right task, I'm not a company cultist, I'm sure Apple is as fucked up as Microsoft, I believe you. But I don't care.
That's fair. I have to build stuff for apple and it makes my work life miserable because they hate their users so much.