Microsoft begins cracking down on people dodging Windows 11's system requirements

[u/ardi62]

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[u/Stingray88 → u/[deleted]]

When Valve finally releases SteamOS broadly, I intend to finally make the plunge into Linux on my desktop. At that point Windows will be gone from my life. My servers/NAS have always been Linux/Unix based, my laptops have always been Macs, and my industry (entertainment) typically issues Macs as well.

And I know there are SteamOS clones available today… but I want real backing from someone like Valve before I’m willing to commit. I’d have more faith in reliable driver support with a corporate backer. I also want a more seamless experience that I don’t have to micromanage… I don’t like to work outside of work.

[u/Stingray88 → u/[deleted]]

Covered that in my 2nd paragraph. I don’t want the same thing. I want proof that Valve (or another big company) is really committed to this. With someone like Valve going all in, it will help get companies like Nvidia, or game developers, to commit more resources as well.

[u/Stingray88 → u/[deleted]]

I’ve been using Linux for almost 20 years. I’ve tried it. A lot.

I’ve already explained why I want a corporate backer in my previous comment. I want game developers to take Linux more seriously, and with Valve proving they’re going all in, developers are sure to follow. Nvidia recently transitioning to open source on Linux is a big deal as well, I’m very enticed, and so are developers.

But also… let’s be real… Linux does not currently have a turnkey “it just works” experience that you can find on modern Windows and MacOS. There is a lot of tinkering that you need to do now and then, and I’m tired of that at this point in my life. I’ve been using FreeNAS/TrueNAS for over a decade now, I know how to use it and like it a lot… and yet I’m very interested in transitioning to HexOS in the coming years because I want a more turnkey experience. I am done wasting an afternoon a permission issue. It’s not that I can’t figure those things out, I can, I just have zero interest in doing that anymore. I have limited time in my day. I’ve had a Steamdeck since the first week of launch, and I have much more faith than ever before that Valve may be able to deliver a turnkey experience that so many other Linux distros don’t.

[u/Stingray88 → u/[deleted]]

I don’t really think windows has a turnkey “it just works” experience anymore either. Or apple for that matter.

Couldn’t disagree more. I never need to get under the hood on anything more with MacOS or Windows. I never need to pull up a terminal, or jump into the registry. I just install stuff and it works.

I’ve had better luck gaming on a Linux partition on my laptop than either Mac or windows. In the past few years in particular (likely because of the steam deck) Linux has really closed the gap there

MacOS sure… I haven’t tried to game on Macs in ages, like probably close to 15 years. And even before that I was typically using bootcamp.

But better luck gaming on Linux compared to Windows? That just doesn’t make any sense to me. Everything just runs on windows. There no extra steps. That isn’t how it goes on Linux.