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> For many graphics professionals, that's like asking if you'd consider replacing C++ with Rust. So, that's a yes?
Imagine if no C++ compiler existed for your operating system. Even if most of the code you write is Rust, would you be able to use this operating system?
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The day Proton or WINE can run the whole Adobe suite of products is the day I will probably switch to using Linux full time.
Would you consider replacing the Adobe suite with other products?
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No, that scheme would be too hard to contain so the three letter agencies are blatant about it. They just let tech companies develop these things and know they'll have access to the data anyway. For every real user that finds a tool slurping up data to be useful, there are 100 law enforcement agents also saying it's useful so everyone should hop on the bandwagon.
It's not possible for you to know how hard to contain it is. The commonality of strange beliefs like this makes me seriously wonder if there is an initiative on social media to teach this form of thinking as being correct, because it is certainly the default. Try defecting from the game for a month and watch the other players from the sidelines, and see if you don't see what I'm talking about.
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In addition to making sure that the EAC runtime is installed, try setting the compatibility command to: SDL_VIDEODRIVER=windows,x11 %command% This is a typical problem with EAC.
Every thread that starts with "Linux gaming is basically 100% ready now" progresses into hacks like this :)
So glad I switched to Linux and got away from this garbage. Now I have to convince my employer to also allow Linux on their workstations. Windows 7 was the last good OS from MSFT but even that had a bit of telemetry.
I recently made the switch to linux full time as well. Even small things, like my computer taking three seconds from clicking Shutdown to turning off, is such a relief compared to Win11.
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From my experience, it's still not a 100% replacement. For example, there are no drivers for a pretty common steering wheel (Logitech G923). There is a driver for an older version of the wheel that kind of works, but no TRUEFORCE support. And even then, you have to mess with some low level details to make it work, send magic values to the hardware on plugging it in. I also noticed that games from Steam end up taking…
> For example, there are no drivers for a pretty common steering wheel (Logitech G923). This is a nice, specific detail. Most of these comments are very vague. > There is a driver for an older version of the wheel that kind of works Do you mean an out of tree driver? Would you test this and post back? The 6.3 kernel they mentioned 3 months ago is very old and likely a forked kernel. https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gam…
For those who don't know, Microsoft Recall is a system that screenshots what you do every few seconds, and uses OpenAI's vision api to allow search on eveything you did in the past. There's an article from Sep 27th where they promise you'll be able to uninstall Recall: https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/27/24255721/microsoft-window... , not sure what that means for this explorer.exe dependency.
Source: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2024/09/27/updat...
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Not directed at you but I find it funny that people (rightfully!) complain about Microsoft spyware and then run some dubious scripts from who-knows-where. With the added side effects that these scripts always disable/remove waaaay too much and break the install which then lead to users cursing Microsoft for things that the user has broken without knowing.
key difference being - copilot and recall were added to my operating system without my consent - microsoft did not ask before they added these things, via windows update. those dubious scripts from who-knows-where are run by me, with intent and with my consent, having passed whatever my own personal review process might be for that particular script. If I try something and it turns out bad, that's on me, and I'm okay…
That's ok, I'm critizing those that run these scripts without checking (and understanding!) them and then blame Microsoft when things go south (think of the "stick in own bicycle" meme). This is not a defense of Microsoft, they are also to blame that users feel the need to run these scripts because dubious stuff like Recall gets added and/or automatically activated without asking.
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Not directed at you but I find it funny that people (rightfully!) complain about Microsoft spyware and then run some dubious scripts from who-knows-where. With the added side effects that these scripts always disable/remove waaaay too much and break the install which then lead to users cursing Microsoft for things that the user has broken without knowing.
What would get disabled that "breaks the install"