▲ 120 ▼ I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 8 months ago by Champoloo@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net 34 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Inui@hexbear.net 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] TheSpectreOfGay@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months ago (5 children) i'll look into it, ty! though im not sure how it'll run with my drawing tablet and such permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] insurgentrat@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago Never used wineboat but something to be aware of is VMs usually can interact with peripherals natively (as if they were the host computer) but this is almost always disabled by default as people usually use VMs to isolate stuff. So you may need to adjust options permalink fedilink source parent [–] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 8 months ago (3 children) if that doesn't work maybe try libvirt? it's got usb passthrough so you should be able to mostly use peripherals any way you want. also it's got a gui like virtualbox so the hardest part is turning on hardware-accelerated virtualization/hyper-v in your bios permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] TheSpectreOfGay@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago (2 children) i'll look into it! unfortunately my tablet is not plug and play and requires drivers so hopefully that's not a problem permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 8 months ago it's just a virtual machine so it probably won't be a problem. i've had issues with some of the more esoteric stuff but tbh it was probably user error permalink fedilink source parent [+] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 8 months ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheSpectreOfGay@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months ago (5 children) i'll look into it, ty! though im not sure how it'll run with my drawing tablet and such permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] insurgentrat@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago Never used wineboat but something to be aware of is VMs usually can interact with peripherals natively (as if they were the host computer) but this is almost always disabled by default as people usually use VMs to isolate stuff. So you may need to adjust options permalink fedilink source parent [–] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 8 months ago (3 children) if that doesn't work maybe try libvirt? it's got usb passthrough so you should be able to mostly use peripherals any way you want. also it's got a gui like virtualbox so the hardest part is turning on hardware-accelerated virtualization/hyper-v in your bios permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] TheSpectreOfGay@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago (2 children) i'll look into it! unfortunately my tablet is not plug and play and requires drivers so hopefully that's not a problem permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 8 months ago it's just a virtual machine so it probably won't be a problem. i've had issues with some of the more esoteric stuff but tbh it was probably user error permalink fedilink source parent [+] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 8 months ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] insurgentrat@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago Never used wineboat but something to be aware of is VMs usually can interact with peripherals natively (as if they were the host computer) but this is almost always disabled by default as people usually use VMs to isolate stuff. So you may need to adjust options permalink fedilink source parent
[–] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 8 months ago (3 children) if that doesn't work maybe try libvirt? it's got usb passthrough so you should be able to mostly use peripherals any way you want. also it's got a gui like virtualbox so the hardest part is turning on hardware-accelerated virtualization/hyper-v in your bios permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] TheSpectreOfGay@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago (2 children) i'll look into it! unfortunately my tablet is not plug and play and requires drivers so hopefully that's not a problem permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 8 months ago it's just a virtual machine so it probably won't be a problem. i've had issues with some of the more esoteric stuff but tbh it was probably user error permalink fedilink source parent [+] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 8 months ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheSpectreOfGay@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago (2 children) i'll look into it! unfortunately my tablet is not plug and play and requires drivers so hopefully that's not a problem permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 8 months ago it's just a virtual machine so it probably won't be a problem. i've had issues with some of the more esoteric stuff but tbh it was probably user error permalink fedilink source parent [+] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 8 months ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 8 months ago it's just a virtual machine so it probably won't be a problem. i've had issues with some of the more esoteric stuff but tbh it was probably user error permalink fedilink source parent