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Mio, (edited ) do games w 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?

I am on Fedora. But i still have Windows dual boot left. But I dont use Windows 10 that often - I don’t see the need. I just have it as a backup OS. I have free enough diskspace on my SSD so currently not doing anything.

pinball_wizard,

But I dont use Windows 10 that often - I don’t see the need. I just have it as a backup OS. I have free enough diskspace on my SSD so currently not doing anything.

I did exactly that for many years. And then one day I had something that called for booting to a separate OS, so…

my solutionTrusting Windows with whatever it was still made me nervous, and I crammed an Ubuntu Live USB into a USB port and booted to that. ¯_(ツ)_/¯But keeping Windows around on unused disk space didn’t do me any harm.

dbkblk, do games w 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?

20 years for me (even thought I used Windows for a year in there). There’s no point in using Windows at all, unless you’re forced at work, or stuck because you don’t want to learn an alternative tool.

JakobFel,
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There’s also the issue of people who regularly play games with kernel AC, particularly with studios who intentionally refuse Linux support.

dbkblk,

Yes, but honestly, I find that games enforcing incompatible AC are often poorly developed games. The latest that disappointed me was EA WRC. It was quite good, but the gameplay was less interesting that Dirt Rally 2, for exemple, and since they enforced AC, they also started to deploy DLC, and destroy the game. The lesson was to never ever buy something from Electronic Arts (the last time was more than 10 years ago for me). And kernel level anti-cheat is NO GO on my computer. It doesn’t matter if the game is awesome or not, I disagree with the fact that a game company has root access on my computer just for entertainement.

GluWu, do games w 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?

Just waiting for daddy gabon to release steamos. If not I swear I’m going to just use the most windowsxp distro available. I thought I was being simple by going with mint and KDE. Dare me.

chronicledmonocle,

You installed KDE on Mint? Why not just install Debian with KDE?

Plastic_Ramses, do games w 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?

No, I use windows 11 and it works great.

histic,

lol

Apeman42, do games w 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?
@Apeman42@lemmy.world avatar

Can anyone recommend a distro (and desktop environment?) that’s going to be almost the same as desktop mode on the Steam deck? I’m getting more comfortable in that than I expected to be in any Linux, and to my surprise and delight I haven’t had to delve into the command line at all yet.

offspec,

The steam deck uses KDE Plasma 5 as its desktop environment, so anything that uses that should feel very similar. I recommend bazzite if familiarity is something that would appeal to you.

Mogofwin,

+1 for Bazzite. It has just enough guard rails to keep you from (easily) making your system unusable while still providing more freedom than windows. Install is cake. Literally clear a drive or partition for your OS and storage, download it, and you’re off to the races. just make sure to always check your build against protondb For games to see if there are any special run commands to put into steam, and you will be golden.

offspec,

Yeah I can’t say I’ve used it myself but it seems pretty straightforward and very in line with SteamOS philosophies.

Mogofwin,

Very much so. Even for non-gaming, most stuff works out of the box from the package manager, everything else you can get working with a distrobox. Ended up getting blender to work better on Bazzite with AMD GPU rendering than I could on Windows lol

ivanafterall,
@ivanafterall@lemmy.world avatar

Would I fuck myself over by putting it on a partition on the same drive as my Windows install? It’s my fastest hard drive, but I can’t just immediately give up everything I have on Windows.

Mogofwin,

I hav heard that there can be issues with windows updates messing up Bazzite if installed on the same drive. I got a separate drive just for my Bazzite install to be on the safe side.

daggermoon,

The most recent update ships Plasma 6 I believe.

Link,

That update is still is preview curently. The stable branch is still on Plasma 5

daggermoon,

Oh my bad.

valaramech, (edited )
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You can also install SteamOS which is literally what the Steam Deck runs.

EDIT: Disregard, I can't read.

