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• z500@startrek.website ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I had the exact same thing happen to me once, except I didn’t get an ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY SURE warning. It just listed a bunch of packages like it always did, except this time it was listing packages it was about to remove, not packages that could be upgraded like it usually does. That was 8 years ago, so maybe they added the warning some time after that? But by that point I’d already dealt with enough issues that I just lost all motivation to use Linux as a desktop anymore. It’s just always something.

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• JasSmith@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There was nothing accidental about Linus. He did it on purpose, the system very clearly told him not to.

  No, the system asked him if he was sure he wanted to install Steam. He was.

  And Proton works much better than you imply. I don’t know about their new “tiered” rating, but 30% games get Platinum rating (top 1000 most popular titles by player count).

  You think telling players that 30% of their games are playable without issue is a benefit. What I read is that 70% of my games are not guaranteed to run.

  And please don’t say anything about “UI polish” on Windows when it can’t even keep all its UI consistent - it’d be hilarious if it wasn’t so sad.

  I’m not sure how you can compare different menu styles with allowing the entire OS to self destruct. That’s quite the disingenuous comparison.

  And Twitch… almost every game in top #10 works perfectly without any troubles, so what’s your point exactly?

  Of the top 10 video games playes on Twitch right now, these games either don’t run at all, or Proton reports game-breaking issues:

  • EA Sports FC 2024
  • Valorant
  • Fortnite
  • GTAV
  • Apex Legends (Linux players keep getting banned
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  • themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No, the steam install failed, and he went looking for solutions and one of the potential solutions he found literally says “proceeding might break your system, continue?” And he said yes. The thing that broke his system had nothing to do with steam apart from being recommended by someone somewhere to fix the issue he was having.

    Also you can very much play GTA V on Linux.

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    • unlimited_mana90@lemmynsfw.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You know when’s the last time I nuked my Windows install from trying out suggestions on how to fix a failing steam install? Never.

      If you think this should be a normal thing to happen, you can just continue to dream of seeing Linux desktop ever reaching mainstream status.

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      • themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        And I never did it on Linux either. Just because Linus is a dumbass who can’t read doesn’t mean you should disregard an entire os.

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  • sanpo@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s pretty clear you’re doing your best to misrepresent the reality, so arguing any further is useless…

    Check you facts, see what Linus really did, as a self-proclaimed technical person you should be able to understand very clear warnings he ignored after running random commands he didn’t understand.

    What I read is that 70% of my games are not guaranteed to run.

    Maybe read again. 75% of the most popular games on Steam have at least Gold rating, which means they have minor glitches or need trivial workarounds.

    That’s quite the disingenuous comparison.

    You’ve brought up the point about UI polish.
    You’re the one trying to compare UI polish to ignoring simple warnings.
    Breaking your system on purpose does not quality as self-destruct.

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• deleted@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Happend to me without any warning.

  I wanted to uninstall icons from the GUI and it did remove all desktop environment.

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