SteamVR is unstable on Linux even before you get to trying to launch a game. It's glitchy and frame rates are worse than on Windows even when you get it working, even for Linux native games.
And I'm using the Valve Index which is the best case scenario headset anyway.
I boot windows once or twice a year so that I know what people are talking about regarding the latest version of the interface. I haven't actually found a use for it in ages.
Every time I think about my Windows installation I think about AHK and get a little sad. It's the only software I regret leaving. But then I remember my comfy i3 config, and get over it.
Exactly, what can AHK do that a generic plasma shortcut plus a script in your language of choice couldn’t?
Genuine question, I haven’t looked at AHK in years
I think so, but most devs don't enable it. I read somewhere else on Lemmy that it was actually enabled before the 1896 update and that they disabled it so I didn't even try, but I guess I was just tired as fuck (very real possibility lately) OR someone was spreading misinformation on the Internet
I had a Windows partition. Windows threw a fit and broke the filesystems during an update, so I killed it. I don't know if there's a good meme format for that situation...
ROFL Dual booting with Microsoft being as shitty as they are...Yeah, no. I very much am 100% committed to Linux on my Desktop. I might only make a small concession to getting a Mac Mini for iPhone management.
They're gradually phasing out the iTunes PC App...Apple has divided the functions of iTunes into several focused apps. The second reason why I'd love to get a Mac Mini is to get my music redownloaded. I didn't back up my tunes on another hard drive, which was a beginner mistake. I did upload it to Apple Music, though.
Yeah but your Linux partition is a freak and will do whatever you want. You can even ask it to dress up like Windows or macOS is you want for some reason... it doesn't care!
You haven't used very many DEs, have you? Linux can look far prettier than Windows, which gives you no options and you just have to hope what the corporation wants you to have is also what you want. KDE looks fairly similar to Windows 11 out of the box now. You can make it look like any edition of Windows you want, or make it your own too.
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zcd@lemmy.ca · 102 pts · 1y
Windows partition?
spicytuna62@lemmy.world · 75 pts · 1y
Imagine dual booting Windows lol
kindenough@kbin.earth · 7 pts · 1y
Yes it is a thing when you are sick of your old partition, dat(a)ing trying a fresh start but are in sort of a Stockholm Syndrome.
eager_eagle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
top 5 best things I've done in the last year
LostXOR@fedia.io · 27 pts · 1y
anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y
Right? And also having a straight up eight way because I can't stop putting Linux on stuff
dev_null@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
Needed for VR games unfortunately
utopiah@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
Have you tried using Proton? Worked out quite well for me so far. Check https://www.protondb.com
dev_null@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 1y
SteamVR is unstable on Linux even before you get to trying to launch a game. It's glitchy and frame rates are worse than on Windows even when you get it working, even for Linux native games.
And I'm using the Valve Index which is the best case scenario headset anyway.
utopiah@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Unfortunate for you, I'm using also the Index and seems I'm lucky with SteamVR, Proton and an NVIDIA card.
negativenull@lemmy.world · 89 pts · 1y
metaStatic@kbin.earth · 18 pts · 1y
Totally different drive that needs to use the bios boot selector.
brown567@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y
I saw this and thought "Ha! No I don't!" Then I thought about it for a second and had to check
Turns out I do, in fact, have a Windows partition. Haven't used it in years, so I know what I'm doing today
Overshoot2648@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
Deleting it is so cathartic!
StephenTallentyre@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
I was gonna say, I haven't used Windows in years.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y
I've built two computers now that have never run Windows.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
I boot windows once or twice a year so that I know what people are talking about regarding the latest version of the interface. I haven't actually found a use for it in ages.
Zombiepirate@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 1y
Well, windows keeps trying to change me.
Linux makes me want to change.
AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 23 pts · 1y
Everytime I want to do something that I can only do in windows, I really have to consider if it's worth dealing with windows to do it.
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I just switched to using a vm for that. If windows fucks up or acts up, freezes, literally anything not to my liking I nuke it.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 1y
Both get as much time because I'm tired of trying to fix shit in Linux in order to play games.
Blaster_M@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
same
Tsuroth@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y
at_an_angle@lemmy.one · 14 pts · 1y
Linux corrupted. Windows update failed and crashed. GRUB has a fatal error.
