Good way to spend time
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Posted by Meteorstar101@reddit | greentext | View on Reddit | 279 comments
GerpySlurpy@reddit
Literally had this experience with Ubuntu. I couldn't use Adobe or Clip Studio Paint.
LuigiBrosNin@reddit
Not using Adobe is a plus tbf
As for CSP, both tools to run it on Linux and alternatives (Krita my beloved) are available.
The switch is always painful at the beginning sadly, and distro dependent.
I would recommend Mint or Fedora, Ubuntu's been on a decline in quality for years (Mint patches things up)
GerpySlurpy@reddit
Well here's the thing, I'm an idiot. I want to be able to download a software, and then use it as intended. Not jump through 40 hoops.
LuigiBrosNin@reddit
Yeah, it's okay
I don't want to convince you, and as far as i understand you want to use those softwares specifically.
With alternatives there's no hoops to jump through, and the hoops you'll have to go through for setting up the compatibility layers for software not available for Linux is a fault of the developers not caring about it, i can't fault you for that one.
However, the community does what it can: being an artist myself, i scouted this github.com/Taboumadi/csp-linux-buntu, which seems to be a 1 click install through a script, which is a monumental steps for artists given how much CSP is professionally used
Hope this was helpful :)
GerpySlurpy@reddit
Thanks! I would love an alternative to windows, and I would like to give Linux another try in the future. Mayne after I have more intermediate skills at programming/coding.
LuigiBrosNin@reddit
I think aside from dual booting to test the environment (the best way to learn is to live it a little) i'd recommend you play overthewire's bandit game up to level 10 to learn a bit about using the terminal, it's always handy and if you're interested you'll have fun doing it
Reaper-Leviathan@reddit
Why do people feel the need to let everyone know they use Linux. I’ve never once met someone who uses it that doesn’t say they do every few days. I get by with windows just fine. Tbf all I do is play games and download furry porn but still
zacyzacy@reddit
Why do people feel the need to talk about their hobbies smh my head
TONewbies@reddit
Operating systems are a hobby for Linux users? Yikes, sad life.
zacyzacy@reddit
What a vague, dog shit opinion. You could say that about literally any hobby.
Words are a hobby for writers? Yikes, sad life.
degov2609@reddit
Found the linux user
zacyzacy@reddit
It's a nice hobby
DeadSuperHero@reddit
It's like being a vegan, unfortunately.
Bharny@reddit
Some people don't want to get spied on. Also, windows is getting shitier every year
putin_my_ass@reddit
Yeah using windows is for the masochists.
LuigiBrosNin@reddit
At least for me, it's not about Linux itself, but more the ethics around it.
I want to support and share Free Open Source Software.
Windows has historically being good (XP, 7), yet it's not primarily about that for me. It's about what they can do (and are doing today more than ever) with the proprietary software they own. It isn't your pc until the moment they can't stop you from doing what they don't want you to do.
_-___-__-_-__-___-_@reddit
Linux users are the vegans of personal computing.
Even though they consume vast amounts of copium (as seen in the comments here) they deep down know they are masochists.
And they need you to suffer too to validate their suffering so they will say things like: “you just need to install X distro, you totally wont have to write sudo like a regard 600 times” in the same way a vegan will tell you “dude you just need to try this tapioca starch vegan cheese recipe with agar-agar, it totally tastes the same as cheese”
Tetracev@reddit
Well duh, how could you know they use Linux if they don't tell you ?
ComicBookFanatic97@reddit
Anon could have just installed Bazzite or CachyOS to save himself some time.
PhantomCruze@reddit
Or just run win10
Dieresis@reddit
Isn't running no longer supported software way less secure?
PhantomCruze@reddit
Pick your poison:
An OS that requires knowledge, experience, effort and time just to play a game
Or be employed.
TESTlCLE@reddit
Man this is sadly true. Tried Linux a decade ago and couldn’t get it to work with my unique hardware setup.
Now I’m living with my fiancée. Even if I took the time to learn what to do and set it up for myself, I’d have to then either teach her what to do or have a separate Windows PC for her, and I doubt she has the patience.
Currently running W10 on the HTPC. We literally only use it for torrents and streaming, so if a hacker/virus gets ahold of my pc it kind of doesn’t matter. There’s nothing interesting to hack. Ransomware doesn’t matter because I torrented everything I have and could just as freely do so again.
PhantomCruze@reddit
Nice, yea i work at a landfill and saved a perfectly good low end win10 laptop
Factory wiped it and now i use it for shit i wouldn't dare try on my $2000 gaming rig lol
PhantomCruze@reddit
Also, what worries do you have of security if you just use it for gaming? If you avoid malicious parts of the Internet, and literally just game, who cares the level of security you have?
Since AVs are practically irrelevant and windows defender itself is still getting updates, the worste that could happen is maybe a mod off nexus got a spook file and oh well, factory reset.
Dieresis@reddit
I mean, there have been hacks through various multiplayer games, like cod (that I remember), so it's not just a Matter of "just for gaming".
PhantomCruze@reddit
I mean, at that point, does it matter how secure you make your system?
