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"I'll move to Linux if it runs every game I want" just say that you never will move (discuss.online)

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I hate when people say that they'll only move when it has 100% support

People who say 'cant wait for steamOS to come out so that I can move to it' is also very similar

They never will try Linux, even if what they want comes true

They won't do it, whether they just fear change or think it'll break stuff or they can't bother

And I'm not going to lie, I don't hate them or debate with them for it, I just hate the bold lies they tell just to get with the crowd

"Fuck you Microsoft, I'm moving to Linux" says the individual that would never move if they haven't already

Frankly, I probably wouldn't move either if Windows didn't permanently break my ethernet and WiFi drivers, and reinstalling windows wasn't harder than installing Linux, fucking hell

Either way, these people kick up hype for a Linux that will be so much bigger but they never arrive

Maybe they will, due in fucking 2028 or something when they invent a really easy way to use built in Linux tools to move your files from NTFS to Linux and then when you launch steam you have a perfect library of Linux compatible games that are as good or better than windows

And don't lie, even now with 80% compatibility it feels more like 60%, whether because it depends on the system one runs or because the performance drops just make it not worth it...

At least don't lie that you'll move to Linux at a goal post that you'll just move whenever you get close, maybe say that you'll move to Linux when you finally get a new pc with a new disk or something?

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 2 days ago (9 children)

If the game doesn't run on Linux, there's a good chance it's using a rootkit and should not be installed on windows either.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I hate when people say that they'll only move when it has 100% support

Why do you give a shit what os others use?

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

Frankly I started to hold Linux like it was a religion, but beyond that admission it's not that I care about them but them constantly saying shit like so which they know they don't actually believe in or will do

Imagine advocating for a protest just for you to not even show up

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

I've been playing with linux since the mid 90s. I have it on majority of my devices, but my main is still running windows 10. Exactly because it doesn't run everything I need 100%, nor do I enjoy spending hours trying to get things to work anymore.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (10 children)

I feel the someway about people who say "I'm moving to Linux after W10 support ends".

I think it takes one of two things for people to move.

Linux has to have several features that are unavailable on Windows that makes it worth swapping.
Windows has to do something so egregious that they no longer consider it viable.

In my case, I swapped back 3 years ago when ads appeared in explorer for a preview version. In combination with the work the community had done for Valve to consider the steam deck worth selling with Linux, I was confident enough that I could have a good enough experience with Linux.

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

Linux actually has stuff that makes it worth switching too, but it's ones that would require reinstalls to notice and that's quite infrequent

On windows people dread reinstalls, on Linux it could quite literally happen every time you boot and you notice nothing changes

But these can't easily be advertised and can't be felt easily either

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

It's mainly Linux enthusiasts who evangelize other people to use it. So if others don't want to move to Linux, let them be.

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

I can understand if the game they play is online and it has an anti-cheat that makes it uncompatible with Linux. (Mainly game devs not allowing Linux to work). Otherwise, my experince with gaming on Linux has been pretty good

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