Linux Mint is so awesome.
I have many linux distros running in the house for servers and self hosted software but the one box i havent swapped yet is my daily driver system. Microsoft is pushing me ever closer but with some titles still not supporting linux and getting to the end of a day i just want to game not debug something.
Its getting close though. Fuck this timeline. I looked at Pop OS and bazzite as out of the box gaming distros but am open to anything.
It's worth the switch. Bazzite Is a solid choice. I would stay away from PopOS for now. CachyOS is a great high performance choice, especially if you have Linux experience.
So i have ubuntu, mint, and pop os running currently. And unraid if that counts.
Could you toss out 3-5 solid distros that good for gaming compatibility or general use? I will look up cachy OS. Also id i may ask whats up with pop os? Drama in the distro?
After not ever having set up a gaming focused distro, I gotta say, I was shocked at how seamless CachyOS makes it. Outside of creating the install media, installing CachyOS and getting everything set up to game takes like 10 minutes.
Want games are holding you back. Between lutris and steam's proton compatibility I personally haven't run across much.
All of EA's new titles use Javelin anti-cheat. It uses a Windows kernel module, so it's not possible to run with Wine/Proton.
Given that EA forces users to run what is effectively a rootkit just to play their games, I feel like the only good choice is to stop playing those games altogether. Or, at the very least, compartmentalize your gaming machine and the network it's on.
EA's games and many anti cheat games arent able to be ran on Linux. Not because its technically not able to, but officially speaking, many anti cheat just ban Linux outright.
Shame.
Who's computer is it?
Corporates drool over the idea of making it their computer and having you pay monthly for a service (right to use it)
Laughs in Linux
What a coincidence, I want to edge every time I open my computer.
Could someone PLEASE build an idiot proof way to permanently remove Edge from your system!?
Install Linux
Then, install the Linux version of edge for the perverse thrill
It can not exist. Microsoft can and will bring it back if they want to. Unless you are also disabeling all windows updates, the computer will never be under your control. And disabeling windows updates ... lets just say there hasnt been a month without a 9-10/10 security vulnerability in a microsoft product in a long time.
Winhance, winscript, edgevanisher
If they were actively trying to push people towards Linux, would their choices look any different? Perplexing.
IMO they'd be wise to take every step they can to make the OS feel like it belongs to the user, but more and more the attitude seems to be "it's our OS, so we do what we want" which is their right, but it's shit marketting that makes them feel more like Apple every day.
Change this anytime in Settings.
Will do
If my school didn't absolutely require windows I would be fully Linux at this point.
https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps/
Winapps might be of help to you.
I thought we settled this years ago
Glad that they specified WindyPlop11. Linux wins in every branch of every one its splendid variations
Its sometimes fun to watch this drama from the otherside. Windows is 'that other OS' for me now. I was switching between Linux and Windows a while ago, and made a permanant switch around 2021-ish (I think). I only use Windows at work as I don't have a choice, and in certain instances where I'm forced to use a Windows device e.g. for online exams, etc..
I have an idea. Linux should start automatically everytime you boot you PC.
@echo off
timeout /t 60 /nobreak >nul
tasklist /fi "imagename eq msedge.exe" | find /i "msedge.exe" >nul
if not errorlevel 1 (
taskkill /f /im msedge.exe >nul 2>&1
)
exit
Mint guy here, since 6 months ago, best choice I have done. If you make some research, in few time you realiese you do not need Microsoft to live in the majority of the cases.
Funnily enough I actually have Firefox open by default whenever I boot up my PC.
I have no taskbar or desktop items. I always default to a specific workflow of pressing the windows key (or whatever we call it for Linux), and searching for everything. I have since early windows 10.
I realised that 90% of the time, I was opening Firefox, so now it just opens. I have a pretty minimal toolbar setup for it, so it's basically just an address bar that automatically focuses when I start typing.
One day I'll set up something where I have multiple search hotkeys for web search, file search, application search, music etc, that will sort of replace this.
Sounds like you'd like a power launcher style workflow like KRunner or Rofi. Instead of hitting the meta key to bring up the start menu and search for the app you need, bind a key to KRunner or Rofi and invoke the app you want directly. These solutions also natively integrate file search, web search, quickly toggling settings, do in-place calculations etc.
Psst... KDE's launcher search is the same search as KRunner, just in the launcher! So you don't need to make any changes at all for a "hit command, start typing" workflow.
(yeah we call it the command key, we come from Mac, but I like 'command'/｢⌘｣ and it doesn't have to be apple-specific :3)
-- Frost
We call it the "meta" key. And no, not related to the company formerly known as Facebook.
I honestly might switch to Linux. I know people say that a lot, but gaming has been the only thing keeping me on Windows.
But I've also come to realize I just don't have that much free time to game any more. Most of my computer use is putting YouTube on in the background or web browsing. I still occasionally game, but Linux support keeps improving and even if I only pick Linux supported games... I still won't have enough time to play them all.
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