It’s for your own good, mind (and some Windows 11 users will get this too)
  • A new patch is being quietly pushed to Windows 10 (and 11) PCs
  • It’ll force upgrades in certain circumstances to keep the PC in support
  • This update will mean more nag prompts coming to your PC
  • interurbain1er@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    66·
    3 days ago

    We shit on it because you need a crack to make it work properly in the first place.

    I don’t use linux for my desktop either though because my computer is a tool, not a hobby.

      • interurbain1er@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        71·
        3 days ago

        Yup, that’s why I got a Mac. It works perfectly out of the box, no rugged edges apps, no drivers/hw concerns, excellent battery time. Best UNIX laptop for the time being.

        I give you as main flaws the cost and the irreparability of the hardware and maybe missing out on a few games but that is probably a tie with Linux, since it runs the same emulators/transcoder if needed.

        • Womble@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          2 days ago

          maybe missing out on a few games but that is probably a tie with Linux

          As some one who runs both: no, not even close. Mac has more direct ports than Linux true, but proton vastly outweighs that. I have dozens of games that show up on steam on my mac as unplayable where as I dont have any that wont run under proton.

          Five years ago you’d probably have been right, but Linux is far superior to OSX for gaming now.

          (E: assuming you’re talking about an apple silicon macbook, IDK the status of proton on x86 macs maybe it works there?)

          • interurbain1er@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            I’ll give you that as I honestly don’t care much about games so I don’t know much. I’ve read somewhere that apple has a game porting toolkit similar to proton and whisky was good enough the one time I wanted to launch a windows one but I don’t know if it’s any good.