I’m using virtual box to try it out. I went with Linux linux mint cinnamon and it’s running great. Any program suggestions to try out or any general advice?
Between WINE and proton most games work these days though… Sure if the game’s not on steam it might take a couple extra steps, but more often than not those extra steps are just adding it as a non steam game and assigning a proton version in properties in the GUI and it works
For like a month or two I decided, screw it, I am going to use all the programs I cannot use on Linux. This was mostly games and music making software....
Depending on the distro you don’t actually need terminal, I certainly can’t remember the last time I used it, it’s a nice tool, but to many tutorials act as if it’s the only way of doing everything
Also, it’s been 30 years sense you started using windows, of course you don’t remember what it was like to use it at the start, everyone has to learn to use a new system, same goes for someone who switched to windows from Linux
Linux has made significant strides, and in 2023, it’s better than ever. However, there are still individuals perpetuating a delusion: that desktop Linux is as user-friendly and productive as its mainstream counterparts. After a few discussions on Lemmy, I believe it’s important to provide a clear review of where Linux falls...
I never got to try it, but ever sense getting the SteamDeck I’ve really wanted them to come out with a steam controller 2, that has all the inputs of the Deck
Dorothy Hoffner, a 104-year-old Chicago woman whose recent skydive could see her certified by Guinness World Records as the oldest person to ever jump from a plane, has died....
Welcome to English, no it doesn’t make sense and it contradicts it’s own supposed “rules” constantly, but it’s made of a hodgepodge of other languages, as well as slang that evolved from both it and those other languages, so what do you expect?
Honestly not sure we should be referring to windows as a PC OS anymore, Microsoft changing settings without your permission doesn’t sound like something that should happen on a Personal computer…
Remove the word personal and that’s what I always used to hear about apple, and you know what? Microsoft is becoming more and more like apple every day
One thing that you should understand first, most of the time linux tutorials involve the terminal, that’s becouse for a lot of linux users it’s faster and easier to do things that way, on the other hand usually there is a GUI based way to do those things as well (depending on what desktop environment you’re using it can be more or less likely)
So I’ve been using youtube ad blockers since pretty much when ad blocker extensions were first available. Lately though I’ve been getting hit more and more with these messages that YT was sending out every 5 or so videos telling me that adblockers aren’t allowed. No problem, just gotta wait 5 seconds to x it out and then...
Last time it happened to me was early in my linux journey (around 2 years ago) with win 10, honestly if I wasn’t already extremely pissed off at windows at the time I probably would have given up on linux when it happened, as it was though I instead gave up on Windows and haven’t looked back
So I’d have to remove my already setup to how I like it OS, install windows, remove all the garbage it comes with, reinstall Linux, and then re set it up to how I like…
Just to “more easily” do VR? Yeah no thanks, seems like far more effort than windows is worth to me
I remember when Proton launched it was like magic playing games like Doom and Nier Automata straight from the Linux Steam client with excellent performance. I do not miss the days of having the Windows version of Steam installed separately.
My dad is unfortunately one of those who don’t believe he has faults, and as far as I can tell he doesn’t even spend much time in 𝕏itter, so yes, plenty still believe he’s infallible, and not just those who spend to much time on his fansite
The YouTube channel “Maximum Fury” conducted a technical test of the new Cyberpunk add-on called “Phantom Liberty” on an older AMD hardware system, testing it separately on Linux and Windows 11. The Linux system, specifically the Fedora distribution called Nobara, performed significantly better, delivering 31% more...
In the games properties under compatibility first you click a check box that says “force the use of a specific steam play compatibility tool” and then in the drop down below that select proton experimental
It occurs to me that if you aren’t installing it through steam it might be slightly more effort becouse you can’t use a windows installer without something to run the .exe, steam should work for that too, but so would something like bottles or Lutris
I wasn’t sure how you were installing it, if you were using something like a gog installer lutris for example could handle the installation for you, but sense you have it installed that’s irrelevant
steam runs natively on linux though so no you wouldn’t have to emulate it or anything
Without knowing more I’m not sure about the prefomance though, and I’m not an expert, but if you are dual booting it might have something to do with the file system you are using, I’ve not messed with dual booting before so I can’t be sure, and I wouldn’t know how to fix it either
Yes, you can use windows installers on linux, Lutris and bottles provide different UIs for that, some prefer one or the other
There’s also heroic launcher (even for windows iirc) for an alternate launcher for Epic games (amung others)
Personally what I tend to do is use one of those for installation, and run it through steam to play it, there are other ways, but I like the Steam UI and controller customization
Also if you are considering fedora and you want to try it for gaming, I just want to recommend nobara, it’s basically Fedora just with some modifications for gaming
I share a name with a very famous professional athlete. I don’t even think about it usually but as soon as I have to give my name to someone I can pretty much count on some remark about the athlete by the same name....
I share a name with a fictional character (and some real famous people but no one ever commented about those)
When I was younger it used to be annoying becouse other kids would make jokes, but as I got older they stopped and I started introducing myself with some jokes of my own (that were a bit more creative than theirs if I do say so myself)
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first time using linux
I’m using virtual box to try it out. I went with Linux linux mint cinnamon and it’s running great. Any program suggestions to try out or any general advice?
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Pebble, the Twitter alternative previously known as T2, is shutting down | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
The first I’ve heard of this platform is when it’s shutting down… might be why it did.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake (www.theverge.com)
Nadella, Gates, and Ballmer have all admitted to Microsoft’s mobile mistakes.
18+ Back to linux!
For like a month or two I decided, screw it, I am going to use all the programs I cannot use on Linux. This was mostly games and music making software....
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104-year-old Chicago woman dies days after making a skydive that could put her in the record books (apnews.com)
Dorothy Hoffner, a 104-year-old Chicago woman whose recent skydive could see her certified by Guinness World Records as the oldest person to ever jump from a plane, has died....
Windows: we noticed that you kept the useless search bar disabled since 2015, so we sent an update that re-enabled it without your permission (feddit.it)
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After over 80 weeks the Steam Deck leaves the top 10 global sellers on Steam (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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Microsoft published a guide on how to install Linux. (programming.dev)
This the big leagues kid (programming.dev)
There's still room for improvement, but Linux gaming has come a long way in a short time. (lemmy.world)
I remember when Proton launched it was like magic playing games like Doom and Nier Automata straight from the Linux Steam client with excellent performance. I do not miss the days of having the Windows version of Steam installed separately.
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Cyberpunk runs 30% faster on linux than on windows 11 (m.youtube.com)
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