▲ 15 ▼ Windows 12 May Require a Subscription (www.pcmag.com) submitted 2 years ago by PenguinJuice@kbin.social to c/tech@kbin.social 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments References to subscription 'edition,' 'type,' and 'status' found in a test build of Windows.
[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Nope. Nope Nope Nope. Glad I've already basically managed to ditch that nonsense. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm almost glad it'll force me to. I've had so many aborted attempts at linux if I couldn't turn back I might finally be able to puch through the pain points. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) My biggest one was games, and proton has come a long way to mitigating that. At this point the limit is pretty much malware anticheat shit and I'm basically done with those games. I tried jumping through the hoops to play Madden, with a separate Windows install and everything, but it still didn't work, so I'm just done. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bitwise@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago I made the switch to Manjaro in January, haven't needed Windows once for gaming. Most difficulty I've had was with Cyberpunk 2077, but that's because GOG broke some shit on their end that requires a workaround hack to stub some phone-home code that checks what DLC you have or whatever. For the most part, shit just works now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm almost glad it'll force me to. I've had so many aborted attempts at linux if I couldn't turn back I might finally be able to puch through the pain points. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) My biggest one was games, and proton has come a long way to mitigating that. At this point the limit is pretty much malware anticheat shit and I'm basically done with those games. I tried jumping through the hoops to play Madden, with a separate Windows install and everything, but it still didn't work, so I'm just done. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bitwise@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago I made the switch to Manjaro in January, haven't needed Windows once for gaming. Most difficulty I've had was with Cyberpunk 2077, but that's because GOG broke some shit on their end that requires a workaround hack to stub some phone-home code that checks what DLC you have or whatever. For the most part, shit just works now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) My biggest one was games, and proton has come a long way to mitigating that. At this point the limit is pretty much malware anticheat shit and I'm basically done with those games. I tried jumping through the hoops to play Madden, with a separate Windows install and everything, but it still didn't work, so I'm just done. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bitwise@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago I made the switch to Manjaro in January, haven't needed Windows once for gaming. Most difficulty I've had was with Cyberpunk 2077, but that's because GOG broke some shit on their end that requires a workaround hack to stub some phone-home code that checks what DLC you have or whatever. For the most part, shit just works now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bitwise@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago I made the switch to Manjaro in January, haven't needed Windows once for gaming. Most difficulty I've had was with Cyberpunk 2077, but that's because GOG broke some shit on their end that requires a workaround hack to stub some phone-home code that checks what DLC you have or whatever. For the most part, shit just works now. permalink fedilink source parent