Microsoft tells Windows 10 users to just trade in their PC for a newer one, because how hard can it be?
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That's apple wanting to control their closed hardware ecosystem. Windows is built to run on a significantly wider range of hardware, so isn't really comparable in that way.
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I tried creating a Steam account and was blocked by the revolving captcha security thing - took days to try to get help from their customer care and by the time they got back to me I had lost interest. I spent the waitjng time researching Valve and I decided they are not an ethical business. Made me sad as I loved the idea of a customised-for-gaming-on-console linux OS and liked the look of the hardware. But Valve is a monopolist and has too much market share and too many users and thus too much power - USA politics today shows how big a risk that is. Valve supports unethical business models like 'rent game to play', AI-generated junk games and IP violations so it debases game development and hurts indy developers, live-streaming games which is bad for environment. It promotes 'easy access/always on gaming' and is thus profiting from addiction-to-gaming, which ix a MASSIVE problem and few gamers admit it. It's an American corporation and I distrust American corporate culture. Most of which might be said of other console/platforms so its not just Valve/Steam, I feel wary of but the whole industry. I bought a second-hand Switch so did not help Nintendo/Japanese corporate power directly. I bought a bundle of 2nd-hand games on sd card with minimal download content (except for 'No Man's Sky' which constantly updates). I am trying to be an ethical gamer - limit my time gaming to stop me becoming an addict etc. But I admit I am compromised - I spend too much time gaming, being retired its easy to lose track of time. Honestly, I feel like a vegan who wraps bacon in thick wholemeal sandwiches and pretends they are not really eating pigs since its mainly bread. I am 'a work in progress'.
Valve isn't like most USA corporations, they're private and generally a lot better.
As an indie developer, Valve has helped me a lot. I have my game on Switch, Xbox One, Epic, and Steam, and Steam is by far the most revenue, and was the first platform that accepted my game. They make it so easy for indie devs to ship games - yeah the downside is they get a lot of low effort submissions, but the user rating system takes care of that (mostly). And they're adding more warnings for gamers about what games have AI generated content/art.
blocked by the revolving captcha security thing
I've seen this happen for people behind VPNs or using public access points (coffee shops, schools, etc). Valve has to do this to prevent spammers, and the sad part is a lot of real users get hit too. But before they did there was a lot more spam user accounts in the steam forums and messaging users, usually scams. If you still want to create an account and can't get past the captcha send me a private message and I can help you out with it.
I don't love Valve, as they're just a company at the end of the day, but they have done a lot of positive things for Linux gaming and the indie developer scene. Especially for linux graphics drivers.
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People are too addicted to video games apparently
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I can't really think of a better example of what you're talking about than that there's three other people replying to this, each recommending you use a different flavor of linux...
It's just personal preference though. You could pick any of the popular modern ones and run everything just fine. It's like buying an Android phone. Plenty of brands to choose from, but they can all get the job done, run whatever apps you want, etc.
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Lmfao yes, case in point.
But I'm going ahead and trying to sift through all the info I'm getting here, and so far I'm getting the idea that what ever I start with should at least have the word Mint
Yeah, Mint is fine and has enough users to have decent guides out there, a broad support system and great comparability. Think of it like a phone: you can pick a Samsung phone of a specific model, or a Motorola, or a Google Pixel or whatever and they can all run the same apps. The brand and model are mostly a preference thing, and while they do have their differences, once you have an Android phone you can see what those differences are firsthand and change later down the road. The biggest shift would be going from an iPhone to any Android phone. Later on you can worry about which Android brand you like best, what you like about specific interfaces or whatever. Some are nicer to use than others for sure, but it's not as big of a deal as some people make it out to be as long as you get something generally popular, modern and with enough support/backing/users.
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That's apple wanting to control their closed hardware ecosystem. Windows is built to run on a significantly wider range of hardware, so isn't really comparable in that way.
True, microsoft is a wehrmacht nazi soldier where as apple is full on gestapo.
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And I can’t game on Apple. A mac is a useless brick for the remaining 50% of what I do on a computer.
I highly recommend separate machines for work and personal/play.
If you need Adobe stuff for play, then a separate drive for Windows makes a ton of sense.
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October is going to be a great month to get a cheap second hand computer.
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there is a vocal subset of the community that thinks referring people to just read technical manuals is fine
I mean, I agree, it's not ideal. Just to point out though.... Windows is also not really well documented, and if you have an issue that's a bit on the unusual side? You can find yourself skimming forums for days, or just saying fuck it and reinstalling. There's definitely more information out there on Windows troubleshooting, but it has market dominance and it would be insane if there wasn't loads out there.
If you come across people hating Ubuntu - including myself - it's usually for ideological reasons rather than usability ones.
Yeah, fuck canonical! Shame they make a fairly decent and stable distro......
I got pushed away from arch because of the constant RTFM answer to questions when trying to google solutions to problems. Half the time they wouldn't even link the actual part of the manual they were talking about and just linked the whole thing to the person in question.
Running gentoo now and couldn't be happier with the community and how helpful people are.
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Hbomberguy is so based
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Translation: "Install Linux."
Kinda excited to go all the way and swap my last holdout. The last thing Windows forces me to do.
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Just get Mint, you'll be fine.
I'm a noob, and Mint fully works. I had only the smallest of learning humps before I was set. Mint reminds me of Window's glory days, and it makes me happy
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It's one new PC, Michael. How much could it cost? $10?
based on the context of the show shed say like 10,000$ but I like yours better lol
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People are too addicted to video games apparently
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I got pushed away from arch because of the constant RTFM answer to questions when trying to google solutions to problems. Half the time they wouldn't even link the actual part of the manual they were talking about and just linked the whole thing to the person in question.
Running gentoo now and couldn't be happier with the community and how helpful people are.
Yeah, I'm not on base Arch. I run Garuda Arch, it's a quite polished derivative.
Things that drew me to, and kept me on Garuda:- Flavours in:
-KDE(lite & several other KDE based including a gaming flavour with options for a bunch of preconfigured programs)
-GNOME
-Cinnamon
-XFCE
-SWAY
-i3
-Hyprland
-A NixOS subsystem
-COSMIC - The forums are highly active, any issues that aren't already covered in the forum the Devs are really quick to respond to. Think the longest I waited for a Dev or mod/admin to hop into a question I posted was 45mins.
- The gaming flavour's preconfigured bits work exceedingly well OOTB
If you're feeling a hankering to distro-hop, I would highly recommend Garuda.
- Flavours in:
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Yeah, I'm not on base Arch. I run Garuda Arch, it's a quite polished derivative.
Things that drew me to, and kept me on Garuda:- Flavours in:
-KDE(lite & several other KDE based including a gaming flavour with options for a bunch of preconfigured programs)
-GNOME
-Cinnamon
-XFCE
-SWAY
-i3
-Hyprland
-A NixOS subsystem
-COSMIC - The forums are highly active, any issues that aren't already covered in the forum the Devs are really quick to respond to. Think the longest I waited for a Dev or mod/admin to hop into a question I posted was 45mins.
- The gaming flavour's preconfigured bits work exceedingly well OOTB
If you're feeling a hankering to distro-hop, I would highly recommend Garuda.
- Flavours in:
