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[–] [email protected] 171 points 4 days ago (8 children)

Build a PC

Install Linux

Fuck corporate bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 112 points 4 days ago (54 children)

Build a pc.

Install linux.

Get confused by linux.

What the fuck does linux want from me???

Rip hair out.

Be bald.

People confuse you for skinhead.

Wear wig.

Wig blows off on sunny windy day.

Lose wig.

Be sad.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is absurd. Where's the step to grow a beard and become a hobbit?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago

"Honey, don't look"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (5 children)

As a windows main but steam deck user, can confirm Linux being confusing.

Fucking wine prefixes.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago (5 children)

To be fair, it's just because windows is the most used and common desktop operating system and the two OSs are different. People would be confused about windows too if the tables were turned.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What's confusing about wine prefixes apart from the fact that wine itself doesn't come with a graphical interface to manage them? On a Deck, Steam should handle these for you

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (5 children)

Calling them "prefixes" is about the total of the confusion. Call them "instances" or even just "boxes" and it's suddenly clear what they do.

(The only reason I'm not using "sandbox" is because they don't really provide sandboxing from a security point of view, only a kind of separate instance with its own configuration but with access to everything via the Z drive)

Once you figure out that using a different "wine prefix" only really means a separate "Windows" with it's own config and file structure there's nothing confusing about it.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I agree for the most part but it really does "just work" for gaming. If you use Chimera or Bazzite it works almost just like a console.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (5 children)

No...no it doesn't. Ask me how I know.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Yes...Yes it does. Ask me how I know. Actually I'll just tell you: I use it every day.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (5 children)

It doesn't for everybody. What is so hard to grasp about the fact that your experience isn't a general truth?

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[–] Valencia 6 points 4 days ago (3 children)

That'd be cool if that was true... But I installed nobara on my brand new PC and kingdom come crashed when I fast traveled, Hades 2 ran at like 20 fps, and dragons dogma just wouldn't launch. I get Linux is cool and all but I don't have time to troubleshoot every game I install anymore...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not quite "just works" but I'd be willing to bet that your computer defaulted to the iGPU instead of your dGPU because you didn't specify as such in your launch options

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I'd be willing to get those games run fine on a console and in Windows with no extra steps.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 days ago (7 children)

PS5 pro is a waste of money, but also lots of people don't want a PC to play games. Two things can be true at the same time!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

Or if you want something more turnkey, a Steam Deck. Want more flexibility? Put Bazzite on it.

[–] Eeyore_Syndrome 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

Been building since 2003.

On Linux since 2018. Currently on Bazzite.

On meh 7950x X Sapphire Nitro+ 7900XTX and NVME 4.0 drive. 240hz 4k on Display Port.

Who would wanna play on cruddy console hardware lol. Based. Ironically I use a DualSense Edge.

Also have an OG and OLED Steam Deck.

I am spoiled by living near a Micro Center.

Tho the 9800X3D may launch as soon as next month for people wanting to wait.

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