- Mischala ( @Mischala@lemmy.nz ) 47•1 year ago
Do you play PC games?
Yes
Do you care about privacy?
Yes
LOL get fucked
- nakal ( @nakal@kbin.social ) 20•1 year ago
You can install Steam on Linux. In fact I have 2 PCs in my house for my sons. They run Windows games flawlessly. See for compatibility in the ProtonDB.
- sheepyowl ( @sheepyowl@lemmy.sdf.org ) 8•1 year ago
See the thing is, when you use Windows you don’t need a compatability list.
- torafugu ( @torafugu@kbin.social ) 3•1 year ago
And if that doesn’t work, there’s always
alcoholWine
- NightDice ( @nightdice@feddit.de ) 17•1 year ago
Linux gaming is pretty good these days. Basically the only major games you can’t play are the ones running super intrusive anticheats.
- Fluid ( @Fluid@aussie.zone ) 5•1 year ago
Maybe relevant 10 years ago, but not anymore. Hell, most games run better with Proton now, no background telemetry crap.
- UnverifiedAPK ( @UnverifiedAPK@lemmy.ml ) 2•1 year ago
FNV somehow runs more stable on my Steam Deck than my PC at this point.
I tried running FNV on my home PC through Proton and it was basically a PowerPoint presentation. My Windows partition can run FNV just fine, even with a game-breaking number of mods. I’m sure I’m doing something wrong, as I’ve heard that FNV works well in WINE. I’m on Debian in case anyone wants to
dunk on my shithelp me out.
- OtakuAltair ( @OtakuAltair@lemm.ee ) 2•1 year ago
Moved to Nobara os half a year back and haven’t had much issue with any game so far, not anymore than I did on windows
- boratul ( @boratul@lemmy.ml ) 30•1 year ago
bro why is kali in the “you have no life” section ?? Everyone knows ethical hackers get all the girls
- BaumGeist ( @BaumGeist@lemmy.ml ) 12•1 year ago
Please, please, PLEASE do not use Kali as a daily driver… The maintainers and the organization and every hacking role-model and educator on the internet says to not use it as a daily driver. You want Debian Testing if you’re that worried about having debian-like features but getting a rolling release
- Fizz ( @Fizz@lemmy.nz ) 4•1 year ago
I have run into people who use kali as a daily driver. They mentioned it trying to seem cool but it made me think wow this guys an idiot.
- BaumGeist ( @BaumGeist@lemmy.ml ) 3•1 year ago
Yeah but at least I’m ready to nmap my home network at a moment’s notice
- 0x2d ( @0x2d@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 year ago
well, nmap can be installed in any distro
- manapropos ( @manapropos@lemmy.sdf.org ) 7•1 year ago
I went to school in cybersecurity (ended up being a run of the mill web dev) and the people who ran Kali knew the least. I blame Mr Robot
- boonhet ( @boonhet@lemm.ee ) 27•1 year ago
Windows isn’t afraid of tech, but MacOS is? Give me a break, the Unix style terminal is the reason for using MacOS professionally.
- words_number ( @words_number@programming.dev ) 11•1 year ago
Honestly, most windows users I know at least know where their files are stored and stuff like that. Average Mac users don’t know if something is synced with the cloud or not and can’t unpack a rar archive without calling support because they are deliberately kept dumb by that restrictive, overly oppinionated, lock-in OS and unrepairable, un-upgradable hardware ecosystem. I’m using linux as daily driver on laptop and desktop for almost a decade now and I hate windows with a passion, but mac manages to be even worse. Although windows is also getting worse with every version since win7, so they might be on par soon…
- GlenTheFrog ( @GlenTheFrog@lemmy.ml ) 6•1 year ago
Depends on the person. Most of the people I know who use MacOS, use it as a glorified Facebook machine. Outside of perhaps Word, they only use the web browser.
