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6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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[–] argarath@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I was running mint, but had to go back to windows because of a hardware bug I'm still trying to fix where my PC will randomly not wake up from sleep and that results in corrupted drives, which windows can fix with it's automated repair at boot, but Linux has done commands that I need to run and if I fuck it up it would fuck my computer up even more, so until I can fix the hardware bug I'm stuck on windows, but by fuck do I hate it. I prefer Linux so much more over windows, so much more convenient, efficient, personalizable and it actually works in many places where windows simply doesn't even with a lot of fiddling around in settings and shit

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[–] ulterno@programming.dev 5 points 4 months ago

Upgrade

to Linux

[–] tobz619@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I would like to switch to Linux on my gaming machine but me and my girlfriend play Valorant together so I can't switch just yet.

My server and laptop already run NixOS, I'm just looking forward to the day my gaming/main machine join them too

[–] peteyestee@feddit.org 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Didn't they get rid of some 11 requirements? Won't most regular people just do the upgrade to 11?

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

They didn't get rid of it, they're allowing you to upgrade to 11 and calling it unsupported. Just like 10 is unsupported.

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[–] DimFisher@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Does it really matter? I have xemu (xbox emulator), retroarch for anything else, and PSX2 to be sure on Lubuntu, combine together how many games all those have and you just don't need steam

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If you use Windows as mere game launcher, you better have a application firewall set to whitelist Steam only anyway.

[–] cdkg@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago (5 children)

What happens if still use win 10?

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[–] darthelmet@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (9 children)

I got a new PC recently so unfortunately I am now on Windows 11. I’ve been wanting to make the swap to Linux but I can’t really make a clean break because at least some of the games I play a lot won’t work on Linux. I do think I’m gonna try to set up another hard drive with Linux on it to try to slowly start learning it and ideally move over anything that I can over there eventually and just keep the windows drive for those few games.

Does anyone have any recommendations related to that? Distro for gaming/ease of use? What’s the best option for setting up the dual boot? Anything I wouldn’t have thought of that’s relevant?

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[–] CaptKoala@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago

When that time comes I'll probably either remove networking from, or just wipe win10 entirely.

Been using mint as my daily for a while now and I hate booting into windows 😂

[–] Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

linux primary with dual boot for a windows install just because of the games that won't work.

[–] MECHAGODZILLA2@midwest.social 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I’ll be switching fully to Linux this summer, but will also “upgrade” windows 10 to 11 on the last week of support. I’ll only use it then if I have to, on a separate drive.

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

I dual boot but I'm on Windows 11 for my windows partition because the fucking thing just upgraded itself one day.

[–] Valon_Blue@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

Come to Linux, it's all I've used since Windows 7 and it works great.

[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 4 points 4 months ago

Build new computer. Old computer to be a home server running Linux or something fancy.

[–] bzah@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 months ago

I will dualboot to keep a windows 10 for software that only runs on it, but I really hope I will be able to be gaming on linux only.

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