• the post of tom joad
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        6 months ago

        My whole thing even more than (gaming which is huge) is having to relearn how to make everything work. I was (i honestly have to say ‘was’ ugh) nearly a windows ‘power user’ for awhile, maybe peaked in my skills getting hardware running, programs and games running until win7 came out and shit just worked.

        Nowadays when i go back to fix shit, or even just change a setting i have to relearn how to do it. Am i crazy or do they keep moving shit now? Fucking why? I have windows cuz inertia at this point but if i have to Google how to change basic Windows settings then there’s not much stopping me from tossing a match on Windows and walking away

    • Ooops
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      56 months ago

      Correct. There are still games that don’t work because there is actual work being done to make them not work.

      I wonder where the problem is… must be Linux’ fault.

      • Liz
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        36 months ago

        I am ignorant. Please explain.

        • @brenticus@lemmy.world
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          36 months ago

          DRM in many games doesn’t work on Linux. In some cases, like games that use EAC, this is technically just a checkbox at build time where they decide not to support Linux.

          There are also some weird libraries and low-level interfaces that refuse to even work through wine/proton, but that’s pretty rare nowadays. You have to be actively trying to find something that won’t work at all on Linux.

      • Liz
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        16 months ago

        I am ignorant. Please explain.

        • Montagge
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          26 months ago

          I assume using anti cheat and not including the files so it works on Linux. I’m of the opinion people shouldn’t buy games with anti cheat, but that’s just my opinion.