My computer is dead.
superkret@feddit.org · 24 pts · 1y
Slovene@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 1y
Cat no banana.
urfavlaura@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 1y
bold of you too assume I still have one
eruchitanda@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
Every time I think about my Windows installation I think about AHK and get a little sad. It's the only software I regret leaving. But then I remember my comfy i3 config, and get over it.
Lightfire228@pawb.social · 9 pts · 1y
It's largely going to depend on your window manager or compositor,
But you can achieve similar results using python and your WM's hotkey options
Kde plasma has really good hotkey options
felsiq@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y
Exactly, what can AHK do that a generic plasma shortcut plus a script in your language of choice couldn’t?
Genuine question, I haven’t looked at AHK in years
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 1y
Lol, that virtual machine partition looking at the camera like it knows what's going on ...
ceiphas@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
I dual Boot... Gentoo and Arch btw
msage@programming.dev · 1 pts · 1y
My man
Sylvartas@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
If I'm being honest, it's currently the opposite because of PVE Tarkov and the Hunt : Showdown update
domi@lemmy.secnd.me · 2 pts · 1y
Hunt works perfectly fine on Linux, played a few rounds yesterday.
Tarkov still does not.
Sylvartas@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Ooooh nice, I thought that Easy Anticheat would prevent that
RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
Isn't EAC the only one providing a Proton plug-in?
Sylvartas@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I think so, but most devs don't enable it. I read somewhere else on Lemmy that it was actually enabled before the 1896 update and that they disabled it so I didn't even try, but I guess I was just tired as fuck (very real possibility lately) OR someone was spreading misinformation on the Internet
blind3rdeye@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
Probably misinformation. I didn't think Proton was even around in 1896!
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Imagine even having a Windows partition.
Gross.
Cethin@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y
I had a Windows partition. Windows threw a fit and broke the filesystems during an update, so I killed it. I don't know if there's a good meme format for that situation...
utopiah@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
You actually reminded me I have a Windows 100Go partition. I reduced its size but really, based on when I last boot on it, I should really delete it.
sirico@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 1y
Tried to install arch overwrote the girl
LostWanderer@lemmynsfw.com · 5 pts · 1y
ROFL Dual booting with Microsoft being as shitty as they are...Yeah, no. I very much am 100% committed to Linux on my Desktop. I might only make a small concession to getting a Mac Mini for iPhone management.
henfredemars@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 1y
As someone with an iPhone, I forgot iTunes and related utilities were still a thing.
LostWanderer@lemmynsfw.com · 4 pts · 1y
They're gradually phasing out the iTunes PC App...Apple has divided the functions of iTunes into several focused apps. The second reason why I'd love to get a Mac Mini is to get my music redownloaded. I didn't back up my tunes on another hard drive, which was a beginner mistake. I did upload it to Apple Music, though.
raker@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
On this photo I'd take the Windows partion, because the Linux partion is already full.
PlexSheep@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 1y
I have a file with virtual storage for a Windows VM. It's a malware lab.
n3cr0@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Pretty accurate about the users, but maybe not the way we interact with Lemmy. We also have Android phones for that.
wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
You guys have windows positions?
CaptKoala@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
Hey wait, I resemble that remark!
TheBat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Skates@feddit.nl · -6 pts · 1y
My windows partition is cute, presumably single & ready to have some fun, while my Linux partition is full of baggage? Yeah, that sounds about right.
iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com · 8 pts · 1y
Yeah but your Linux partition is a freak and will do whatever you want. You can even ask it to dress up like Windows or macOS is you want for some reason... it doesn't care!
Skates@feddit.nl · -1 pts · 1y
That could be. But most of us go for a pretty face first, and Linux looks like she's trying to hide hers in some guy's neckbeard, soooo...
Cethin@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 1y
You haven't used very many DEs, have you? Linux can look far prettier than Windows, which gives you no options and you just have to hope what the corporation wants you to have is also what you want. KDE looks fairly similar to Windows 11 out of the box now. You can make it look like any edition of Windows you want, or make it your own too.
Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 1y
towerful@programming.dev · 5 pts · 1y
Yeh, but my ZFS partition is a COW
Skates@feddit.nl · 0 pts · 1y
I think we both know from the photo it's the other way around