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Microsoft accidentally leaks internal tool that can enable hidden Windows 11 features
(www.windowscentral.com)
this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2023
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If I didn't use my pc primarily as a gaming pc I would absolutely be running Linux. Hopefully one day we can get there with compatability and performance.
I use mine for gaming and shit posting... only anti cheat triple AAA does not work like new BF and CoD, everything else runs great or fine.
Let's all thank the steam deck. Now Linux is bigger in gaming than mac
Valve doing lords work but let's bootlick to hard they are just defending turf and we happen to benefit
I mean I'm going to date myself but the game I play the most on my steam deck is dungeon keeper 2 from GOG and it works fine
The bad news, for me at least, is yes I can get most games to run fine. Skyrim, cyberpunk, Sims 4 etc. The issue is modding. Sims 4 is excluded from this as you littlery just drop .package files in the mod folder and just works. But games like cyberpunk and Skyrim...you often need external tools/injectors/animation riggers etc for a lot of the 'good stuff's. And getting those tools to work properly can be a nightmare.
I don't remember it being much of a nightmare for Skyrim, but then again some mods were indeed broken. Pretty normal tho :/
Why do those tools work differently on Linux if the games are fine? At most a script extender would need is a Microsoft Dell and don't those come with wine or whatever?
Honestly asking. I use Windows. But if games work I'll switch.
Generally you use some kind of tool to manage/update the mods and set them to load in the right order. While those tools may also work under Linux with Proton/Wine/etc, each app you launch typically has its own isolated folders. So in order to get it to work, you'd need to change where that mod manager app uses to use the folders that Proton/etc configured for the actual game like Skyrim. That's compared to just installing the mod configurator/launcher app and having it start Skyrim for you on Windows.
The fact that there's a 60 page guide on how to do it tells you it's not as easy as on Windows: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/91500?tab=description
Aaand I'll be using Windows for awhile I guess.
Kudos for the author putting that together.
I think the best you can do is still dual boot Linux and Windows, not ideal but at least you're avoiding most of these issues.
Check if your games run on Linux here, you may be surprised: https://protondb.com