• ripcord@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        What’s happening right now is potentially much, much worse than just being served ads.

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      Yep, I will switch to Linux before I get another OS from Microsoft. Once 10 goes away, I jump onto a Linux distribution and use Proton.

      I was hoping for a Steam Created distribution to come out, but I’ve been waiting for that for years. I’m just too lazy to switch over before I have to.

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        i am running Linux for gaming now too and i have yet to encounter a steam game that does not run smoothly out of the box with Proton on my machine.

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          I have recently, but it was Call of Duty with their kernel level anti-cheat. Not really a problem, I just had an excuse to say no to the friends who wanted to play. If I really wanted to, I could have switched over to the PS5 to play.

      • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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        7 months ago

        Same here. There’s nothing tying me to Windows other than that’s what I already have installed. Microsoft already announced a forced upgrade to Windows 11 next year. If I’m being forced to change my OS anyways I’m going to pick a Linux distro.

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        I would seriously recommend at least loading up a partition with Linux. Its a steep learning curve from Windows.

        Research distributions now, don’t wait until the last second and possibly screw yourself over.

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        7 months ago

        Nobara is pretty close. Glorious Eggroll’s distro, comes with proton pre-installed so it can run steam games out of the box. Worth a shot, I love it

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        I was hoping for a Steam Created distribution to come out

        Try Bazzite. It’s not from Valve but it’s the next best thing.

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        Why wait? I’d recommend starting now with dual boot to get comfortable with Linux. Not that Linux is hard, but it takes time to adapt to the differences. With dual booting you will be able to jump back to windows when needed while you find the way you want to do things in Linux.