Reminder that Microsoft is trying to shift Windows to be entirely cloud based, so this can easily happen overnight without your consent. You don’t own your OS. Linux is the only way, unless you’re one of those strange BSD folks.
>b-but muh proprietary software and vidya gaymes!!!
Ik this is sarcastic but the video games issue is real regardless of Proton and its derivatives on Linux. Windows really is the best way to game right now
I went fulltime Linux and therefor bought a full AMD system (better drivers) one year ago. I played about 15 games the last year, some of them AAA titles, rarely had problems, and all of them could be fixed by looking on protondb.com (unless the problems came from the game itself of course).
There are some titles which will not support Linux on purpose although it surely would run just fine, for whatever reasons, e.g. fortnite.
That’s what you get for using windows - software that might allow you to use your computer.
Imagine still using Windows after all the shit they’ve pulled over the years.
MacOS? at least Unix?
20 years ago it was called TCP/Palladium and everyone was afraid this might happen. That was one of the reasons Microsoft implemented TPM chips.
Obviously everyone forget about it until now. Happy new times where Microsoft can dictate which files your, sorry, their computer is allowed to open.
Not really, this screenshot is fake.
I don’t use Windows.
I was your typical on-the-fence guy for years, installing Linux a couple of times a year, hopping between distros but eventually always returned to Windows. Those days are over for good. I learned to understand packages, dependencies and the basic tools to be able to understand and execute most troubleshooting. Still on an Apple laptop but once they pull similar shit with their telemetry that’s it.
As a Linux Uber-amateur, it feels like we’re basically able to do anything I would want to do on Linux now… the thing where Microsoft tries to not allow you to download stuff because they haven’t paid Microsoft to sign it has always annoyed me. This would be the next level of nope.
One thing that’s kept me on the fence is I like multiplayer games, and I had always heard that battle eye didn’t work on Linux, but with all the proton development and steam deck interest, perhaps this is becoming a non issue?
Except for minor glitches I can play all the games I have on Linux with proton. I bought my computer with dual boot windows on two nvmes and haven’t booted windows for months.
They say “it’s always greener on the other side”. Can’t say it in this case though. I’m using Arch Linux BTW.
How does Arch run in a laptop? I have a solid Windows laptop that that I’d like to test with Linux but I’m concerned about battery life. I’ve tried Ubuntu and Linux Mint but they seemed to drain battery like no other.
I’m running Arch Linux on a Framework Laptop 13 and this is my main work notebook. The hardware is solid (except battery performance) and Arch does whatever you want it to do. I’m using a LTS kernel and GNOME on Wayland. GNOME has its idiosyncrasies but is great otherwise.
Must suck to be a Windows User
If you click on “More info” you have the option to run it. You’ll see a message indicating there’s risk involved in doing so.
That is absolutely no reason to accept it.
