Just dual boot…

  • AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I have a reverb g2 and the only linux projects that support it don’t work with the controllers

    Microsoft is going to kill WMR in the next couple years so I’ll probably switch then, luckily it seems like people are working on controller support already so hopefully that’s stable by november 2026

  • BmeBenji@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    oooooooohohohohohoho you really got me with that last one.

    Though at least I’m only addicted to R6: Siege and not CoD or Valorant like a fucking pleb

    Edit: a MASSIVE /s I do unironically love Siege and it is actually what’s keeping Windows installed on my PC, but I admit it’s in no way a good reason to keep malware on my machine

    • EherNicht@feddit.orgEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Due to planned virtualisation in Windows this will probably soon be the case for people who Dual boot due to anticheat.

      • Buelldozer@lemmy.today
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        6 months ago

        Due to planned virtualisation in Windows

        I must have missed something. What are you referencing with this comment?

            • EherNicht@feddit.orgEnglish
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              6 months ago

              It seems quite likely actually. The only problem might be them noticing the benefit for GNU/Linux.

          • Buelldozer@lemmy.today
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            6 months ago

            Perhaps I’m being dense but how do you see this helping Linux Gaming?

            Even assuming that VBS-E allows Game Devs to shift their current kernel based anti-cheat over to it there’s no guarantee that Linux will get a compatible VBS-E module nor that Game Devs would allow its use.

            I guess I see it as: If a Game Dev does this (use VBS-E) AND Linux gets a compatible module AND Game Devs allow its use THEN newer games may not have the same problem with anti-cheat as older ones.

            • EherNicht@feddit.orgEnglish
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              6 months ago

              The way I understand it is that every anticheat needs to be overhauled as they can no longer tap into the kernel/get kernel access. So the anticheat has to eun in userspace. This can also be done under GNU/Linux which is why anticheat should work on both platforms.

              • Buelldozer@lemmy.today
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                6 months ago

                The way I understand it is that every anticheat needs to be overhauled as they can no longer tap into the kernel/get kernel access.

                Yes, if we assume that various institutions (cough cough looking at you EU) allow MS to remove kernel access.

                So the anticheat has to eun in userspace.

                VSB-E isn’t really “user space” but your point about the kernel is valid.

                hich is why anticheat should

                The word “should” is doing some heavy lifting in that sentence. Even if it COULD that doesn’t mean devs will allow it nor does it mean that existing games will get updated on EITHER platform. Removing a kernel level anti-cheat could easily be the death of some older games on Windows as the owner simply doesn’t want to put the money into making it work.

                I’m honestly not too sure how possible it is to make VSB-E work on *nix either, since it appears to use Microsoft Hyper-V technologies at its core and those wouldn’t be available in *nix. That means that we’d be back to Game Devs having to specifically write anti-cheat for *nix…which is something they can already do if they want.

                VSB-E is interesting but I’m not convinced its going to do anything for Linux Gaming at all. Hopefully I am wrong. :)

      • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works
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        6 months ago

        That would be awesome! There’s still the odd game I can’t run unrelated to anti cheat but that would still be a huge win.

    • communism@lemmy.ml
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      6 months ago

      Out of curiosity what do you dual boot for? I used to dual boot for gaming but I’ve lately found that proton works very well with my games and there is no need to run Windows for anything

      • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works
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        6 months ago

        Yeah proton works really well for me for the vast majority of my games but there are a few that don’t. I dual boot solely to play those.

        • Star Citizen - much worse performance for me using Linux.
        • Cyberpunk - Used to work fine but started crashing on Linux for me
        • Counter Strike 2 - Audio cuts out after about 15 - 20 minutes on Linux.
        • Supreme Commander - Frequent crashes on Linux.

        I think people can run most of those fine but I haven’t had luck and don’t spend much time tinkering.

  • umbrella@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    their ecosystem of apps is buggy as fuck.

    teams and outlook always gives headaches.

    • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca
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      6 months ago

      Ugh, outlook has been dropping support for email standards for a while now, it’s getting close to a proprietary standard now.

  • hipsterdoofus@lemmy.zip
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    6 months ago

    AutoHDR/SpecialK, AFMF, proper scaling on multiple monitors with mixed resolutions, Freesync

    In time I’ll switch, but for me the extra gaming features on W11 are just nice.

    • Presi300@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      But all of these things, except AutoHDR (coming soon tm) already exist on linux though… Scaling and Freesync, especially haven’t been an issue on linux for a while if you use the right desktop (KDE Plasma or GNOME on wayland)

  • tfw_no_toiletpaper@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Tarkov and Destiny 2 mainly.

    Also I have a laptop I use from time to time running mint, few games installed. The games itself work okayish but the amount of times I need to “fix” some bullshit is annoying. Last things I remember were the touchpad being wonky and games having extreme tearing on HDMI, no matter if vsync was on or off.