- Voli ( @Voli@lemmy.ml ) 3•1 year ago
Computers are a tool and people use it for the needs that benefit them.
- boonhet ( @boonhet@lemm.ee ) 2•1 year ago
In my circles it’s used exclusively for software engineering. Mostly by people who like Linux but don’t wanna deal with any instability brought by customizing your install.
- zagaberoo ( @zagaberoo@beehaw.org ) 6•1 year ago
What kinds of customization create instability on Linux but are still possible on Mac?
- wolf ( @wolf@lemmy.zip ) 4•1 year ago
To quote a designer friend of mine ‘Apple is the king of average’. :-P Most people I see using apple don’t even understand how shitty the UI is if your workflow is keyboard driven (snap windows w/o 3rd party programs for example.)
- torafugu ( @torafugu@kbin.social ) 16•1 year ago
Guess I don’t have a life.
Use btw I Arch.
- min_fapper ( @min_fapper@iusearchlinux.fyi ) 6•1 year ago
There’s a Lemmy instance where you don’t have to say that.
- MasterCelebrator ( @MasterCelebrator@feddit.de ) 13•1 year ago
I use Windows because i need to use certain Software
- jackpot ( @jackpot@lemmy.ml ) 5•1 year ago
such as? just use WINE
- MasterCelebrator ( @MasterCelebrator@feddit.de ) 8•1 year ago
My main Problem is with my music production Software and Hardware, which cant be easily installed with wine. Other than that i have affinity suit which works with wine, but not without Problems. Lastly i use davinci resolve, which claims to Support linux natively but barely works.
- socsa ( @socsa@lemmy.ml ) 4•1 year ago
Bro just write your own ALSA drivers, it’s not needlessly arcane or complex at all.
- toastedenough ( @toastedenough@lemmy.ml ) 6•1 year ago
Things that straight up ban the use of wine exist, y’know
- TheBurlapBandit ( @TheBurlapBandit@beehaw.org ) 6•1 year ago
Adobe
- jackpot ( @jackpot@lemmy.ml ) 2•1 year ago
that has wine gold, try dual booting and running it on wine staging
So I have some old music projects that are basically stuck on Windows. Even if I moved over all the files and ran the plugins through WINE, I would have to go through the entire project and fill in the blanks with the WINE-bridged plugins and redo all the automation I have. Running the program through WINE isn’t really an option because my projects were just below the performance limit on native Windows. I know some programs run on WINE better than Windows, but I need real-time audio with a specific audio interface that doesn’t support Linux. I could use WINEASIO, but I would still be losing a lot of performance compared to native Windows, where again I am regularly reaching the performance limit of my setup.
Also, I’m holding off for a few months on installing Debian onto my Windows work laptop because all my technical programs are ready on Windows immediately. I’m waiting until I get more storage and until I know if the programs I need for my future job are compatible with WINE.
I love WINE as much as the next Linux user, but it can’t solve everything. I acknowledge that it is Windows rather than WINE or Linux that is making things difficult for us. Unfortunately, I need to have a native Windows partition for the foreseeable future, although I’m doing almost everything else on Debian on my home PC.
- jackpot ( @jackpot@lemmy.ml ) 2•1 year ago
if yiu wver do swap to linux, check out yabridge for bridging plugins
I’m aware of Yabridge. The problem with Yabridge (or any other plugin bridges, like Carla) is that any plugin used with it will be treated by the DAW as an instance of Yabridge rather than an instance of whatever plugin it is. This changes what parameters the DAW looks for.
If I remember correctly, the DAW is aware of parameter names in the VST3 standard. Most of my existing plugins are VST3 (compiled for Windows). In a typical situation, this is exposed to the DAW by the plugin when it is instantiated, and the automation and knob settings of those parameters are written to the project file under those names. However, when the project is moved over to Linux (or anywhere else other than Windows with all the same plugins), the DAW will scan the list of plugins that it is aware of, not including the Windows ones because it doesn’t know how to parse them. The DAW will simply give me a couple hundred “plugin not found” warnings. If I remember correctly, my DAW gives me the option to find and link these plugins by hand.
