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Posted20 days agoActive15 days ago
RemoveWindowsAI
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Removes Windows AI featuresOpen-source
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1. If you care this much about Microsoft forcing things on you, why not use another operating system?
2. If you care this much about security, why not use another operating system?
In response to your initial question, I believe everything must be criticized, especially things we like. Internal criticism, such as criticism of Windows, is just as important as external competitors, such as Linux.
I'd be interested to know about the gaps you see? I miss desktop excel, but not a whole lot else.
Take a look at https://areweanticheatyet.com at some of the biggest games on the planet, and how most of them don't support Linux or Proton.
I feel you on liking things about Windows though. I'm a Windows guy by nature. I genuinely like the OS, and if Microsoft wasn't being so absurdly user-hostile I would switch back in a heartbeat.
Witcher 1/2 at least also worked OOB via steam.
For some context/ user comments, see Deus Ex HR[0] and System Shock 2[1] on protondb.
[0]: https://www.protondb.com/app/238010 (gold, deck status: playable) [1]: https://www.protondb.com/app/238210 (platinum, deck status: playable)
There's also more friction with gaming on Linux the moment you step off the beaten path (i.e. Steam). Yes, yes, Lutris etc, but you're still going to run into things that refuse to play ball from time to time. You can generally solve these, but it's friction you don't get on Windows, and that you might not be in the mood for when you want to play a game.
I've been a gamer on Linux for years too. I'd say it's ~85% there. (95% if you don't play competitive triple-As and stick to Steam.)
Can I play Helldivers 2 on another operating system?
I have been doing my PC gaming exclusively on Linux since the Jan 14, 2020 when Windows 7 was end of lifed.
> (Flatpak), Set launch options
> gamescope -W 2560 -H 1440 -r 144 -f --force-grab-cursor --adaptive-> sync --expose-wayland -- > %command%
> Audio: Crackling
> Windowing: Size, Other
> Whiteborder at the top and left > of the screen without Gamescope
I don't know what this means but it sounds buggy?
I'm on arch, the steps to get playing are:
- Install Steam
- Install Helldivers2
- Launch game
(I just downloaded and launched to confirm!)
Another way of looking at it is that Windows XP is the enterprise version for many well-built pieces of expensive equipment which normally outlast PC electronics 5 to 1.
Or asking "What distro of Linux has an enterprise version where you can install the high-dollar setup.exe in administrator mode?" WINE won't help you now when most versions and configurations of Windows were never even supported. This is no game.
Now only some of the relatively newer instruments are validated using enterprise versions, this only started with Windows 10, plus it sometimes took years while only Pro was supported before Enterprise is now an option too. Only some vendors too.
Must also work totally air-gapped start-to-finish (no downloading packages) and draw from the largely Windows-familiar ranks of chemists who need to be the most efficient mouse operators, so they have more time to accomplish their natural scientific duties which can be confusing enough.
It will never be connected to internet, never updated, if it’s gone it’s gone
I just uninstalled the copilot app and haven't thought about it since.
on pc hardware, no alternatives exist that support sleep/wake properly while also providing for good battery life
Finally, we can do 'curl https://host.com/script.sh | bash -' in Windows!
which essentially sends a request (curl) and runs everything (iex)
Those of us who came up in the 80s and 90s remember that bad behavior and even worse software is baked into Microsoft's DNA
EEE was something a single Microsoft employee allegedly came up with 0 evidence of it being used internally within Microsoft.
And if you decide that you must install that operating system because it runs a particular game or app, think all you are sacrificing for that as an implicit extra cost.
If the company were instead owned by the users, such as a consumer co-operative, then its products would serve the interests of its users.
https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1pm5ik5/so_slig...
Could be a dud, but I'd ask the person about details and perhaps it's a good use case
Interesting, I'd expect it to be more backwards compatible given the overall reputation
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