Matt,

That is the old Debian-based operating system that ran on Steam Machines and is no longer supported. Valve really needs to remove it from their website. The version of SteamOS running on the Steam Deck is Arch-based.

valaramech, (edited )
@valaramech@fedia.io avatar

Weird, I found the Arch-based one once but now I can't find it. Everything keeps pointing me back to that page...

EDIT: All I can find now is HoloISO - which seems to be in a reasonable place, I guess.

Saprophyte,
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pathief,
@pathief@lemmy.world avatar

The desktop environment is called KDE Plasma. Every distribution with KDE will look and feel very similar.

Fedora is a good and safe bet for a distribution.

Minnels, do games w 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?

Installed bazzite today. Was easier than installing windows.

MellowYellow13, do games w 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?

Linux is the way

MellowYellow13, do games w 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?

Went to Linux a couple months ago, its freaking awesome, you’ll never look back. And it is way easier to use than people make it out to be. Also my PC has never been faster thanks to having zero bloat.

kazerniel, do games w Are there any games you don't play as it was intended to be played? If so, what game and how?
@kazerniel@lemmy.world avatar

Turned off the aggro on the patrolling demons in Murdered: Soul Suspect, because an otherwise peaceful detective adventure - where you play as a ghost investigating your own murder - really didn’t need the random stressful action sequences 🤷‍♂️ (Sadly you can’t turn off the floor traps, but at least those are stationary.)

Elevator7009,

Premise of that game is making me ask: have you played Ghost Trick before?

kazerniel,
@kazerniel@lemmy.world avatar

no, but it’s oh my wishlist :)

LiveLM,

The only flaw with that game is that there is no sequel :(

linkinkampf19, do games w Day 262 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing
@linkinkampf19@lemmy.world avatar

Solid base just outside West Point proper. A few too many windows and egresses, but glad you were still able to fortify.

BTW, B41 stable or B42 unstable?

Dr_Box,

B42 doesnt have multiplayer current afaik

linkinkampf19,
@linkinkampf19@lemmy.world avatar

You are absolutely correct. This is what happens when I comment way too early lol

MyNameIsAtticus,
@MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world avatar

Right now i’m mainly sticking to B41 for multiplayer. Once B42 gets multiplayer though me and my usual friend i play Zomboid with fully intend to make the switch though

canihasaccount, do games w Are there any games you don't play as it was intended to be played? If so, what game and how?

I actually don’t know the way you’re supposed to beat Super Metroid “correctly.” I’ve always done what I ended up learning was a major sequence break resulting from a bunch of bomb jumps to get the power bomb early, and use that to get some other stuff that allows me to beat the game out of order.

I also never start Metroid Prime without immediately getting the double jump. I used to be up there on speed running that game. I don’t play the player’s choice or switch versions whenever I decide to crack it out. The original was literal perfection.

libra00, do games w Are there any games you don't play as it was intended to be played? If so, what game and how?
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About half the time I play Cyberpunk 2077 as a first-person RPG. The other half of the time I just play it as a city/driving-simulator.

MarcomachtKuchen, do games w Day 261 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing

What a great read. That’s exactly how I want to feel while playing and you’re post get all the fun vibes across. Thank you for the continuous effort.

mesamunefire, do games w Steam Deck / Gaming News #9

Woo another one!

So many good games are coming out on the coat tails of the switch 2. And a majority of them work with the steam deck.

FilthyHands, do games w What open-world games on Steam have satisfying movement, like Arkham Knight or Spider-Man?
@FilthyHands@sh.itjust.works avatar

Echo Point Nova. Super fast and fun. Hoverboard, Wallrides, grapple, etc are all here.

Apeman42,
@Apeman42@lemmy.world avatar

Ooh, I wasn’t thinking of first-person games, but that does look pretty gnarly.

FilthyHands,
@FilthyHands@sh.itjust.works avatar

The game makes you feel like a badass.

CarnivorousCouch,

I came here to recommend this, too. This game lets you really hit a nice vibe with the movement. Has co-op, too!

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