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Your Windows 10 PC will soon be 'junk' - users told to resist Microsoft deadline (www.express.co.uk)

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Your Windows 10 PC will soon be 'junk' - users told to resist Microsoft deadline::If you're still using Windows 10 and don't want to upgrade to Windows 11 any time soon you might want to sign a new online petition

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[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Nah, fuck it, I'm switching to Linux.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yep. Gaming is starting to work on Linux, so I will move to Linux once Microsoft cancels 10.

11 has nothing more than more telemetry and tracking going for it. Gaming is slower, so why would I upgrade for a worse experience.

I play old games still anyways. Linux is more secure than Windows 11 anyways. I won't upgrade to 11, and turned off TPM in BIOS so 11 won't automatically install.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can't wait for anti cheat to work with Linux ☹️

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

This is my biggest hold up. Pretty much any triple A game has anti cheat these days.

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

Most anticheat software actually runs on Linux! Even the previously stubborn EasyAntiCheat got its Linux-compatible version.

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

I know it can run on it but games like destiny and fortnite still have to allow it unfortunately

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Most modern games can work. But this is a dev issue, not a "wait until it works on linux" issue

EAC, and BattleEye both work on Linux, all the dev has to do is tick a "Proton Compatible" checkbox. Which many publishers/devs, namely Epic, don't do because they hate linux with a red hot passion for some unknown reason.

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

Gaming is starting to work on Linux

Are you living under a rock ? Gaming is working in linux now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I haven't entirely switched in part due to Rainbow Six Siege not working on Linux. Something about Battleye supports it but Ubi hasn't done the few simple steps to allow it. So it's not entirely working yet

Edit: Apparently this is one of the best ways to let Ubisoft know that players want this fixed https://r6fix.ubi.com/projects/RAINBOW6-SIEGE-LIVE/issues/LIVE-49179

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh yes, another "No, I refuse to check the box" devs/publishers. Literally the company that made BattleEye compatible with Proton won't enable the damn thing on their most popular game. There just needs to be a big enough outcry. Which as 10 hits EOL and the SteamDeck continues to sell, the Linux userbase will grow.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Next computer of mine will definitely be running Linux. Only thing I'd ever need windows for is some oddly specific software that won't work on Linux because I'm too dumb to get working properly.