• @TootSweet
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      Nvidia used to be the easy way to go. The open-source Nouveau driver lacked functionality. The official Nvidia driver was proprietary but worked well. (Though the Radeon drivers were proprietary at the time too. And Intel graphics hardware was always poor.)

      Wild how things turn around.

      • @[email protected]
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        Serious question because I’m in the same situation of switching to LM, having a nvidia GPU. Your talking in past tense… so nouveau drivers are actually useful now? Talking HDR, Gsync and DLSS

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          You’ll want the nvidia drivers. Nouveau is now usable with AMD cards I think, I’m on nvidia so I’m not 100% sure on that

  • @lugal
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    Windows 9 was peak. Nobody hated Windows 9

    • Madeline
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      118 months ago

      by that logic nobody loved windows 9 either

      • @rtxnM
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        198 months ago

        Win9 was the shit. Literally a flawless release. No vulnerabilities, no bugs, surprisingly little spyware. I don’t think I ever had a BSOD with 9.

      • @lugal
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        28 months ago

        And for a reason

  • @lessthanluigi
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    The power of Ventoy cannot contain Windows

      • voxel
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        huh??
        you can just flash/dd the iso directly, no need for ventoy

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          That didn’t work for me the last time I tried it (and neither did Ventoy). I had to borrow a Windows PC and use the media creation tool.

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            I’ve literally never used the media creation tool, i always installed windows from isos flashed with rufus/balena/dd/whatever

              • voxel
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                by media creation tool, i mean specifically the proprietary “Windows Media Creation Tool” that can be downloaded from the Microsoft website

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          damn, really? i thought windows had some weird stuff that wouldnt work properly with dd. doesnt really matter. i have no need for windows anyways

      • JackGreenEarth
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        48 months ago

        It’s certainly not, there are other iso to USB drive tools for Linux. But the only way to make a Windows To Go USB from Linux is with rufus on a Windows VM with USB passthrough.

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      Manufacturers install Windows as the default OS. And it’s safe to assume that a modern gaming PC would have W11 pre-installed.

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          118 months ago

          It’d be nice if an OS pre installation option was available in the manufacturer’s website. I’m sure Linux would get a bump in popularity by the average person if it led to a dip in their PC/laptop’s overall price.

          • Possibly linux
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            I was trying to make a joke about Linux users building computers out of mixed used components.

            It was a bad joke anyway

  • @imaging2162
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    Can someone help me know what the linux distribution this symbol is?