brbpostingMay 2, 2024

Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our unshittified experience

https://sh.itjust.works/post/18703921

Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our unshittified experience - sh.itjust.works

Source [https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/112372011268489905] :::spoiler alt-text I can’t believe a paid OS needs a tool like this. Here’s a GUI tool called OFGB (Oh Frick Go Back) to remove all the ads in Windows 11. It’s understandable if a free OS or app needs ad support, but this is just crazy github.com/xM4ddy/OFGB [http://github.com/xM4ddy/OFGB] [Screenshot Of a GUI Tool To Removes Ads From Various Places Around Windows 11] :::

Show threadcaustictrapMay 2, 2024
I have win11 on my gaming pc and i don’t see any ads. Maybe because i use local account.
Show threadtomkattMay 2, 2024
Same. I main a Manjaro mini-PC but have a separate Windows gaming rig. No ads. I did use area key to disable start Memmy web search a while back but otherwise haven’t made any system changes.
Show threadhelenslunchMay 2, 2024
There’s really no need to run Windows gaming rigs anymore 🤷 I have 2 and both are Linux
Show threadcaustictrapMay 2, 2024
Can’t play warzone and siege on linux. Windows gaming just works.
Show threadhelenslunchMay 2, 2024

Never heard of siege. Only heard terrible things about CoD and Warzone so…no love lost there. Pretty much anything works unless the developer specifically opts out of it or they add some bullshit kernel-level anti-cheat.

Linux “just works” better than Windows in my experience, when it comes to gaming. All the Windows bullshit was always in the way. There has never been any sort of gaming integration into the Windows OS the way Steam Deck OS has.

Show threadcaustictrapMay 3, 2024
I don’t need any gaming integration in windows. I turn on my pc, stram opens on startup and i click play. Nothing in windows gets in my way. I don’t update my drivers unless i am playing a new game on launch day.
Show threadhelenslunch

I don’t need any gaming integration in windows.

I used to have problems all the time where there was some sort of XBOX overlay error message every time I launched a game. Games would minimize at random in the middle of a match. If you want to change any system settings you have to back out of the game, as opposed to SteamOS which has the quick access menu. Simply shutting down the system sometimes takes like 3 minutes, as you have to exit the game, wait for it to load the main menu, hit exit AGAIN, wait for it to close, then hit the Windows button and shut down. In SteamOS I don’t have to do anything except open the menu, select power, and select shut down and the system handles the rest.

Just a few of the OS integration improvements.

May 3, 2024 at 3:15pmWeb
Show threadcaustictrapMay 3, 2024
This is just a bad windows install. The overlay problem happens if you remove edge/gamebar without preserving webview2. I am curious what system settings do you change in the middle of a game apart from one click shutdown.
Show threadhelenslunchMay 3, 2024
Very possibly caused by one of the many mitigations I had in place to remove all of the bloatware, telemetry and ads before switching to Linux. Not sure if that makes it any better.