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Microsoft wants $30 to let you keep using Windows 10 securely for another year (www.theverge.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (19 children)

I just want all windows games to run on linux with equivalent performance and without anticheat hurdles. After that happens i'm done with windows.

Honestly, i'm really not that far off as-is. Steam Deck already runs most of my library, it's just the games that don't work with a controller that are a problem.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

This is already true for the vast majority of games. 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (9 children)

Except for more and more multiplayer games unfortunately. If you only play single player games, Linux gaming is awesome. If you play with your friends, the shitty anticheat situation means you may need to keep Windows around. I have Windows 10 just for Fortnite because my friends play. GTA Online just killed Linux play by adding BattlEye. Just today, one of the biggest online games that did work on Linux including its anticheat dropped support (Apex Legends). We desperately need a way to fight back against this bullshit, because it's undoing all the incredible progress we've made. Valve needs to start banning games from their store for retroactively breaking Linux support.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The way you fight is by using Linux and contributing to the percentage of Linux users on the steam hardware survey. Developers pay attention to that. More Linux users means more support in the future.

Everyone wants to switch to Linux but nobody wants to make the sacrifice of being one of the early adopters to help turn the tide away from windows.

I'm personally gonna do a dual boot with windows as a backup.

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