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    submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    [–] [email protected] 43 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    This seems dated. I'm not saying there is no issues but man has it improved so much.

    [–] Honytawk 42 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Improved =/= working 100% of the time

    [–] [email protected] 30 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    Ah, yes, not 100% of the time. You know, like Windows. Thanks for the laugh.

    [–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    I use Android btw

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

    Gotta get that Bingo Blitz!

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    Implying that windows is stable, lol

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

    My whole thing even more than (gaming which is huge) is having to relearn how to make everything work. I was (i honestly have to say 'was' ugh) nearly a windows 'power user' for awhile, maybe peaked in my skills getting hardware running, programs and games running until win7 came out and shit just worked.

    Nowadays when i go back to fix shit, or even just change a setting i have to relearn how to do it. Am i crazy or do they keep moving shit now? Fucking why? I have windows cuz inertia at this point but if i have to Google how to change basic Windows settings then there's not much stopping me from tossing a match on Windows and walking away

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

    So much shit keeps moving... Usually for NO REASON, even on Android run into it all the time.

    [–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Correct. There are still games that don't work because there is actual work being done to make them not work.

    I wonder where the problem is... must be Linux' fault.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    I am ignorant. Please explain.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

    DRM in many games doesn't work on Linux. In some cases, like games that use EAC, this is technically just a checkbox at build time where they decide not to support Linux.

    There are also some weird libraries and low-level interfaces that refuse to even work through wine/proton, but that's pretty rare nowadays. You have to be actively trying to find something that won't work at all on Linux.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    I am ignorant. Please explain.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

    I assume using anti cheat and not including the files so it works on Linux. I'm of the opinion people shouldn't buy games with anti cheat, but that's just my opinion.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

    Meh i had to restart overwatch a few times because it has a bug where sometimes miving my mouse in any way causes me to look up and spin counter clockwise at an insane speed... So yeah theres that

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

    It has but for multiplayer games and especially a game you never launched before there can be some friction.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

    For sure, but just as an example I tried starting Black Mesa on steam yesterday, which has a native release, but had to tinker quite a bit to get it working. Unfortunately I think it's often the case that the native releases gets forgotten and lags behind the windows/proton releases

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

    It's different for different people. The distro, the hardware, and the game can all have an effect on how often problems arise.