Just one more reason to skip Windows…
FTFY
TwinTitans@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Just one more reason to skip Windows 11…
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 1 week ago
3dmvr@lemm.ee 1 week ago
I like seeing these posts, non issue now that im on linux, need more ppl to swap to help the piracy ecosystem
Halliphax@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I’m waiting for things like HDR to work properly on Linux - once it’s as easy to mod and play games on Linux as it is Windows I’ll be making the jump.
cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
You might want to take a low at bazzite.gg
It’s what I’m using for my desktop and I’ve been happily gaming ever since.
Halliphax@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I’ll check that out thanks!
AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I started using Bazzite last year and it’s fantastic, but modding seems to be a bit of a headache on it right now. I think Nexus Mod Manager is going to really help that once its got more than Stardew working though.
pogmommy@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Lots of the most best tools for desktop Linux are free and open source, so you really don’t need to pirate desktop software. As far as multimedia goes, I generally find it much easier to sail the seas on Linux as opposed to Windows where everything felt hacky and difficult to isolate.
3dmvr@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Oh you said multimedia, thats definitely easier if not using something like stremio which is the same level of ease
3dmvr@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Lmao if you find an open source tool that competes with houdini, let me know. I found it extremely easy to pirate on windows, it takes a long time to find a crack on linux, if I do, it is usually out of date.
I have only pirated davinci resolve studio on linux and some blender addons, like 25% dont work, while I had a ton of pirated software on windows. (marvelousdesigner, embergen, houdini, davinci openfx addons like redgiant, borisfx syntheyes, touchdesigner, etc.) A lot of stuff that adds up to 1000s of dollars a month for hobby stuff that I use sporadically.
pogmommy@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Im not even gonna try to learn music creation again, just assuming ableton and flstudio would both be issues.
I understand that more conventional software is proprietary and not released natively for Linux, but it seems unfortunate yo me to let proprietary software stop you from making art. Ive got friends who produce music exclusively on Linux machines using qtractor, which is free and open source, so there’s no need to crack it. I can’t speak for the rest of the tools you mentioned but maybe it would just be worth exploring some of the Foss options to see what you can do with them? I haven’t bothered cracking software since I made the move over to Linux because I just haven’t found any piece of my workflows that actually depends on non-foss software. Turns out tools developed by the communities that use them rather than corporate entities typically turn out to be pretty good.
AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
My hardware refresh came up this year. The asked for a MacBook instead of a windows laptop for the first time in my long career. Linux isn’t an option at my org yet.
TwinTitans@lemmy.world 1 week ago
If you have the money to drop on a Mac it’s definitely better, but there’s a bit more work to get games going. So if you play games elsewhere a Mac is to easy to recommend.
AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
It’s for work only, no gaming. I have a Steam Deck and a Linux desktop for gaming.
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
My work laptop has W11. It’s…fine. But I don’t have to manage it, so… ¯\(°_o)/¯
I had W11 on my personal gaming PC for a total of 6 months before I got fed up with it. Running W10 until I make sure it’ll run everything I need it to on Linux Mint (LMDE).
Draegur@lemm.ee 1 week ago
every passing day i feel increasingly gratified to have switched my previously win11 laptop to linux mint. aside from the sheer principle of microsoft being ass, i also fucking despise all of windows’ AI bullshit. Fuck copilot for eternity.
Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Just be sure to check support before buying any newish laptop. I really like my ASUS Duo Pro 2024, but ASUS adamantly refuses to lift a finger for proper Linux support for special features. Even the audio chipset which is standard somehow doesn’t work with default kernels due to something they’ve done. Dual screen can be made to work with some scripting-fu, but the keyboard’s multimedia keys just don’t work at all.
Vote with your wallets and be noisy to those brands who don’t support Linux well. Let them know if lack of Linux support was why you didn’t buy.
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Tbf Asus has been dogshit for at least a decade at this point.
zewm@lemmy.world 1 week ago
This is purely anecdotal but my last pc build was ASUS mobo and its absolute shit tier. I promised myself never to spend another dime on anything ASUS ever again.
I got it cause it had good reviews. Asus ROG strix. I should have stuck with my gut and gone MSI or Gigabyte.
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
MSI have dropped AMD as a GPU partner as of this generation (funnily enough - also the same generation they had proven to be their highest selling!), and their next generation of PSUs have dropped PCIe 6+2 for whatever the current HPV12 implementation is, so they’re in my shit-list too.
Gigabyte’s warranty support has been ass in the past (at least in my region), and their 3000-series GPUs were prone to overheating due to poor quality thermal pads. Oh, and their PSUs were sub-par and prone to exploding!
I think ASRock is the only ‘Tier 1’ brand (that I’m aware of) without massive controversies in the past few years?
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 1 week ago
ASRock is my go-to now. Funnily enough they slit off of ASUS a while ago. One continually got better, and the other worse.
Bunbury@feddit.nl 1 week ago
I tried setting up a dual boot Mint next to my Win 11 last night. Just so I can experiment with getting all the (replacement) programs of my Win 11 install to work on there… froze during install and was busy for hours getting my boot files for Win 11 back.
I’m not a technical genius or anything and now I’m scared to try again. I assume it’s way easier if I would just rip the bandaid off and do it in one go. Sadly too much relies on me still being able to use the computer close to the way I could before. Ah well. Another day, another chance to nuke the boot files.
Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Clone your drive first and then no matter what happens you have a quick click to restore. I’ve run dual boots on multiple distros for years and you learn a whole lot when things go wrong.
Bunbury@feddit.nl 1 week ago
Good call. I have 2 hard dives and really thought that if I didn’t touch the win 11 drive it couldn’t possibly cause windows issues. Lol. Not making that mistake again.
toynbee@lemmy.world 1 week ago
What programs are causing you concern?
Bunbury@feddit.nl 1 week ago
I use a lot of adobe programs, like photoshop, illustrator and Lightroom. The standard MS office stuff, Dashlane for passwords and a bunch of games both via steam and the EA AppStore, some of which are windows only. Mind you, I know most if not all should work using wine (or similar) or have good alternatives. But I’d rather try first before nuking windows.
Avatar_of_Self@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Dual boot with Windows is terrible because of how fastboot messes with the drive partitions. If you want to dual boot you will have to turn off Windows fastboot.
Bunbury@feddit.nl 1 week ago
Thanks, I’ll look into that!
Draegur@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Windows 11 seemed to kick and scream relentlessly to make coexisting impossible. So I called its bluff and nuked its stupid ass. It refuses to play nice? OK; It never gets to play again. Fuck windows. I have a separate machine for windows if I really need it.
Bunbury@feddit.nl 1 week ago
Good for you! Nuking windows is indeed the end goal. Dual boot for me is a proof of concept as a step on the way.