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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.
His favorite game Is always one that doesn't work on Linux /s
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.
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.
What is your favourite game?
Sending personal data to Microsoft to see how famous I can become.
On Linux I feel really lonely and unwanted.
Great contra-argument to "this doesn't run on Linux". Some of you are insufferable.
Then why are you here in a linux comm? It feels like you just want to be contrarian...
You: *wanders into a linux comm*
You: Some of you are insufferable.
Also you: *calls someone a dickhole*
Yep. Also true.
Why you ask? You don't trust my technical ability to look things up and try shit out?
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.
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?
Yes.
Is it fortnite or valorant
Too old for that shit
Same haha but that's what people usually say due to the anticheats they use. Now I'm more curious though since it's likely a game that doesn't work in wine itself.
Tarkov
Fact is, nobody is stopping you from dual booting.
https://lemm.ee/comment/18257574
MBR is over.
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
Use a separate drive for each OS.
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.
Linux can keep your data away from Microsoft
I'm capable of doing that myself, thanks.
No, you absolutely cannot, if you use Windows.
No, YOU cannot. I can, as well as many other people can. You're just displaying your IT illiteracy.
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?
you won't get a response. Because he's full of shit.
woops. replied to the wrong comment.
My god, you call yourselves "nerds", while you're absolutely baffled when someone knows more about some specific niche of a niche.
Echo-chamber for fanboys.
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...
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.
From "absolutely cannot" to "unless" in one comment. That was fast.
Like I said, I stand by my statement. You absolutely cannot, unless you want to cut off your system from the internet or block Windows updates outright, you will be sending data to Microsoft.
This is such a weird hill for you to die on.
Weird hill? You quoted my comment trying to gotcha me, then painting yourself into a corner and essentially walking back on your "argument".
My original comment stands, there's nothing Linux can offer me that Windows already doesn't. That includes "Privacy" as I am in control over that with my setup and Windows. I do not care what you 'think' about it, I KNOW that.
Why are you having an aneurism over this, why is it so difficult to grasp this simple concept?
Yes, it's a weird hill to die on. My statement is factually correct. Even if you try to harden your Windows installation with the amount of effort to payoff that's equal to driving across the country to visit your next door neighbour, it's a weird hill to die on.
Well, if you really want to have that convo, I'm more than prepared for that. Aside from privacy, there's the level of security and performance that Windows only dreams of. This isn't an opinion, these are just facts at this point.
I guess you're the only person on the planet who does.
Sounds like you're the one getting worked up. I frankly don't care what you think you know. I don't use Windows for a whole truck load of reasons. If you want to spend hours on end modifying the OS and fighting with built-in defaults, and then convince yourself it's secure. Then go right ahead, its no skin off my back.
But you're definitely the one getting defensive over Windows.
Lmao, that's not what "factually correct" means.
Edit: I'm not defending Windows. I'm just annoyed by annoying people spreading misinformation and assuming that just because they're not capable of achieving something - nobody is. Lack of knowledge and dumbassery.