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Windows 12 release date in 2026 possible, with AI features that may force CPU upgrades (www.notebookcheck.net)
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[–] 30 points 6 months ago (11 children)

I guess I'm no longer ever going to play a video game that runs on Windows. At some point game developers need to realize that Linux is the future of gaming if Windows keeps pulling this shit.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago (10 children)

    That's what Proton is for.

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago

    Proton works great. I now play all my windows-"only" games on Linux.

    Not out of principle. I'm just lazy. My coding laptop is always within reach and Proton works. The Windows laptop is, like, way over on the other side of the living room and I don't feel like spending the evening disabling more ad shit or ai shit or whatever they did to Windows since I used it last.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Except for games that use kernel level anti-cheat.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Confidently incorrect.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    You might want to look up how Proton actually works? Proton doesn't need Windows. It doesn't emulate the games either, it doesn't emulate hardware in some way. It isn't a copy of Windowsrunning inside Steam or something.

    It's a compatibility/translation layer, translating the API calls from the games into calls that will work on Linux, on demand as they occur.

    No Windows install needed.

    But you really sold your confidence! A for showmanship! 👏

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