If you have to go to those extents as an end user just to enjoy a AAA title game, just roll the dice, back up your data files and factory wipe as needed
Again, some of us are employed and too tired to start up a Tie Fighter every time we wanna relax and get some conquest in on battlefield
https://i.redd.it/pxgs95ywhmwg1.gif
Dieresis@reddit
You also have the vulnerability problema inhenerent to the sistem, as time goes on hackers discover new ways to break into software and the devs patch them, but again, if you run software that no longer receives updates you're at a risk
therealraggedroses@reddit
Then how will he feel a sense of superiority to users of the OS he deems lesser?
echit2112@reddit
i've got a feeling you have a little bit of hatred for linux
just a hunch
therealraggedroses@reddit
Just laugh whenever Linux users go on and on about their "superior" os. Its the final evolution of the unironic pcmasterrace types
TellmeNinetails@reddit
The reason people prefer it is because windows sacrifices freedom for convenience, nothing wrong with that.
The reason linux users go on about it is because they're proud they went through the effort to take back the freedom of control on their pc's. Nothing wrong with that either.
ActualWeed@reddit
Ngl, the os is a lot snappier than windows, everything feels more responsive.
Probably because genuine autists put all of it together instead of vibe coding autists.
echit2112@reddit
??
i think you're thinking of 2010 man
RoxysOnlyFans@reddit
For me nearly every windows games works on Linux with the exception of games with Anti Cheats that actively block Linux gamers.
MoistStub@reddit
That's a lot of really popular ones
CaseroRubical@reddit
Luckily the most popular games are also the worst ones out there
Survival_R@reddit
I feel like people just say stuff like this to feel better than people who just enjoy games they dont
TellmeNinetails@reddit
No they're right. You see the most popular ones are the ones that are fed to people through advertisements, Live service games with a ton of advertisements and mathematical bs to get as many people as possible playing just to spend money. They're less games and more like traps, traps many people fall for.
flesjewater@reddit
Nah they really are just lowest common denominator trash. Glorified skinner boxes for a large part.
Survival_R@reddit
Idk maybe you just dont like competitive shooters
flesjewater@reddit
I do but not the modem slop
Survival_R@reddit
Idk, modern competitive shooters still have good gameplay like CSGO2, siege, and valorant
If everything played like quack itd be a pretty boring time
Ryxor25@reddit
"modern competitive shooters"
Brother those games are older than half the people in this sub
Bloodhoven_aka_Loner@reddit
doesn't change the fact that they're still modern. whatever hill you were trying to die on, at least you're dead now, br*ther.
Senafir@reddit
Valorant was released 6 years ago by the way.
Ryxor25@reddit
The game is the same since 1.6 in the 2000s
Valorant is just cs with heroes, which was done already by r6s
ultimateshadowarrior@reddit
Games are only pressing buttons. It hasn't changed much since Tennis for Two. You pressed buttons then and you press buttons now, literally the same thing.
Senafir@reddit
So under that logic, a game is only “new” if it has enough completely original mechanics and you decide where that arbitrary threshold is. If it doesn’t meet it it’s “not new” and basically “older than half the people on this sub,” even if it very clearly isn't.
Got it.
LilSwampkiddo@reddit
Nah thats either bait or u dont know what u are talking about. 1.6 is the goat and cs2 is not even close to being the same game.
Survival_R@reddit
Tbf not many competitive focused shooters come out and dont die instantly
Its kinda been a volatile category even in its infancy
xgladar@reddit
you just compared precision shooters to arena shooters.
gone are the days of quake and unreal tournament, which were a thousand times more fun than CSGO and the like.
CrazyElk123@reddit
Jfc, stop with this elitist nostalgia bullshit. Genuinely just stfu.
Pppleasekkillme@reddit
fr , liking CS and unreal tournament aren't mutually exclusive. they are both fun as fuck, and lots of people still play area fps games
flesjewater@reddit
Jfc, stop with this elitist modernist bullshit. Genuinely just stfu.
CrazyElk123@reddit
Notice how i didnt say cs go is better than quake? If not glazing your nostalgia-game is elitist, you need a reality-check. Or maybe i should leave these circlejerking subs...
flesjewater@reddit
Notice how i didnt say quake is better than csgo? If not glazing your lootbox game is elitist, you need a reality-check. Or maybe i should leave these circlejerking subs...
CrazyElk123@reddit
I havent played cs in a long while. Also, thats pretty rich coming from an Escape from tarkov player.
flesjewater@reddit
Haven't seen any lootboxes there
CrazyElk123@reddit
No, but its actually PAY TO WIN. So go ahead and be hypocrit if you want.
flesjewater@reddit
Quake Champions is a worthy successor where it's at now, unfortunately the shitty state after launch killed it.
flesjewater@reddit
CS2 runs better on Linux than Windows what are you talking about
Survival_R@reddit
Well it kinda changed to "modern shooters are slop" with your reply
flesjewater@reddit
That's not my point, the point is that modern shooters don't matter in the Linux vs Windows issue.
Survival_R@reddit
Kinda do seeing as theyre so popular
Id bet you Linux adoption would be way higher if you told high ranked and tournament level players they could play on the OS that could run their competitive shooters 15%-30% better
And if they're playing on Linux, suddenly everyone who watches them would be more inclined to try Linux
_username_inv4lid@reddit
The issue for CS2 at least is that you can’t play Faceit on Linux because of the custom anti cheat. CS2 does genuinely run better on CachyOS than Windows in my experience though.