So I could theoretically go through the whole project and remap all the plugin automation by hand, but there wouldn’t be any technical benefit. It’s just simpler to keep a Windows partition.
Also, I have switched to Linux (Debian Bookworm w/ KDE) on my home PC for everything else. I’m loving it so far, especially KDE Plasma and KDEConnect. I don’t know how I lived without it. I might end up producing new tracks on Debian, but I have to install more software before I make that commitment. Really, it needs to “feel right”, which is admittedly not well-defined.
- Wolfram ( @Wolfram@beehaw.org ) 1•1 year ago
WINE doesn’t always work. I’ve heard Adobe products are hit and miss and I have yet to get Office to work.
- Harpuajim ( @Harpuajim@lemmy.fmhy.ml ) 3•1 year ago
I use windows because I like things that just work.
- 0x2d ( @0x2d@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 year ago
when I get a larger hard drive I will dualboot. Linux is MUCH easier for development stuff. I am using windows right now so I can continue to use some software (like Affinity Photo)
- chumbaz ( @chumbaz@lemmy.ml ) 11•1 year ago
What an odd take.
Every dev I know must be terrified of technology as they all use apple laptops. I don’t love apple but they make a pretty sweet *nix laptop for dev work.
- momentary ( @momentary@lemmy.ml ) 3•1 year ago
My shop is about half and half, and I wouldn’t say that the devs with macs are afraid of technology, but I would say they don’t look real comfortable using a command prompt…
- Lamy ( @Lamy@lemmy.fmhy.ml ) 4•1 year ago
What is the puzzle piece? Linux from scratch?
- nekat_emanresu ( @nekat_emanresu@lemmy.ml ) 4•1 year ago
I don’t know much about it lately, but aren’t Fedora and Ubuntu considered bad nowadays? Mint imo was absolutely great every time I used it except for proprietary drivers needing extra reboots(might be different now)
- /home/pineapplelover ( @pineapplelover@lemm.ee ) 4•1 year ago
I think Ubuntu has turned to garbage with whatever canonical is doing but I do think Linux Mint is pretty great
- sweBers ( @sweBers@lemmy.fmhy.ml ) 1•1 year ago
I’m having a ton of fun with Mint. I’m finding it tight, full of relevant software, and quite configurable.
- nekat_emanresu ( @nekat_emanresu@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 year ago
I have no control over my Ubuntu’s updates just like with windows. I’d have to ditch snap if i understand properly, which would effectively deUbuntu my Ubuntu. They have a fairly heavily proprietary focus which is also bad.
- Hexadecimalkink ( @Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml ) 3•1 year ago
Come join the Mint gang
- nekat_emanresu ( @nekat_emanresu@lemmy.ml ) 2•1 year ago
I need to leave the ADHD gang first I think lol.
- Andrew ( @Andrew15_5@mander.xyz ) 4•1 year ago
AFAIK, Fedora is considered stable and is a great choice.
- passepartout ( @passepartout@feddit.de ) 5•1 year ago
Fedora just works, it made me stop Distro hopping. I don’t want to use something else, but when the day comes on that Red Hat starts making questionable choices, I’ll go back to Debian.
- CorrodedCranium ( @CorrodedCranium@lemmy.fmhy.ml ) 1•1 year ago
I’ve been a user for years and I would agree with that. The only issue I’ve seen people have recently are with Red Hat and their recent source code policy change
I don’t really know if they’re bad, since I haven’t touched either in years, but they’re both definitely easy distros to get into for beginners who dont want to spend hours configuring their system, thus them being in the yes part of having a life.
- TuxRuffian ( @TuxRuffian@lemmy.ml ) 4•1 year ago
“Do you have a life”, FTFU!
