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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[Rant] I swear to fucking god. Windows is harder to use than Linux. Have any of you ever USED Windows lately? Holy fuck. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by PeterPoopshit@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I'm helping a family member build a pc. He wanted to use Windows because "Linux can't play games" despite me having a perfectly good gaming laptop running Linux that runs all my games, even graphically intensive ones.

2 days later, no game has been played yet. We can't even get steam to start. I even installed Arch on a sata ssd I donated just to verify the pc parts actually work (took less than an hour). It took 1 and a half days to even get the Windows 11 installer to get past like the 3rd screen.

Fucking fuck. Dealing with all this fucking bullshit is far worse than not being able to play a few trashy anticheat pay 2 win games. The anti Linux circlejerk is real.

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[–] tobimai@startrek.website 76 points 1 year ago (2 children)

These "Windows bad" posts are the worst thing in the Linux community. I run Windows on my desktop because Games are just far easier and usually run better, and Windows works perfectly fine.

[–] masterairmagic@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Games just run on my Linux laptop these days. I stopped checking winehq a long time ago.

[–] Cornelius@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ProtonDB is the first place I go before buying a game, most of the time games work, but there's a few occasions where I have to change some configurations.

[–] masterairmagic@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

I used to do that too, but I don't bother anymore. It just works.

[–] UnverifiedAPK@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep, most games run fine. But I do still have to check if the anti-cheat supports Linux.

[–] masterairmagic@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago

indeed. Anticheats are the last holdouts.

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I don't have any issues with performance, just with anticheat not being compatible with my most played games.

[–] zer0@thelemmy.club -2 points 1 year ago

So does linux