• @[email protected]
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    76 days ago

    The fact is, if my favourite game doesn’t run on Linux, Linux is dead to me.

    Similarly to some software that has no direct alternatives.

    Which sucks.

    • @JayDee
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      6 days ago

      His favorite game Is always one that doesn’t work on Linux /s

    • Cyrus Draegur
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      106 days ago

      Linux devs will NEVER suffer kernel level anticheat, so all games that require it will refuse to run. This is more of a problem with gaming industry culture at large, really. But it’s still only going to affect people who use Linux at the end of the day.

      • @[email protected]
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        06 days ago

        Kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy. I’d be willing to deal with the downsides of Linux, provided the very core things I do on a PC works. But I have a few things that I have very little wiggle room on.

      • @scemmy
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        156 days ago

        Sending personal data to Microsoft to see how famous I can become.

        On Linux I feel really lonely and unwanted.

        • Kilgore Trout
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          Because you are mentioning that game as the reason why “Linux is dead”. Maybe if you shared someone would be able to resuscitate your Linux.

        • @Prok
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          Maybe they’re just curious to hear what games are keeping people from switching? To see if it’d be something that would impact them too?

          Are you insecure about the games you play so much that you want to keep it a secret?

        • @Voyajer
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          46 days ago

          Is it fortnite or valorant

    • @woelkchen
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      Fact is, nobody is stopping you from dual booting.

    • @courval
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      That wouldn’t be a problem for me if it weren’t for the dual boot issues… I could easily switch to windows when I feel like gaming but no way I’m going to risk bricking my windows installation by installing Linux… Feels like an conspiracy lol when there’s a safe way to dual boot let me know

      • @CeeBee_Eh
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        56 days ago

        Use a separate drive for each OS.

      • @[email protected]
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        The real problem for me is that there’s nothing Windows can’t do for me that Linux can. So even with a dual-boot setup I just get too lazy to switch, and end up using Windows exclusively.

        • @CeeBee_Eh
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          56 days ago

          there’s nothing Windows can’t do for me that Linux can

          Linux can keep your data away from Microsoft

            • @CeeBee_Eh
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              56 days ago

              No, you absolutely cannot, if you use Windows.

              • @[email protected]
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                -46 days ago

                No, YOU cannot. I can, as well as many other people can. You’re just displaying your IT illiteracy.

                • @crabArms
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                  Idk, I think it’s pretty unlikely “many other people” are modifying and using LTSC edition Windows for personal use.

                  Based on your interactions with others, it seems like you’re feeling attacked here, so I don’t necessarily expect a reply but thought I’d ask anyway– What changes have you made to enable what you’re describing?

                  • @[email protected]
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                    you won’t get a response. Because he’s full of shit.

                    woops. replied to the wrong comment.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    There are many communities oriented specifically around privacy and Windows.

                    Apparently nothing, since one of the aggressively incorrect Linux fanboys has told me it’s impossible. Unless…

                • @CeeBee_Eh
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                  Please. You have no idea what my IT literacy is. The fact is that unless you install a non-standard edition of Windows, run one of the many questionable debloat scripts, make dozens upon dozens of edits to the registry, disable automatic updates, and block connections at the network/firewall level, then you will absolutely be sending boat loads of data to Microsoft.

                  And the second you do any updates you’ll have to make all the changes again, because Microsoft is notorious for reverting those changes.

                  And, after all that, you still cannot be completely sure that no data is sneaking its way back to Microsoft unless you diligently monitor all network traffic.

                  So I stand by my statement that the one thing Linux absolutely does, that Windows absolutely cannot, is protect your data from Microsoft.