• sebinspace@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      God I love people that pretend switching to Linux is for everyone. They’re the same dipshits that install Mint on their grandmothers machine without asking, then get defensive when she takes issue with it.

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        7 months ago

        I installed Linux Mint and I encrypted the drive for my sister ( a 20 yo old laptop ), her kids use it to play games now and they absolutely love it

        her husband uses it for word docs, and browsing the web and his happy with it, he wanted to pay me for my effort

        There is a catch … They think it’s macOS 😂😭

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        7 months ago

        I want to say that there’s no way people would install Linux without consent on someone else’s machine, but people have done crazier things.

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      7 months ago

      I think almost every Microsoft product has a FOSS alternative (that works in windows usually too) if you want to get away from them. GamePass/The Xbox app/Windows store doesn’t, but that’s almost it. If there isn’t an alternative, it’s not unlikely that it’ll work through WINE. What software specifically are you looking for?

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        7 months ago

        Microsoft office and games with anticheat are two big categories.

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          7 months ago

          There are alternatives for office. LibreOffice, which has been around forever.

          As for anti-cheat, yeah that’s up to the devs. Easy Anti-cheat supports Linux in the latest version, but it requires developers to implement it. I’ve been playing Hunt Showdown and it’s fine. Counterstrike obviously works. I’d say on average, most anti-cheat is fine. It does require actual effort on the devs though, unlike games that just run with WINE/Proton totally fine most of the time without them doing anything.

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            7 months ago

            LibreOffice is great if you don’t need perfect compatibility with Microsoft office. If you do, the only good option is, well Microsoft Office.