GrandfatherTECH@reddit
I can totally understand someone liking r6 but valorant and csgo? Bro go install some actual games
LordIVoldemor@reddit
A lot of people don't enjoy them and linux is pretty good when it comes to other games. Cs2 works on Linux though
BadgerMolester@reddit
Face it doesn't tho afaik
LordIVoldemor@reddit
i play a variety of games on steam without an issue
BadgerMolester@reddit
With faceit?
natedrake102@reddit
Because it's anti cheat is basically non existent lmao
MiniGui98@reddit
I played over 10 years of Halo and it didn't require a kernel level anti-cheat
Survival_R@reddit
Well tbf cheating was no where near as big back then
MiniGui98@reddit
There is a ton of cheating with kernel AC too
Survival_R@reddit
There would probably be more without it
Games like helldivers are full of cheaters to the point pub matches are dangerous
Bloodhoven_aka_Loner@reddit
oh yeah? then tell us about sll thebgreat games that can't be played on Linux due to anti-cheat. wanna start with hidden gems like Apex Legends?
BetterNoughtSquash@reddit
Genuinely speaking, there have been several games I've realized were borked on Linux from anti-cheat and realized like. That game fuck sucks and I've not enjoyed playing it lmao.
The big example of the that is the crew 2- god that games is fucking awful. I kinda love it but its so. Nothing
Though i will admit, EA going back and retroactively making the battlefield franchise break on linux is fucking awful and, out of my like 400 game library, the only thing I will miss enough to need to dual boot for
LARGEGRAPE@reddit
I would love to switch to linux but then I couldnt play fortnite, and no other game seems to really scratch that itch. and also the "new games are all trash" cope is so annoying
JKCsaba@reddit
nah these games are really just the lowest mainstream copy paste shooterslops.
RenhamRedAxe@reddit
not really... usually most of those are bottom of the barrel game as a service bullshit made from cookie cutter. all of them are hey its this same bullshit! but with another skin! also buy our battlepass and out 15usd skins!! for a limited time!!!
Survival_R@reddit
Meh bottom of the barrel are the free to play ones that shut down quickly or are on life support
MoistStub@reddit
I think there is a legitimate critique to be made about the business model these games use especially since it is predatory toward kids often times. That being said, mechanically I still think they're fine on the most part. And I actually even benefit from the basic free to play model because I have never been all that motivated by fancy skins so my game ends up getting subsidized by the folks who care to pay. When smaller devs can produce movement like Apex, or gun play like Bungie, I would consider switching to those. But those are some of the things I like best in gaming, so for now I'm stuck with the AAAs.
Jay_T_Demi@reddit
There's so much, and yet so little, I want to say about this. I've typed out three different messages I've deleted. Anyway, have a good day
FiyaBear@reddit
Idk, triple AAA games have been having a rough time the past couple of years. The quality of sports games, call of duty, battlefield, or whatever generic RPG goes down a little bit every year and the consumers are actually voting with their wallets. The barrier for entry amongst smaller developers has drastically declined and every day it's easier for smaller teams to make better products. Some of the biggest games in the past couple years are indie projects and big developers are taking notes
Rjiurik@reddit
Well the thing is most games with kernel level anticheat are 1) online 2) quite popular (so massive cheating potentiel)
I didn't wait for Linux to dislike games like Battlefield... Battlefield 1942 was great but the latest versions are really boring...
If you like indie games, coop games (meaning without need to cheat), management/building/simulation games generally Linux is fine.
Only games that are good AND don't work on Linux imo : PUBG, a few Blizzard games (I think Lutris can run blizzard launcher), ???
CaseroRubical@reddit
no, its just a fact
TellmeNinetails@reddit
Oh snap.
Brocid3n@reddit
Id have made the switch months ago if It wasn't for the fact that I enjoy battlefield 6
se777enx3@reddit
Agree but I’m a Valorant addict so gg
EnderScout_77@reddit
Valorant anti cheat is the equivalent of malware
echit2112@reddit
games, unlimited games.
but no games.
Crix2007@reddit
Today I learned most gamers are masochistic and punish themselves by playing shitty games, making them the most played
riotshieldready@reddit
“That’s a lot” and it’s like 0.001% of games.
MoistStub@reddit
I mean yeah if you don't quote my entire comment that would make sense, but by nature a small percentage of games will be the most popular with an inordinately large market share. That's what being popular is (and why "popular" is the operative word in my comment).
riotshieldready@reddit
CS, dota2, arc raiders are some of the most popular ones and all run on Linux. And Roblox which is likely the most popular game in history has a Linux port.
MoistStub@reddit
Yeah but a lot of other popular ones still don't. I mean if you wanna use Linux more power to you. When it can run all the games I play I would consider switching, but as of now I would be switching from full compatibility for all my games to less than full compatibility. I just don't see what the point would be.
