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And with that, a shitton of games that weren't yet, are now also playable on Linux, sometimes on 1:1 parity with Windows performance. (sometimes even better)

I thank Steam for finally kicking the habit of using Windows as my browsing and gaming desktop.

My development and work rigs and laptops have been Linux based for over 2 decades.

But after attempting to go full time on my gaming system with Linux every couple of years, I always ended up going back to Windows because the compatibility issues couldn't be overcome at all, for some of the games I regularly played.

Now, while there's already a crapton of games that simply get released on Linux at launch, plenty have Windows targeted versions that simply work on Linux compatibility layers, thanks to Valve.

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MJBrune@beehaw.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Biggest issue I have with Linux is the inability to sanely use multiple hard drives. Not to mention a ton of bugs with random hardware configurations. Like Wacom tablets don’t work well with Nvidia drivers.

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- Endorkend@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  Biggest issue I have with Linux is the inability to sanely use multiple hard drives
  
  What do you mean with that?
  
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  - MJBrune@beehaw.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    if I want to install an application installed by the official repos to another hard drive not the one mounted at /. How do I do that?
    
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    telemachuszero@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    The package managers and official repos for most distros would be better thought of as lego blocks to build an OS from - there's no concept of OS and applications separation, and I don't think explicitly splitting installation of an OS across multiple physical drives makes much sense.
    
    Application focused distribution methods with a clear separation from the OS like Flatpak or AppImage do support this.
    
    AppImage - drag the .appimage wherever you want it.
    Flatpak - supports system and per user installs (under home directory) by default. More can be added, but I'm not sure if any GUIs expose this so it likely fails your refusal of the command line for advanced features.
    
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- averyminya@beehaw.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Linux doing something for you? The audacity.
  
  (I hate it too. Some things I don’t need to do for my computer, it’s meant to do them for me.)
  
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