• Varixable@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 months ago

    As someone who was already only mostly playing single player games, the transition from Windows to Linux was so easy. All my games just work. The only multiplayer game I fuck with anymore is Battlebit Remastered, and that works great.

    Since my style of learning is “jump in and figure it out as you go” (impulsive idiot), I’ve been very impressed with how much has just worked.

    I’ve been afraid to recommend my set up to friends though because I don’t want to be their troubleshooter.

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      10 months ago

      I love Linux, but I never expect it to be mainstream or even extremely accessible to typical users. In fact, if it made it to mainstream, it’d probably get ruined somehow by corporate interference, monetization, etc. How you may ask? Well, corporations have a lot of money and influence and I’m sure they could “find a way” if motivated to do so.

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        I love Linux, but I never expect it to be mainstream or even extremely accessible to typical users

        It already is mainstream. You probably own 10 times as many computers running Linux than Windows without even knowing it.

        Desktop computers are a just a tiny part of the market.

        it’d probably get ruined somehow by corporate interference, monetization, etc.

        Yeah, it did. It’s called Android.

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          Yeah, it did. It’s called Android.

          Aren’t there Android versions that don’t have all the Google things and are open source? (GrapheneOS and LineageOS) If you’re just talking about your average android I’m afraid I agree and am an offender myself. (I hope to change that one day though)

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            Google still controls the source, and so they have influence over the rest.

            It’s like Ungoogled Chromium. Sure, it’s open source. Sure, if might have Google crap removed. Google still calls the shots on the direction of the browser.

            Same still meaningfully applies to Chromium-based browsers.

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          This is a dumb argument. Yes, my phone uses Linux. How many of the Android users actively come in contact with the underlying system?

          Mainstream Linux means a big part of people actively choosing to install a Linux distribution or buy a computer or notebook with a real Linux distro pre installed (not that lightweight barebones distro they preinstall so they can sell it without Windows but with OS).

          I use Gentoo, the family PC has OpenSUSE, only my wife’s laptop has Windows… Because guess what, she wants to use what she’s used to, what she knows.

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            Mainstream Linux means a big part of people actively choosing to install a Linux distribution or buy a computer or notebook

            How is that mainstream? Desktop computers (including notebooks) are a niche market.

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        Apple uses *NIX, it will either become hardware specific versions or Linux where you pay for the OS with the hardware, or be like Red Hat where you pay if you want to do anything.

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      10 months ago

      i have relinquished to windows. I log into all my pcs with my phone number now its so convenient i have like 4 licenses attached to it from buying hardware. They give me pennies for my data on Bing its hilarious ill get an Xbox 7 someday for free as a corpobitch

      The new outlook though that is so ass. I expect windows 12 to be a much better experience and fully integrate the modern bloat like which sports team won last night right into my retinas!