RoxysOnlyFans@reddit
But the main reason I'm pointing this out is because 99% of games will work perfectly fine on Linux. It's just that the devs either 1 don't want to deal with Linux and won't ever acknowledge it and secondly this could all be solved if they made an anticheat that works on Linux. As Proton does most of the heavy lifting, for example you can play the offline or tutorial version of rs6 or GTA v just fine it's only when you try to play online is when you run into troubles.
56Bot@reddit
Kernel level anticheats that don’t support Linux are spyware, that’s why the editors of them and of the games that use them refuse to support Linux : Windows has built-in spyware support, Linux patches all security and privacy issues within hours, days at most.
airfryerfuntime@reddit
What a braindead take.
EAC basically does not work at all on Linux because the kernal isn't encrypted. Like yeah, they can implement it for Linux, it just doesn't really do anything and it's super easy to bypass. I play Rust, and the cheaters are a annoying, but they'd be so much worse on Linux.
memes_gbc@reddit
EAC literally has an checkbox to work on linux??? you can also play rust on linux
airfryerfuntime@reddit
Yeah, and you can't play on official servers because EAC doesn't work.
memes_gbc@reddit
who says linux players are the problem? apex legends removed linux support because of "cheaters" but it's still full of them
airfryerfuntime@reddit
Everyone.
GreenRiot@reddit
That's one of the reasons fortnite has been reported as being bleeding out players.
because the Epic CEO openly claimed that with it being a F2P game they have the right to scrounge and sell your data to "make up their losses" and linux being just safer than windows won't allow that.
echit2112@reddit
yeah, like the mobile game fortnite.
and valorant
i genuinely ran out of games what else. league of legends?
MoistStub@reddit
Apex and Overwatch. Basically any competitive shooter.
Dovahkiin21122@reddit
I play Overwatch on Linux all the time
MoistStub@reddit
Doesn't overwatch use the same anti cheat as the other guys? I guess I just assumed it would be unplayable on Linux as well.
Dovahkiin21122@reddit
No, but I've only used the Steam version, I have no idea how it works if you use the battle.net launcher. As far as I know, the other games listed won't work, but they're not deal breakers for me, but it is understandable if someone wants to use windows to play those games.
therealraggedroses@reddit
You literally just named like 3 of the most played games of all time...
echit2112@reddit
i know league is but i still can't take it seriously. fortnite remains a mobile game, and is valorant actually one of those? Actually asking, cause it doesn't seem the type, right?
therealraggedroses@reddit
I wouldn't be shocked if it was top 20 but I could be way off
rice_with_applesauce@reddit
What distro are you using?
RoxysOnlyFans@reddit
Cachyos, but I wouldn't recommend it if you're new to Linux.
rice_with_applesauce@reddit
I have some experience with fedora, but there are some bugs or something that I can’t seem to fix so I’m looking for a different distro for gaming
Absolutemehguy@reddit
Linux is the unofficial official OS of redditors.
ToxicBuiltYT@reddit
I prefer to not be raped by Bill Gates
PhantomCruze@reddit
RenhamRedAxe@reddit
yeah but then... you are on windows 10...
echit2112@reddit
nah bro remember official support dropped for that thing and that means everyone should abandon ship for some reason
Spurned_Seeker@reddit
Even on arch Linux you can just use archinstall and select the network manager there. It’s like 3 buttons.
lordmax2002@reddit
What would you say is the better one between cachy or bazzite?
ComicBookFanatic97@reddit
I went with CachyOS simply because I didn’t want an immutable distro.
I_d0nt_know_why@reddit
This. Restarting every time you install packages sucks ass.
airfryerfuntime@reddit
Still can't play some games with anticheat on either of those. Bazzite is also a clusterfuck.
I_d0nt_know_why@reddit
Immutable distros cause more problems than they solve.
ComicBookFanatic97@reddit
Those games suck anyway. Take the comfy single player pill. You’ll thank yourself.
airfryerfuntime@reddit
Nah, I love trolling people on Rust way too much.
Yeseylon@reddit
I've had almost no issues with Bazzit
nasandre@reddit
Also one of the advantage and disadvantages of Linux, there so many distros out there you don't know where to start
StabbyMcFishFace@reddit
Yeah Cachy is fire!
Toxicwaste4454@reddit
I personally like EndevorOS mostly because it’s basically vanilla arch with drivers and a DE preconfigured.
Mind you mine is so customized at this point that you wouldn’t tell what it was originally but that’s beside the point lol.
annieAintOK@reddit
Bazzite sure, but anyone who daily drives linux knows that a rolling release distro is far more hedaches than its worth. If its a dedicated gaming pc and literally does little to nothing else cachy might be a good choice but otherwise i'd avoid
Toxicwaste4454@reddit
I have only had 1 issue on arch in the past year and it was 100% user error lol
th3_oWo_g0d@reddit
The rolling release has never given me more than 10 minute problems in my looong 1.5 years of linux, except for that one time where I got locked out of my system because i didnt understand the disk encryption i had used
DarkScorpion48@reddit
If it had happened on Windows you would have cursed Microsoft to hell and back.
th3_oWo_g0d@reddit
You bet i would. Windows takes a chunk of your freedom to fuck around and find out in exchange for a reliable OS. If they couldnt even deliver the last part they'd be useless. But yeah the experience was horrible. Luckily it happened on a hobby/gaming PC and not the one I relied on for school.
