Re:Hey Microsoft, Stop Installing Apps on My PC Without Asking
by Sir_Cmpwn on Thursday February 15, 2018 @04:16PM
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>we are mainly talking for software we already have paid for, not software we may or may not buy in the future.
A solution for this is to set up dual boot or whatever and use it only for the Windows-only games, until you get bored of them. Then kill Windows and you're free.
Re:Hey Microsoft, Stop Installing Apps on My PC Without Asking
by craftyguy on Thursday February 15, 2018 @04:29PM
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This is the exact path I took ~15 years ago. Once I realized I didn't care much for the 'exclusively windows' games, I killed my windows partition and haven't looked back since. The exciting twist to this story is that many of those games are now playable on Linux because of Wine!
Re:Hey Microsoft, Stop Installing Apps on My PC Without Asking
by badsectoracula on Thursday February 15, 2018 @05:03PM
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Yes, this is what i'm usually doing, although i tend to use Windows even for games that are available on Linux since they tend to perform and/or look better. I mainly use Linux for gaming when i'm already doing something on Linux and i don't feel like rebooting.
But the two major differences between what you are talking about and what others are talking about are that a) we have the hardware, it is totally a software issue and b) we are mainly talking for software we already have paid for, not software we may or may not buy in the future.
But hopefully as Linux becomes more popular with gaming (and Microsoft is distracted with UWP and the like), Wine will also see improvements that make gaming better. Already since Valve shown up and rattled things, Wine's gaming compatibility seems to have improved a lot compared to previous years.