• PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
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    WSL allowed my stupid Windows desktop to run Pihole. Very cool? Meh.

    Not as cool as running Pihole on an old android phone. Somehow that’s much more stable.

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        Meh, Microsoft has put out some shitty fucking software but Windows XP, 7, and 10 were tight.

        The only time any of these OS’s fell apart was when I downloaded viruses from sketchy sites.

        • The security on XP was comically bad. When people say “physical access is full access,” they aren’t even considering XP despite it being the textbook definition to the phrase. You were able to access the command line without even logging in.

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          I will never understand why people liked Windows XP, I’d rather use Gentoo Linux from 2002 compiled from a stage 1 tarball than this steaming pile of shit. Windows 7 was solid, but 10 was (again) the biggest piece of garbage. Horrible UWP UI, Cortana, the garbage Windows Store, the Windows Phone integration, the useless Xbox app, the shitty version of OneNote, crappy MS Edge, Candy Crush ads in the fucking start menu and tons of data collection. Oh yeah, what a great operating system!

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            I will never understand why people liked Windows XP, I’d rather use Gentoo Linux from 2002 compiled from a stage 1 tarball than this steaming pile of shit.

            It was necessary for games. (Source: I dual-booted Windows XP and Gentoo Linux in 2002.)

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              Games is one of the blockers for me. I’m really hoping the Steam Deck changes things so that Windows is no longer needed at all.

              Right now we’re just on stage 1, where almost everything that runs on the Steam Deck needs a compatibility layer. I’m hoping that the next step is developers building for Linux as well as Windows to run better on the Steam Deck, which would mean zero performance loss playing on a Linux desktop.

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                Dude, I said I needed Windows for games in 2002. I’ve been Linux-only for gaming for the better part of a decade now.

                As long as you’re okay with skipping the few games from asshole developers who deliberately make it difficult, the transition you’re hoping for already happened.

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                I don’t game much, but with the few games I do occasionally play I’ve had really good success at getting them to run on Linux under proton. It’s way better than it was even a few years ago.

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                  It’s the “under proton” I don’t like. It means the performance is never going to be 100% of what you get if you run it natively. Maybe in 90% of games the performance is close enough that I’d never notice, but I play enough games that for now it makes sense to have a dedicated game OS, which is all Windows is these days to me.

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                    You’re underestimating the performance gains from getting rid of the Windows overhead though. Somethings run so much better that it is kind of absurd.

                  • ℍ𝕖𝕝𝕚0𝕤@social.ggbox.fr
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                    Honestly, I don’t see a difference performance wise. There was even this game I’ve played called Gunfire reborn that was running noticably better under proton compared to win10 on my system. The actual problem that’s still ongoing is games with anti-cheat though. Apex Legends enabled EAC on linux and it works like a charm, but most game devs don’t care.

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          For the record, hot single milfs in your area are typically not found by “clicking here.”

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          BizTalk was (is?) a solid and also quite impressive product. That said, I’m happy I haven’t had to work with it for years 🙂

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        One would think this only involves their operating spyware system, but all of their “professional” software is just as bad too!

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        I think the word you’re looking for is “foundation” lol

        fundament
        noun

        1. The buttocks.
        2. The anus.
        3. The natural features of a land surface unaltered by humans.

        In practice the word is almost always used in the adjective form “fundamental”, which actually refers more to a foundation than a fundament.

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      I thought it was pretty cool I could migrate my RISC CPU design from Logisim to Verilator, and even throw in some GTK so I could display some video, and have it all just work.