RoxysOnlyFans@reddit
The only time I've encountered this issue if I'm constantly updating my PC. If you wait about a week 2 then you'll be fine, + on Cachyos has built in snapshots and it'll automatically configure everything if you choose limine. You can also switch to the LTS kernel if that's your main concern
nEwBiEKC@reddit
What do you mean?
ILoveBigCoffeeCups@reddit
True, but making things easy is how we forget to learn.
GobiPLX@reddit
Bazzite is the most normie slop Ive ever seen
Pleasant_Ad8054@reddit
And the massive majority of the people are normies, who want normie slop. And that is perfectly fine.
Spoondockspaints@reddit
You forgot to add "I use Arch btw"
El_Cringio@reddit
or ZorinOS
Wiwwil@reddit
Only thing I agree is the shaders. It's true it's boring. But if you know about it, you just go make a tea or something and it'll be done the time it's ready most of the time.
ComicBookFanatic97@reddit
Compiling Vulkan shaders takes like 30 seconds or less on my system. It’s really not a big deal.
Wiwwil@reddit
Depends on the update and the game. Sometimes it takes 5-10 minutes and I have quite a good rig
Rjiurik@reddit
It could be pretty long yep. But when it was for me, generally the game performance was super fast afterwards.
Wiwwil@reddit
Yeah, I always do. I have background caching, but still sometimes you're blocked in game.
Still having a blast on Linux and wouldn't change it, but it's true the caching is a bit annoying
PSneumn@reddit
I had no problems in pop os either
Ridenberg@reddit
Anon is highly regarded and, judging by description, installed Arch as his first distro
echit2112@reddit
I installed Arch as my first real distro like the highly regarded person I am and even I have had less problems than Anon I think he just can't read.
StopDoingDrugs420@reddit
I don't know how or why but the first time installing Arch Linux I had one Arch Linux installed in the other. I think it was in my home directory.
I cannot read, agreed.
NoscoperSans@reddit
when i tried linux arch(my first linux distro btw, but i used it from a removable hard drive on an old laptop), i had hard times installing it(took me 12h in total with help from my friend, i didn't understand a thing i wrote during the installation), but using it was pretty easy, didn't have a single problem. now on mint(with gnome, tried kde, didn't like it) as my main distro, thinking about switching to arch, buuut i'm too lazy to reinstall and reconfigure everything, and i know for certain i will fuck something up, without a doubt(managed to somehow remove cinnamon during the first 10 minutes of using mint, i just updated everything, rebooted and there was no cinnamon, reinstalled it and nothing went wrong ever again, still don't know what it was)
DominoUB@reddit
Arch is way easier now with the archinstall script. Gives you a very basic text-based ui to pick all the things you need and it does it all for you. Depending on your CPU, you can be up and running in your preferred DE in 10-20 minutes.
NoscoperSans@reddit
well, i know that now, but back then i only had my arch user friend to help xd // and yeah that also drives me to try arch on my main pc, i would've dual-booted for fun, but i only have free space on my hdd, and that'll be ass to use
suck_on_the_popsicle@reddit
How long ago was it? If it was pre april 2021 your friend may have been right to do everything manually.
NoscoperSans@reddit
nope, it was in september of 2025 xd
Ridenberg@reddit
My experience with Arch is negative tbh. It's good if you have a specific use case for your PC in mind, but if you wanna do a lot of different stuff, then Arch kinda just performs exactly the same as other distros, but with more headache on the side. The weird 3kB libraries that constantly go missing even though they're installed eventually drove me to switching to Bazzite.
RusLeon@reddit
If that anon had installed Arch, they would've had internet from the start
Sincerely, an Arch user
DominoUB@reddit
He had internet but no dns. Likely the primary dns server it defaulted to was just down or incorrect.
param_T_extends_THOT@reddit
Weird, because don't routers nowadays come preconfigured with a default DNS server such that when the networking stack of a computer comes alive for the first time it gets its own IP and also the DNS server conf ?
DominoUB@reddit
Yes but you can define it in your OS's settings which will take precedent.
Rjiurik@reddit
Also as far as I remember, the audio drivers install along KDE.. and if not probably took me less than a minute..
ranixon@reddit
And small and annoying correction, most drivers are in kernel, what Plasma install is an audio server (pulseaudio or pipewire)
SunnyApex87@reddit
Barebones as well, jfc
DominoUB@reddit
TurtleTheThink@reddit
“edit registry to remove bing search from start menu” glad im not alone lol
CroatInAKilt@reddit
I strongly advise against this.
Doing anything to improve Windows only delays you from following the light of Linux
Aydonisgaming@reddit
Can you recommend a easier to learn Linux version?
Londtex@reddit
Use mint
FrigginRan@reddit
Mint
FinGamer678Nikoboi@reddit
Mint for Windows-like experience (but better, like W7), Bazzite for a SteamOS, console-like experience.
FrigginRan@reddit
yep. exactly my thought when presenting the 2. I personally game on mint and its great too.
