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[–] trespasser69@lemmy.world 111 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Micro$oft doesn't understand that these full-screen new Win11 PCs are actually Linux ads!

[–] kitnaht@lemmy.world 108 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm praising Valve right now for all the work they've put into Proton.

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 47 points 1 month ago (1 children)

95% of my games work on Linux. Quite a few windows specific programs too. Praise proton and the wine team!

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Examples of Windows programs that work via proton?

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

One very specific 3d printer program, greetings workshop (my mom had the program back in the day and she likes getting cards from it), Starcraft1 and Starcraft2 (works pretty well!), some contract specific programs. Theres a couple of others I have hooked up, but you get the idea.

If it doesn't work the first time, I usually go on https://appdb.winehq.org/ or the proton specific one and take a look.

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 month ago

Okay yeah I knew about protondb but haven't got wine figured out or heard of that winehq.

Thanks!

[–] Wiz@midwest.social 19 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Yes, because of Proton, I'm seriously considering dumping Microsoft now. My big holdup was my library of Steam games. I just found out about Proton a couple of weeks ago, and as it turns out, most of my games are pretty compatible.

[–] vulture_god@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do it! I just made the switch (using PopOS as my distro, AMD CPU, 1080ti GPU) and haven't had much trouble with my extensive Steam collection. The biggest issue so far was Bioshock Infinite which actually runs native and I had to edit some configs for texture pools. SteamVR / Index has been a little unstable but seems to generally work (I don't use it enough to be sure if it's Linux or my hardware getting old).

SteamDB has been a excellent resource for checking compatibility and game specific tweaks.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Civ6 also has issues with the Linux version due to Aspyr slacking. A bunch of the newer content hasn't been ported yet. Fortunately, you can force Steam to install the Windows version and run it with Proton.

[–] JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My game library was what was holding me back too. Now I just have to see if animationdesk runs on linux and I'll be all set make the switch.

If it doesn't I don't know what I'll do. I haven't found any other animation programs built primarily around onion skinning. I don't need AI to create the tweens for me. I just want a bare bones program that let's me do everything by hand.

I'll have to check when I get out of work today and if it's all good I'll probably start researching installation processes this weekend. I don't know much about Linux, but I guess I'm about to learn

[–] Temperche@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago

You could run a windows vm on linux :)

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

If most of your games are on Steam, it makes the transition super smooth (with only a few exceptions I've had so far, and none that I've been unable to get working with a bit of tinkering)

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I made the switch and never looked back.

Only thing it cost me was recently Apex Legends but I can deal.

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This whole Win 11 mess is what finally convinced me to switch. I still can't get over that Settings hasn't reached feature parity with Control Panel yet. Figured if I have to re-learn how to do settings for the 10th time, I might as well do it in an OS that isn't shoving ads in my face.

[–] ElvenMithril@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Try Fedora! I find it it just works out of the box and the little I don't know I can Google, tho im Linux newby myself

[–] Sammy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago

I think for people who like Out-Of-The-Box, Fedora is ideal. It’s the only OS I didn’t have to troubleshoot the Bluetooth immediately.

I put it on my grandmothers computer and she hasn’t had any major complaints in 2 years 🤞

I was simply trying to format a disk and so searched in the start bar expecting a suitable control panel item to pop up any would have happened in any sane era of windows. Instead fucking bing opened and it brought me back web results for "format disk" as well as unrelated ads. fucking web results!

gargh

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

I have started switching my parents. Last year before all this really started getting crazy and I bought my mother a used HP elitebook laptop and set her up with Linux on it. Just to get her to test it out and use it. And replace her older laptops. There's very little she does that actually depends on windows. Everything tends to be in the browser. There was only one odd application that's odd even under windows. But it has an Android version that I got running with waydroid.

In the last month and I got my father a new used office PC that was about 10 Generations newer than what he had processor-wise. And set it up with Linux out of the box. He's been enjoying using it it's so much faster snappier and less spammy. And here this month when I have time. Getting my mother's desktop PC converted over to dual boot at least with Linux as primary. I've had far fewer tech support issues since I've done it too.

Between system 76, framework, tuxedo, and a few other sellers. There are actually a few options now offering Linux out of the box. Next time I buy a PC it will likely be from one of them depending upon what I'm looking for. And if anyone asked me for recommendations they will be the only ones I will recommend. Apart from ordering used office machines and repurposing them LOL. Unless you want to do current gym Triple A games at 4K etc. You can get six generation i7 systems for around $100 and use graphic cards for 50 to 100. And play most games and have a great time. It's actually kind of hilarious I have a couple of Verizon systems from the last 4 to 5 years. The system I spend more time on is a 6th generation i7 Lenovo business Tower. Largely because it's running Linux and the others are running Windows.

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am concerned that most users won't understand that either

They won't. The vast majority of consumers aren't even aware Linux exists.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

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[–] Wiz@midwest.social 14 points 1 month ago

Holy crap it's a full-page ad!

[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 5 points 1 month ago

Hey I remember you from that other post where you also spammed LINUX. :p

[–] trespasser69@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bro you literally spammed Linux on my other older posts. Stop it

[–] Nougat@fedia.io -5 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

Cool. Since you believe they'll figure it out, I guess that means you don't have to spam.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

You replied to OP with that spammy mess in two different posts? And then act all snotty when called out?

(Apparently also not noticing the name of the account you replied to nor its profile pic? - someone who does NOT need conversion)

Here's a tip from a longtime Linux user: You're making us look bad. Find a different way.