I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop
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Now if you don't mind I'm going to delete the root folder and see what happens.
  • floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Seriously, all the lutris & co mess is obsolete now.

    Open Steam > add non-steam game > properties > compatibility > force proton 10 > profit

    Worked for all the cough responsibly ripped .exe’s I’ve thrown at it so far

    • ShaggyBlarney@lemmy.caEnglish
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      8 months ago

      I heard somewhere that by the time the scientific community officially announces life on mars the rest of us will have already concluded that there is life on mars. I feel like this is the same thing.

      • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        8 months ago

        The problem is there’s a large difference between the 50% the average person needs and the 99.9% the scientific community needs. It’s just a different level of proof they’re looking for.

  • taiyang@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Some of y’all are showing your bubble side; outside of our communities here, Linux very much is obscure. That said, there really does seem to be a leak in the mainstream and it’s nice to see it mentioned in a publication. Even if just a little gain, thanks in large part to Steam raising awareness for gamers, US decline in Europe and Canada, and Windows 11 blunders with security.

    I’ve gone from people being completely oblivious when I mention Linux, to going “oh, like steam deck?” but there’s still plenty of others who still are oblivious. Then again, mentioning file extensions goes over the heads of 95% of who I talk to, so I wouldn’t have too high hopes.

    • Digit@lemmy.wtfEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Linux very much is obscure

      To paraphrase Bill Hicks about drugs…

      See, I think drugs Linuxes have done some good things for us! I really do. And if you don’t believe drugs Linuxes have done good things for us, do me a favor. Go home tonight, take all your albums bookmarks, all your tapes links and all your CDs websites and burn 'em. 'Cause you know what? The musicians servers who made host all that great music web content that’s enhanced your lives throughout the years?

      Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreal fuckin’ high hosted on drugs Linux.

      :3 Well, that nearly worked. n_n

      (I had intended to add a “they[servers]'re all running linux” meme1… but failed to find… instead, this’ll do nicely too…)

      Behind every Linux user, there's a former windows user that was let down by Miccrosoft.

      https://images3.memedroid.com/images/UPLOADED455/6859360c6abcc.jpeg

      1 Edit; found it again.

      When you realise Linux runs the internet

      https://camo.nerdpol.ch/5ba1de18f6f4fd1f22547a4261b949b946225fc6/68747470733a2f2f616e6f6e7379732e6e65742f70686f746f2f31323039303735383839363931353232303132396663313538303034353732312d312e706e67

      • JayGray91🐉🍕@piefed.socialEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Wish I didn’t cave in and bought an NVidia card back in 2022. But well now we’re served with severe shortage of PC hardware all thanks to fucking AI and I’m stuck with a 500GB main SSD and an almost full 2TB spinning disk with a 3050 and I’m sick of MS getting slower by the day it’s ridiculous; I’m still on 10 and not actually paid MS for it ;), but still.

        The plan was to get a new 2TB SSD and install a distro, but see above fuckery because of AI.

        I’m going to check if I moved all my installed Steam games to the spinning disk will Steam on Linux be able to read it. Because I’m sure as hell am not downloading the game files again if I can help it. If the answer is yes, I’ll just nuke the current SSD to install a distro. I’ll figure how to move installs again later in 2029 or something when SSD prices have gone down again and I can get 2 or 4TB SSD for less than 2 kidneys.

        Fuck Microsoft. Fuck NVidia.