SpeechStraight60@reddit
Mint, started using it as my first linux distro for my laptop and have stuck with it for nearly 5 years now
Nisc3d@reddit
Kubuntu
CroatInAKilt@reddit
I'm on pop!OS. The name is regarded, but its genuinely great and simple. I had Age of Mythology running within an hour of installing it
nupsu1234@reddit
Unsure about this one, I've heard that it's in a bad state in current times
DominoUB@reddit
Linus did irreparable damage to PopOS's reputation, even though the bug he found was fixed hours after the video went live.
starkguy@reddit
Ubuntu. If ur machine is weak and old, Mint.
KoriKosmos@reddit
CachyOS is a pretty easy to use Arch variant
Epikgamer332@reddit
Mint, Ubuntu, and Fedora are usually my recommendations. Mint will be easiest, Ubuntu (non-LTS) will have good software support, and Fedora will always be the most up to date.
Fit_Cake_8227@reddit
Installing the browser that banned Ublock origin: anon is winrarted
Fit_Cake_8227@reddit
Installing the browser that banned Ublock origin: anon is winrarted
echit2112@reddit
David_Dantas@reddit
At least Anon is the choosing what evil company does the orwellian surveillance on him.
FinGamer678Nikoboi@reddit
Now it's Microsoft AND Google 🔥
5p4n911@reddit
Absolute cinema
Storyshifting@reddit
>downloading chrome
anon ditched one spyware for another. how regarded of him
GreenRiot@reddit
My technologically illiterate grandmother and gf has been using Linux for a couple of months without complaints.
Anon is just incompetent. Or tried using some obscure version of Linux that almost nobody uses.
peepers_meepers@reddit
lincucks always have a cope for whenever someone doesnt like their infuriating ass os
GreenRiot@reddit
This mf can't read a 3 step install manual lol
Nazboi6442@reddit
He later said that he had installed Arch.
Lucasfergui1024@reddit
Anon installed arch without doing research
wompod@reddit
Ah. My entire childhood.
NexxZt@reddit
Whats this, a post from 2005?
krishnugget@reddit
My steam deck is my only PC device for gaming, since I’m a console user and have a Mac. I love it but as soon as I’m on the desktop or trying to do ANYTHING that isn’t just playing a single player game (e.g. screen sharing a game on discord, playing a multiplayer title, downloading mods) things are 50x more complicated and time consuming than they need to be that it makes me just want a windows device
amateurtoss@reddit
Anon learns about operating systems, partitions, drivers, shaders, pipeware, and dns instead of playing time-wasting games. What a loser.
SkindianaBones98@reddit
What about just using Proton???? Or using steam for Linux games?
therealraggedroses@reddit
Or... crazy idea here: what if he just used windows?
MarthUTilt@reddit
Windows photo app took all the pictures of my wife, which had never been opened in the photos app and weren't even on the same harddrive as windows, and duplicated them and placed them in a hidden folder in appdata and had ran them through an AI and tagged them with a bunch of different shit trying to organize them by content.
Not being able to play the worst multiplayer only games is a small sacrifice to pay so that MS doesn't fucking steal EVERYTHING personal you have ever put on your computer. I don't even read my email on windows anymore.
CrazyElk123@reddit
Battlefield, fortnite, destiny 2, siege, gta 5 online, dont work apparently, so theres that. Unless all those games suck according to linux-users.
SpeechStraight60@reddit
Only one of these I'd remotely consider playing is battlefield icl
Supremely_Zesty@reddit
"All these AAA slop games don't work"
Then nothing of value was lost
CrazyElk123@reddit
Slop = games that dont run well on linux.
Funny how the venndiagram for linux users and elitist losers is essentially a circle. At least on Reddit.
Supremely_Zesty@reddit
Battlefield: Get cucked by EA with a sense of pride and accomplishment
Fortnight: Get cucked by Epic. Live service trash for kids
Destiny 2: Get cucked by Bungie where they sunset shit you already bought. Also love service trash
Siege: Get cucked by Ubisoft: Once again live service trash
GTA 5 online: Get cucked by Rockstar. Surprise surprise, live service trash for kids. Have fun getting bombarded by a squeaker on a flying motorcycle.
You have the taste of kid in middle school. I play real games: Super Mario Bros 2
FinGamer678Nikoboi@reddit
SMB2 the GOAT
Supremely_Zesty@reddit
Battlefield: Get cucked by EA with a sense of pride and accomplishment
Fortnight: Get cucked by Epic. Live service trash for kids
Destiny 2: Get cucked by Bungie where they sunset shit you already bought. Also love service trash
Siege: Get cucked by Ubisoft: Once again live service trash
GTA 5 online: Get cucked by Rockstar. Surprise surprise, live service trash for kids. Have fun getting bombarded by a squeaker on a flying motorcycle.
You have the taste of kid in middle school. I play real games: Super Mario Bros 2
Epikgamer332@reddit
Siege sucks according to Siege players, dude 😆
CrazyElk123@reddit
Yepp, you almost got it man, you only speak for yourself, which was kind of my point. Eitherway, clearly there are plenty of games that dont jive with linux.
