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[–] 73 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Guess Microsoft can buy me a new computer if they want me to use Windows 11.

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    [–] 44 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Lol, year of the Linux desktop here we come XD

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Interestingly, the software giant added this check since the Windows 11 24H2 will not boot without these instruction sets, according to a previous report. Though speculative, one would wonder if the company has this extra step in case someone uses bypasses to force the OS to boot with an unsupported CPU.

    Why is the watermark the headline

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Why is MS targeting specific hardware when windows has historically been a general purpose OS?

    I’m switching my machine to Linux this weekend, even if my chip is supported, who’s to say it will stay supported for the next couple of years.

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  • [–] 42 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Hi, yeah. Uh long time listener, first time caller. Thank you for taking my question. Yes, I was wondering does Linux do this? I'll take my answer off the air. Thanks!

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I have not dared to test my games with proton on Linux, but if they all work, Windows will be nothing but a VM for me that I use for the exceptions when something doesn't run under wine. Sheesh.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh, they will likely work. Proton has come quite a long way

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I haven't tried linux for like 8 years now and my oly problem was that the games i played back then weren't supported by linux. I kinda want them to force me to dip into linux again. Last week or so i had to solve a fucking riddle to start my computer to not accidentally accept anything. I hate it so much.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    I switched to EndeavourOS (no dual boot to fall back on needed since I received a "work laptop" with Windows 11) about a year ago, first time using Linux period, let alone as a daily driver, and all I can say is that it has been a wonderful experience. I will never use Windows on a personal machine again.

    Full disclosure: I have a brother who has been using Linux for a while that helped me through the install process, and basically showed me how to search Google (and the Arch wiki) if I run into any issues, and I have yet to run into anything serious enough to require his attention (which I'm sure he's thankful for). Small things here or there that I've been able to fix myself have gone a long way to helping me grasp (at least a little bit) what's going on under the hood.

    Additionally, while I don't have a background in comp sci, I grew up during a time where we needed to know how computers worked beyond "press the button on the screen for the thing to start", so I was already pretty comfortable with the command line and all that.

    So I had a little help, but I'm not exaggerating when I say that I haven't needed his direct help since installation.

    As far as games are concerned, most of my PC gaming these days is on my Steam Deck, and even on there I've gotten games that Steam labels "unsupported" to work. For example, Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition with DSFix works great despite being "unsupported" on Steam.

    As others have said, check out protondb.

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    [–] 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I’ll grab the popcorn while I watch the dumpster fire of what Microsoft is doing to Windows, from the comfort of my Linux-running system.

    Obligatory BTW I use Arch.

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    [–] 24 points 2 years ago

    That's weird, the watermark says, "I have altered the deal. Pray I do not alter it further."

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago

    Who knew they were telling the truth after all. When they said Windows 10 would be the last version of Windows.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago* (8 children)

    God damn. It went down hill fast. I’m actually gonna start looking at distros. Fuck. I just bought a mini pc to install OPNsense on but I think my weekend just drastically shifted.

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    [–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Join the dark side 😈🐧

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    [–] 20 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    ai file explorer? I can fi d my own files thanks

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    [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)
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    [–] 18 points 2 years ago

    My windows 10 already has a watermark to activate it

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    Don't threaten me with a good user experience.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    Given how Linux support for steam has been going I've just started migrating everything and just popping in to windows when I have something that doesn't work.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinux

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Wasnt going to install it anyway so no loss

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)
  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    i'd rather have web 3.0 and crypto than ai

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