if only there was a much better operating system for gaming
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I just upgraded my hardware and when booting Windows back up, I got the error that basically says "Your license no longer works, you need to buy a new one". I'm happy to say that I'll be using Bazzite as my main driver for now on. It's honestly been great and works great if you use Steam alot.
On the one hand, you can usually contract MS support and tell them you just upgraded your hardware and they can re-enable your key. That thing was meant to stop people from sharing keys and limit how many PCs they have running that key at once, not to force a new key for upgrades. Assuming they still even do that, as it's been a while since I needed to.
But on the other hand, it sounds like you already found an even better solution.
Thanks for the reply. I did post something to their feedback service but they haven't reached out yet. I'm honestly not fussed because this gets me to jump into FOSS with both feet. Looking forward to donating money to people who care rather than spending it on a license for those who only desire more than their fair share.
Bazzite's been working pretty good for me. Was honestly easier to set up too, and fights me less, and runs smoother, and also doesn't spy on me.
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Loving pop!_os for gaming
CachyOS has been absolutely fantastic for me. As a quick example: I just installed Minecraft Java edition with the Prism Launcher. It's in the CachyOS repo, so it was 1 step to install Prism Launcher. Even easier than Windows—I didn't even need to search for a download page. Come to think of it, I'll also get automatic updates whenever I do a 1-step full system upgrade, so it's going to be 0 maintenance.
The year of Linux has arrived. I used to make fun of all the Linux evangelists, but they're right this time. Linux offers a better experience than Windows, for most common use cases.
I'm easily in the phase where I'm dropping $20+ on games without even thinking to look what their status is on ProtonDB. Windows is still around for some back-compat stuff and old projects I'm finishing, but I'm good where I am.
That said, on Cachy, does anyone have recommendations for a Calendar app that works with MS? I've tried a few, and a number of them don't work on Cachy.
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I recently switched from Windows to Linux and decided on Linux Mint and I've had no problems so far, has pop!_os a lot of benefits over Mint for gaming? But I'm also not exclusively using my Pc for gaming, which is why I chose a disto that seems to be more versatile(?) idk still very new to Linux
Mint was the other option I was going to go with. I didn't do a ton of deep diving, I tried pop first, it worked great, I didn't look further.
They're all pretty much the same. If you find a distribution that works with your hardware, it will perform the same as the next one.
The few differences will matter (or not) once you're experienced with the system.
In short, don't worry about it.
Disabling automatic updates should be a no-brainer. Really.
I bought a pro license for win10 specifically because I learned that it gave better control over updates via group policy.
Now I use Fedora, which implemented updates in a way that doesn't imply "ok, this is all I'm doing until it finishes", and it never interrupts what I'm doing.
The Windows Updatinator!!! This will cause every Windows computer in the tri state area to restart five times over the next hour while constantly telling the user it’s almost done with updates!
[installs Linux]
Curse you Perry the Platypus!!!!!
because they don't give a fuck about you
can't wait to move to a new system
Waiting for SteamOS to replace Windows
Spin up some Linux distro while you wait.
Especially if you're a "power user", you'll have a lot of unlearning to do, might as well get started and go in prepared for a lot of disappointment.
I wouldn't count on Valve for a desktop OS. Their main responsibility is a good user experience on the Deck and Machine, which will be pretty console-like. Desktop mode's good enough for maintenance and modding, but not for vast hardware support.
There are some other general recommendations across Lemmy, but the ones that come up a lot are PopOS, CachyOS, and Bazzite.
I don't know if this is the right time to mention that the end result of the "sneak attack" in that clip was a hug and a cute moment between friends... Which .. I don't think was the vibe you were trying to get me to imagine.
Damn, I really thought he ended up attacking the other guy
He's lying, Jason Momoa killed and ate Henry Cavil as is the custom
How could Aquaman do this
Homelander said it would be funny. And that he would kill him if he didn't.
Man, The Boys was great those first few seasons
How about BIOS update?
EAC games were literally unplayable on my machine without updating my BIOS.
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