Dalek33andathird@reddit
acord to this linux user these do suck. you've also forgotten that League of Legend (wich also is bad)
RattyCyanide@reddit
all my life i would agree, but with the path microslop is taking now i think its finally the year of linux
MC_Legend95@reddit
FinGamer678Nikoboi@reddit
For REAL this time 😭🙏
HeavilyInvestedDonut@reddit
Tbf, Linux use is genuinely on the rise because of Microsoft’s mishandling and Valve’s SteamOS being so good
distalented@reddit
I recently swapped my old laptop to Linux (mint) because windows was drawing too many resources for me to be able to do anything. I mean even opening a browser took several minutes. Linux is great, but I don’t know if I could ever use it as my main OS, even ignoring the anti cheat issue. But for something lightweight that lets me use my laptop it’s been great.
nonanumatic@reddit
Found the league of legends player
JCampenish@reddit
Anon installed FreeBSD by mistake.
neoqueto@reddit
This is actually written pretty plausibly.
KnownAsAnother@reddit
Anon should've gotten an Xbox tbh
srcactusman@reddit
So, what Linux os should I install if I don’t want to deal with any of the manual troubleshooting?
DominoUB@reddit
Any of them. Anons experience is atypical with modern Linux. Fedora is always a safe bet.
get_there_get_set@reddit
There is no distro out there that won’t require any manual troubleshooting.
Hell, Windows doesn’t even work without some tinkering, computers are just complicated and sometimes you need to poke around.
The difference is when you’re troubleshooting on windows, there are billions of other users and massive amounts of information on the internet about how to fix the problem you’re having.
With Linux, if youre even able to identify the problem on your own, any solution will be buried in an ancient obscure forum thread full of self-superior assholes, probably requires opening the command line, and once you fix it now 3 other things stopped working.
Also tons of software now needs an extra step or 10 to get it working, or more likely you’ll just need to switch to a new FOSS program that is designed for power users and requires 7 YouTube videos and the user manual open on a second screen to get working, while also lacking major features that your old software had.
Saying that any modern OS doesn’t need troubleshooting is a lie, and Linux troubleshooting is the reason why I’m still using windows. At least on windows I can reliably find the solutions to the problems that get in my way, and use the software I want to without setting up an emulator or VM.
IGUESSILLBEGOODNOW@reddit
99% of problems with Linux can be solved by asking the AI living on your phone.
DominoUB@reddit
You're right, no OS is intervention-free. But Linux is extremely and autistically well documented. Whatever issue you're having, an LLM can parse it and spit out an answer. And it will tell you that you're so smart and clever for fixing it. You don't even have to deal with the community at all.
With windows you will be told scf /scannow 90% of the time and get your thread locked as resolved.
If you have some program that only works on Windows that you NEED to use, obviously don't switch. But I think you and most other people will be surprised at just how much modern Linux simply just works.
get_there_get_set@reddit
I’ve bounced off Mint three separate times in the past year, and maybe if I was willing to use an LLM that would fix a lot of my troubleshooting issues.
But absent that, the loop of installing a program I’ve used for years, having strange and difficult to describe issues, looking for help the same way I have the whole time I was learning the software, and finding nothing, was incredibly frustrating.
I don’t have to hope that programs or plugins are available on windows. I don’t have to make a post about the problems I’m having because 200 other people already have because there are so many users. Tutorials are actually useful and relevant, screenshots and videos make sense and I can follow along.
Windows sucks and is spying on me and I hate it, but when I’m trying to figure something out in MuseScore or Foobar, I’m only fighting that program and not also the OS itself.
slashth456@reddit
Pop! OS was basically plug and play for me
Muffindieb@reddit
Depends on what you want to do. CachyOS or Bazzite for gaming. But Mint is also fine and generally a good allrounder.
srcactusman@reddit
I’ll pick mint, the last thing I need is for computer issues to interrupt my work
NeoKat75@reddit
I personally recommend Zorin OS for the smoothest transition from Windows
LuigiBrosNin@reddit
Mint -> best supported (as it's Ubuntu based), there's a gude and help for every problem ever, Windows-familiar interface if you're not used to different UIs
Fedora -> Most complete Desktop OS, good support and good customization, latest updates and features
CachyOS, Bazzite -> Gaming oriented
All options don't have a troublesome setup as far as i've seen, they can even come with NVIDIA proprietary drivers already so you don't have to deal with installing it yourself
Opaldes@reddit
Especially in gaming and if you use bleeding edge hardware you will end up sooner or later fixing stuff yourself. It gets better but the reality is still not in windows land when it comes to the tech saviness you need.
ChangingMonkfish@reddit
1) Turn on computer (it already has Windows on it).
2) Install game.
3) Play game.
What a time to be alive.
DominoUB@reddit
What a time to be alive.
Rudera1is@reddit
Linux master race
IGUESSILLBEGOODNOW@reddit
Why are you using Netflix instead of Stremio/Kodi?
echit2112@reddit
my immersion is RUINED
DetailExotic4597@reddit
that was on 2010 maybe? These days everything runs on fedora, even emulated windows games. Anon is just stupid
DaRealMagicMan69@reddit
Lincucks will still defend this
slashth456@reddit
Probably brags about using Arch
eXclurel@reddit
You can have a race car without all the modern electronics that looks cool and is fast as hell but do you really need a race car for your daily grocery shopping?
peepers_meepers@reddit
Yes i do actually
StabbyMcFishFace@reddit
Lowkey can just run whatever with proton atp as long as you're not playing games with kernel anticheat
Philip6027@reddit
FUCK MICROSOFT!
