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Windows 10 only has a year of support: 12 months left to keep Copilot off your desktop or learn Linux (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I can tell you my issues, so far.

Logitech G13 left hand kb - no drivers, Steam VR library 20 some of 90 some games come up in steam, Microsoft intellipoint trackball, only left, right, and wheel work but cannot program the other 2 buttons, no BlueStacks - simple to use phone emulator.

Haven't gotten any further as if VR library is not available there is no point getting rid of windows, and I really want to get rid of windows. I just don't have the drive I used to, to fix, look up hints, tinker with my os and reinstall new ones. It has to just work. I have Kubuntu installed on a 4tb sata ssd, rtx 4070ti super, Ryzen 7 3800, 32gb ram. In the last month steam VR made some strides as setting up was as seamless as windows, but as I stated I am missing 2/3 of my VR library

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Oof that's quite the haul. Thanks for the write up though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I will keep testing and one day I will be joyous. Linux is so close, just a few more years(tm).

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

People love to write up laundry lists of why they can't change. They're fucking themselves over in the end though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

With only 20 of 90 VR games available I'd say I was already fucked over and I am nowhere near the end... Thank you for the suggestions on how to over come the issues I have so far

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, my SteamVR library is why I keep a Windows virtual machine around.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I have faith steam will continue to improve proton to the point of "it just works". As well, any new purchases of hardware will be Linux ready.

I must say Linux HAS gotten more user friendly over the last 20/30 years, and the GUIs have gotten more stable. My first Linux distro was red hat enterprise Linux, and then I hopped around to fedora, then mandrake and mandriva, a buddy suggested slack at one point, then I found Ubuntu, and now Kubuntu, I prefer the gnome environment but kde plasma seems to work better. Wayland is also long over due.