- heimchen ( @heimchen@discuss.tchncs.de ) 4•1 year ago
Linux is to main stream -> OpenBSD
NetBSD is love, NetBSD is life.
- phar ( @phar@lemmy.ml ) 0•1 year ago
What benefits do you have using Unix over Linux?
- heimchen ( @heimchen@discuss.tchncs.de ) 1•1 year ago
I don’t think OpenBSD is Unix, both unix like. For a usecase, I don’t know if there even is a scenario where you would want OpenBSD as a desktop user, other than preference. I guess it would feel a bit like gentoo.
- phar ( @phar@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 year ago
What benefit would it have as a server or anything else compared to Linux? I’m not in the biz so I really don’t know.
- heimchen ( @heimchen@discuss.tchncs.de ) 1•1 year ago
Me neither
- Simplesyrup ( @Simplesyrup@lemmy.ml ) 3•1 year ago
Wooooo!!! Ubuntu
- argv_minus_one ( @argv_minus_one@beehaw.org ) 3•1 year ago
And here I thought I didn’t have a life. What a a pleasant surprise!
- neurohost ( @neurohost@lemmy.ml ) 2•1 year ago
Why you put kali in no life 🧐 what problem does it have
- NightDice ( @nightdice@feddit.de ) 2•1 year ago
It’S a HaCkeR dIsTrO /s
My guess is the person who originally made this doesn’t have all that much Linux experience and doesn’t know that Kali is just Debian with lots of pre-installed security tools (and not intended as a daily driver)
- neurohost ( @neurohost@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 year ago
From its core I think it’s correct we just need a Compactable kernal and drivers and some script to get our work done
- passepartout ( @passepartout@feddit.de ) 2•1 year ago
Have no life, still chose Fedora / Debian. The days of Ubuntu are long gone tho.
- LibertyBeta ( @LibertyBeta@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 year ago
What about Suse?
- toastedenough ( @toastedenough@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 year ago
They should’ve added another path, “Do you like amazon?” -> Ubuntu
- b1_ ( @b1_@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
I wouldn’t say I’m that techy and I recently jumped over to Linux Mint from Windows because it has the C-compiler gcc pre-installed and it’s UNIX seems to be a better experience for programming. It was easy to install, I find I’m going back to Windows less and less. I used to use Photoshop a lot, now I’m just using Krita. I’m lovin it so far. Only games are a problem maybe, although the game I play has a linux version, I just can’t be bothered loading yet.
Linux Mint is supposed to be the easy for-the-layman Linux distro and that’s been my experience so far - everything has worked, no issues.
- crystal ( @crystal@feddit.de ) 8•1 year ago
I wouldn’t say I’m that techy
I really like the C-compiler and general programming experience
- b1_ ( @b1_@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
Yeah, okay, I am a little bit techy, but so far I haven’t had to employ any of my limited techy abilities in Linux Mint. I didn’t even notice I was using it more, it just happened over a few months that I was finding there was no need to go back to Windows. To load programs on Linux Mint I just google “How to load program X on Linux”, and there will be a page saying, type “sudo apt install <program_name>” in Terminal and it always works and I’m done. (I’m a beginner programmer who was told to try Linux for the Unix stuff) .
If you’re a gamer, I would look up any discussion of gaming in Linux - that would be my only proviso.
- jaamulberry ( @Jaamulberry@beehaw.org ) 1•1 year ago
I think the argument boils down to: Can a person who writes down their passwords in excel and calls chrome “the internet” use it. The answer is not yet. It’s better than it used to be but they is still a lot of work to be done. Typing commands in terminal is an actual non starter for my parents. In fact I would argue I don’t want them to be typing any sudo commands in terminal they got from the internet.
- Hexadecimalkink ( @Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml ) 0•1 year ago
Not sure why you got downvotes, my non-techy dad uses Mint to play civilization 5 and hasn’t used windows for at least a decade now.