I was going to. But then I found out that GNU’s not Unix.
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RadioFreeArabia@lemmy.world 3 months ago
We all knew that Microsoft wasn’t a good company. Let this news motivate you to switch to Linux.
scarabic@lemmy.world 3 months ago
skeezix@lemmy.world 3 months ago
What’s GNU stand for?
scarabic@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Heh it literally stands for “GNU’s Not Unix.”
It is recursive and the G has no ultimate referent except that it completes the acronym in a way that invokes an animal.
Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 3 months ago
For those who can’t for whatever reason, look into the LTSC version of windows at massgrave.dev/windows_ltsc_links
Open-source Windows and Office activator featuring HWID, Ohook, KMS38, and Online KMS activation methods, along with advanced troubleshooting.
No reason to give Microsoft any money, every reason not to
grubbyweasel@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
just deleted windows earlier and am no longer dual booting 👐 Linux is pain but the pain is worth it
DeathsEmbrace@lemm.ee 3 months ago
I am waiting for the gaming industry to make it worthwhile. Anti cheat is a bitch
semperverus@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The goalposts have moved to hopefully their final position
99% of my games don’t work! I’m not switching!
About half of my games don’t work, I’m not swiching!
20% of my games don’t work but the ones that do are all perfect, I’m not switching!
10% of my games don’t work and Valve is pushing for functioning anticheat with EasyAntiCheat and BattleEye, i’m not switching!
You are here → 0.1% of my games don’t work because of holdout companies being assholes and refusing to support Linux despite the massive success of the Steam Deck, I’m not switching!
At some point you have to ask yourself if it’s the companies thats holding you back or if it’s really actually you who are holding yourself back. Switching is gonna always require some kind of sacrifice or another, and currently that sacrifice has never been this minimal.
grubbyweasel@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Relax. Choice of operating system is entirely a personal one and you’re turning it into some kind of obligation. The Linux community has enough of a stigma behind it without this cringe nonsense
gaael@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Well, actually Linux is shit productivity-wise. Setting up the system and messing with it is easy and fun, trying new open-source alternatives is great, and all my games work without a hitch. I just can’t seem to find the time to get actual work done !
/s
DeathsEmbrace@lemm.ee 3 months ago
No it literally doesn’t work it’s not compatible. Also don’t be a bitch Linux does not have the same perfect out of box play. Every game I can just run it without needing to worry about it being compatible. You literally need to use Proton which is *hint *hint compatibility layer that is not 100% compatible. There are games I literally can never play because it’s Linux. Also I have to manually add scripts to the startup which is not beginner friendly. Troubleshooting took me more time than windows ever did so no excuses from you Linux lovers I never once needed to troubleshoot running the OS from start. Also if you are using a 4K screen in 2024 not a single one of them works except for a few like Pop to me this is the only embarrassing part.
Veneroso@lemmy.world 3 months ago
So which Linux distribution is the most pro-Israel? I think that I need a little more convincing.
(Obligatory and huge /S)
(Also probably Oracle Linux because of course)
Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
I still dualboot because I have games that don’t work right, but every instance of that in my case seems to be problems with DXVK. In some cases, but not all, I’ve noticed it severely degrades performance, and in others, it seems to break certain features, such as streaming video. I actually had one game that I finished about 90% of before I encountered a sequence with a projector playing a video with important information. That would only display on Windows without DXVK, which was… unpleasant.
Of course, the most extreme DXVK problem I ever encountered was about two years ago, but I can’t remember what game it was. What I do remember, however, is the extreme and rapid flashing it caused as the visuals horribly corrupted. IMO, DXVK functionality seems to still be one of the bigger hurdles.