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i installed linux ama (hexbear.net)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by to c/technology@hexbear.net
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i followed a "install any linux distro in 5 minutes" guide and after just 14 hours i finally have an OS that is running properly

as a long time hater i must say its very nice and i like it a lot, especially considering microsoft is hellbent on making windows the worst OS as quickly as possible. i will say, im a big nerd and this stuff comes to me pretty easily but i still think hoping normies will adopt this is kinda insane

anywho, its the year of linux or so i keep hearing

also if anyone knows why my keyboard keeps disconnecting every 30 minutes or so, i would very much like to know why. its an anne pro 2 that i am using with a wired connection

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[–] 9 points 9 months ago (7 children)

What did you find difficult about making the switch? I think I was in a similar boat a couple years ago when I made the switch but it wasn't a hassle until I started trying to run pirated software and I had to learn some things.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    The most difficult part was buying a 1080 way back in 2014 and suffering the consequences of NVIDIA 12 years later lmao, i haven't tried any pirated stuff yet so im sure that will be an experience

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Is it possible to import executables into steam and force its compatibility stuff onto it?

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    In theory, yes. In practice, it has never once worked for me the way everyone says it does. Just use Lutris. It actually works.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago*

    Yeah it totally is, but it's less organized than the dedicated solutions because there's dependencies, like Microsoft Visual C++ or whatever that you have to handle for each piece of software, and Steam is a bit clumsy for that. So it's nice to use Lutris or Heroic instead.

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