    I might try pop os some time but honestly my windows machine runs mostly without fault for years now (just cannot use any gpu drivers after march 24, but that’s on nvidia) and at the end of the day I just want to consoome without fiddling in settings every time.

    • Lumisal@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Tryp BazziteOS next instead of Pop. It’s a Linux OS that’s designed for gaming and comes with all drivers, emulators, proton, etc out of the box. Also based on Fedora, which in my experience does better in the gaming department.

  • yamanii@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I’m playing Wuthering Waves that is a more fair genshin impact and the dev is actively blocking Linux so far, so I’m not switching.

    Strangely enough mihoyo themselves are letting linux players alone nowadays, both Genshin and ZZZ work without needing a VM, but they were also hostile against them in the beginning with genshin.

    • Emmie@lemmings.world
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      6 months ago

      Thankfully I managed to purge gacha games from my life despite all the sunk cost feeling. God I miss the times when entertainment was innocent and not trying to rob me

    • shira@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      6 months ago

      fyi, wuwa stopped blocking Linux about a month ago, it runs on base proton now without tinkering, tho I can’t guarantee it will keep working

  • wick@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    I’ve just spent the last 6 hours troubleshooting steam input on 3rd party flatpaks, also alacarte has a bug that doesn’t let you save property changes, also I can’t use vim as root anymore for some reason I don’t care to look into, also symlinking some of my media was a pain. Band-aid solutions have been found for the first 3 and the last was me being an idiot and not having a GUI solution to symlinks be because Nautilus is arse compared to ms file explorer.

    I fucking hate pop-os and flatpaks, cosmic launcher is a pile of junk, and my 4k monitor has created an infinite amount of scaling issues to work through.

    Windows was a slow burn of minor inconvenience, Linux is a series of kicks in the nuts.

  • Kushan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Because the time to learn a new operating system is more than I have to spare. I’m approaching middle aged, windows is familiar and I just want to kick back and enjoy my games.

    Linux hasn’t reached drop-in replacement on the desktop yet. The steam deck is fantastic and I have no problems running it stock, but desktop Linux? Nah. Why would I dual boot when I can stick to one OS that does what I want and need.

    (Side note: I run Linux on my server and am quite happy with it).

    • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 months ago

      Windows changed shit up on me too many times, I kept having to relearn where the dick they hid the control panel, for instance. At a certain point I realized if I’m having to put in the time to relearn shit on windows every new version, why not just learn linux? At least I’m learning because I’m getting into something new and exciting by choice instead of being pissed I have to relearn it because some dickhead moved it around on me!

      • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        6 months ago

        That was actually my experience. My Win 7 laptop died, I needed a new computer, bought one that came with Windows 8.1, and everything was different for no reason, down to whether you left click or right click on the system tray icons to get menus or control panel windows to appear. Switching from Windows 7 to Linux Mint felt like less of a jump, and the changes between versions of MInt aren’t that drastic; they don’t reshuffle the UI on a whim.

  • Xylight@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    i played valorant then tried cs2 and preferred that, and as a benefit it runs on linux

  • Gumus@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    There are only a few mouse models that fulfill my requirements and software support for them is bad even on windows. I’m currently on Razer and Roccat, the software is slow, heavy and convoluted, but it’s the only way to use the devices to their full potential. There’s no way to get the drivers for Linux and that’s a deal breaker for me.

      • DerisionConsulting@lemmy.caEnglish
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        6 months ago

        There are some mice and keyboards with proprietary software that only works in windows.

        But unless you have a special input device because of a disability, not using an os because of a mouse/keyboard feels like a joke

        • 🐍🩶🐢@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          6 months ago

          I think this view is a little short sighted. I am glad that you don’t seem picky about your peripherals, but they are very important to others. As someone with a disability, if my mouse didn’t work on Linux, I wouldn’t even bother trying. I have spent a lot of money on peripherals and them working in Mac and Windows, but not Linux would be utterly rage inducing. It is irritating enough that I can’t adjust the dpi in Linux, but it is at least usable. I am still salty that every single pair of headphones I own use proprietary codecs that are not supported.

          I absolutely do not blame anyone for not using Linux if their peripherals do not work. I get that it is the “fault” of proprietary drivers. Unfortunately, some devices are not popular enough or too difficult for someone in the Linux community to want to work on it. I don’t blame the community either. However, telling someone they can’t use their mouse or keyboard the way it was intended isn’t going to convince anyone to use Linux.

          My point is, hardware costs money, is a physical device that you touch for hours at a time, and is configured to make your life easier. Tactile and ergonomic comfort is important. Macros, lights, and dpi settings are important to some people. For me, it is just dpi and smooth scrolling. Not everyone is happy with a cheap mouse and keyboard or wants to throw perfectly functional electronics in the bin.