Zesty-Lem0n@reddit
I got Ubuntu for work machine recently and yeah the audio drivers randomly fail sometimes, it doesn't detect devices properly, I get screen tearing, I've a few graphics crashes. The kind of stuff I would expect from an older windows machine that had some dubious tinkering over the years. Not a fresh out the box disk image.
MonsutaReipu@reddit
linux is the most masochist hobby
pocketgravel@reddit
Do I want to fight windows every step of the way so it doesn't do what I don't want it to, or do I want to fight Linux to make it do what I want? Right now I spend less time fighting Linux by far, so it's an easy decision for me.
CroatInAKilt@reddit
Call me a masochist then, cause I'd rather endure a week of cock and ball torture than go back to Windows
Dogs_and_Mobs@reddit
I have a separate drive with windows on it that I use for my work and the end user experience is so much worse. Everything is significantly slower when I compare it to my EndeavourOS partition.
CroatInAKilt@reddit
My decent new gaming laptop was originally Windows and sounded like a moon rocket taking off while playing fucking Binding of Isaac. I wiped it and installed popOS instead and played Expedition 33 in relative silence. The bloat is unreal.
Bharny@reddit
Yeah, if you are using something like Arch or Gentoo
IdontEatdogsAtnight@reddit
Yes, the start is rough, but people act like it was like this every time
Molkwi@reddit
You can use scripts to remove AI slop and bloatware from Windows.
I did, it's way better, and I don't have to become more suicidal by trying to make 2 games work on Linux instead.
I may be autistic, but I don't hate myself enough to go through that Linux pain. I've never heard a single Linux user not have a complaint that can be avoided by using Windows, and the Windows issues can mostly be resolved in ~10 minutes.
Who's really winning, Linux bros?
Revverb@reddit
> Use Windows
> Launch game
> It works
Many such cases. I hate Window's shitass bloatware as much as the next guy but at least I can play shit without having to follow some 20 step guide from a 10 year old reddit thread with half the comments deleted from it, every time I want to play a game
get_there_get_set@reddit
The number of Linux threads that have the answer to the problem you’re looking for replaced with “elephant water wrench apple wheel” shit is infuriating.
bruhred@reddit
the shader compilation has a skip button
HeavilyInvestedDonut@reddit
Just use SteamOS
thetrexyl@reddit
Man part of me wants everyone to try linux and see how great it is and another part of me sees people like anon and just gives up
Rudera1is@reddit
So linux is shit at media consumption but at least it didn't ask me a couple annoying questions at install that I said no to 1 time and never had to think about again
Quasi-Kaiju@reddit
There's an old saying "Linux is free if you don't value your time"
Phuffu@reddit
I use a Mac book 😃
CynicalCrow_@reddit
The only games that don't work on Proton or Wine in the big 26 are games with kernel level anticheat that the developers chose specifically to not have work on Linux. Fortnite not working on Linux isn't a Linux problem it's an Epic Games problem
oylesine2019@reddit
I dont use linux but still sounds better than windows. I wish i could let away my favourite games
Bharny@reddit
Or just use Proton
yoloswaggins92@reddit
Console Pleb Life is so relaxing
manatworks@reddit
Soooooooooo is that arch Linux?
Hot_Guys_In_My_DMS@reddit
Linuxians think this is easy and anyone can do it in 10 minutes or less
findMyNudesSomewhere@reddit
I switched from Windows to Linux last year after my Hard Drive breathed its last.
Took me a total of 30 mins to start playing Dota again.
Limp-Temperature1783@reddit
All of these things should be done only once. Imagine having so little patience that you can't bear spending some time to configure things properly. Besides, most of this could be omitted by installing a plug-and-play OS like Fedora, Ubuntu, or whatever kids use nowadays for this purpose. Shaders can be precompiled btw.
JollyJamma@reddit
r/linustechtips
Real Linux user right here.
Nekroin@reddit
Yeah, been there 10 years ago. Now with CachyOS it's a different story
hiddenbyrags98@reddit
After the first 1/3 of this green text I lost comprehension. I don’t care what you nerds say. I love my console 😜
echit2112@reddit
I also primarily game on console but shit like this just looks stupid as hell man
TheMorbidHobo@reddit
Everyone lost track except the linux users my dude. If linux is for adults, windows is for children, consoles are for babies. I'm not calling you a baby, I'm just saying consoles are closer to windows than windows is to running custom linux stuff, as far as complication go. As far as customization goes, it's closer to linux being an elder, windows being a young adult, and consoles still being a baby, if not younger.
yourlocaldog@reddit
ReturnRadio@reddit
You care so little that you decided to share with everyone just how much you don't care
echit2112@reddit
I thought this was a repost from years ago the way the Anon was talking what do you mean this was posted today
Anon should stop trying to use the epic games launcher
Soviet-Anime-Hunter@reddit
Broski installed arch without configuring anything and then gets upset he has to configure. There’s so many distros that have everything work out of the box, it’s honestly easier to get Linux setup than trying to find every ai shitstain on windows to turn off