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Daniel Appelquist Nov 30, 2024

The #Fediverse is not just posts from people who can confidently install Linux. It's full of posts on art, politics, cats, photography, activism, history, gaming, humor, cartoons, creativity and community from people who can confidently install Linux.

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VulcanTourist Dec 1, 2024

@torgo

I can confidently install Linux. I have done so more than once, starting with Slackware on 70 diskettes circa 1992. I won't be installing it again in the near future until I can "confidently" find equivalents for all the Windows software and games that I use.

Turn the Fediverse into an exclusive hangout for Linux disciples and I will leave and just do without social media entirely.

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Tobias Denkinger Dec 1, 2024

@VulcanTourist
I don't think games will ever work perfectly on Linux systems. More and more game developing companies move to absurdly intrusive anti-cheat systems. This runs counter to the basic philosophy of all Linux distros I know.

As Microsoft turns itself from a provider of operating systems to a provider of cloud applications I expect the compatibility for "normal" software to improve significantly. Microsoft will eventually stop developing OS kernels and become a Linux distro.
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VulcanTourist

@denki @torgo

I know about the extreme contortions that some anti-cheat software puts systems through. I only play games solo myself, but of course most of those games function as multiplayer as well. I had occasion to examine one game's anti-cheat system after it became obvious it was causing bizarre problems. The lengths to which it went to allegedly prevent cheating were quite shocking.

Their behavior being so intrusive, as you said, means that they are intimately entwined with the host operating system, entwined to such a degree that porting a game using them to another OS becomes anything but trivial. Only developers waist-deep in funding can afford to do it.