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All Windows users should immediately update their computers. An exploit rated 9.8/10 (CVE-2024-38063) compromises all devices running Windows with an IPv6 address. (msrc.microsoft.com)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If you have the August 13, 2024—KB5041580 update. You're good.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I'm not running my computer with an IPv6 address. Only my modem has an IPv6 address. Does that mean I'm not affected?

I'll make sure to updats either way though.

[+] [email protected] -7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Switch to Linux, be done with all of this Microsoft software nonsense

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

not that easy if you play games unfortunately

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I used to agree with this statement, but I'm no longer that sure.

I built a new PC a week ago, installed windows first then Linux. The idea was that I needed Windows for gaming.

Thought I'd try proton + Steam, regardless, just to see how it stacks up.

No performance difference. HDR works through gamescope. The window manager of the DE isn't insane and I can alt tab around my OS without problem.

Pretty good stuff. Still have windows for work and Valorant, but otherwise I play all my games on Linux these days. The only part that's lacking, in my opinion, is hot plugging controllers. Annoying that that doesn't work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What graphics and processor are you using?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

For graphics an RX 7900 XTX, and for CPU a Ryzen 9 7900X.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Actually it is 100% that simple, proton has fixed gaming on Linux.

It doesn't work for a few rare games that install a rootkit on your Windows PC, but that's already silly and irresponsible of you to allow a game to do anyway, in my opinion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Nearly all the games i play run worse on linux than windows. Counterstrike, the finals, vrising. Im sure at least one of them dont have rootkit installed. Even got glorious egg proton profiles and still no luck.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Counterstrike 2 is native to Linux, doesn't use proton so should have 0 preforman impact

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Ill have to test counter strike 2 later today and see if its still runs poorly cause it could have been due to it being recently released when i tested CS2 out.

Though just last night i was testing out the Finals and i noticed that the grqphics were significantly different from windows. In windows i had their polished texture and effects but in linux it was permanently foggy and the wall textures were super bad with shitty shadows.

I tried replicating those textures and settings on windows but i wasnt able to. Im beginning to think the game is not using my graphics card.

So in short; do you have any experience in this kind of issue with the graphics?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

I tried to roll out ipv6 when I was sysadmin for a small ISP. ARIN gave me a /32 block with no fuss. I started handing them out only to discover most routers at the time couldn't use them. Not much has changed. No one offers them and I just turned it off at my present job. None of my windows machine have the ipv6 stack enabled.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I updated Windows so hard Linux popped out.

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