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    Installing OS, 10 years ago:

    Windows: click a couple of buttons enter username and password

    Linux: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github

    Installing OS today:

    Linux: click a couple of buttons, enter username and password

    Windows: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github.

    Link to video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qKRmYW1D0S0

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    [–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

    I once tried to install Linux around then, not long after ISA cards with Plug n Play became a thing.

    Linux: So now to even pretend to get the card to work you have to download and run a tool to generate a config file to feed to another tool so you can then install the driver and get basic functionality from the card (which is all that's available on Linux). Except the first tool doesn't generate a working config file - it generates a file containing every possible configuration your hardware supports hypothetically having and requires you to find and uncomment the one you want to actually use. Requiring you to manually configure the card and thus kinda defeating the point of Plug n Play (though I guess that configuration was in software, not by setting jumpers).

    Same card in Windows at the time: Install card, boot Windows. Card is automatically identified and given a valid configuration, built in drivers provide basic functionality. Can download software from manufacturer for more advanced functionality.

    That soured me on Linux for a long time. Might try it again sometime soon just to see what it's like if nothing else. ProtonDB doesn't have the most positive things to say about my Steam collection, and I imagine odds are worse for stuff not available on Steam.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

    Get yourself an old lenovo laptop t440p/t480. You're missing out.

    [–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

    ProtonDB doesn’t have the most positive things to say about my Steam collection, and I imagine odds are worse for stuff not available on Steam.

    If you ask around or search, you can get answers easily. You can install games from Epic, Ubisoft etc. using other Linux applications.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    You can install games from Epic, Ubisoft etc. using other Linux applications.

    Like Heroic for GOG And Epic, Lutris for everything else.