Re:Is Windows 10 still telling what you're doing even if you...
by Nerdfest on Friday December 14, 2018 @02:56PM
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While not a 'normal' user as such, I've used only Linux at home and at work (Win VM at work occasionally for rare corporate stuff). I develop software, control my guitar amp and audio equipment, play video games, do photo processing, watch videos ....
No, it's not a viable alternative for everything, it's damn close. Valve is doing some incorporation of Wine into Steam that should make many "Windows-only" games play effortlessly.
Don't use Linux if you don't want to obviously, but complaining because you can't play all games written for a completely different OS is a valid complaint. If you know people that are concerned about surveillance and privacy, don't scare them away. At least tell people about multi-boot.
Re:Is Windows 10 still telling what you're doing even if you...
by VRay on Friday December 14, 2018 @05:16PM
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I'm going to go out on a limb and say that anyone surfing HackerNews for fun can easily get their favorite games working in wine, so I'm not sure who that guy is warning off
No, it's not a viable alternative for everything, it's damn close. Valve is doing some incorporation of Wine into Steam that should make many "Windows-only" games play effortlessly.
Don't use Linux if you don't want to obviously, but complaining because you can't play all games written for a completely different OS is a valid complaint. If you know people that are concerned about surveillance and privacy, don't scare them away. At least tell people about multi-boot.