“Son, I FORBID you to use Linux!”
“YOU CAN’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!”
Bam, big uptick in Linux adoption, easy.
“Libs hate Linux Mint”
“Nazis hate Fedora”
Now all your bases are covered. Now we can put aside political ideology and fight about the real issues… the distro wars.
Really, though - it would be amazing if someone made a MAGA-themed distro just to tell people it’s the “Trump47Freedom Linux, free from liberal wokeness!” and then just collected massive telemetry and had a bunch of backdoors so you can just scam them all for…
Uh…quick, tell me how does one make a Linux distro?
A Linux distro is essentially 2 things. A installer that sets everything up and a package repository to install software and updates from. The work is in selecting the software in the repository and making sure they all work with each other. But you can just take an existing distro (like debian) and make minor changes, like setting a Trump wallpaper, setting a secret backdoor password for ssh and adding the telemetry to the programs installed by default. For everything else refere back to the parent distro. Every time they make an update, just apply your changes on top of it and ship it as your own distro.
Should leave you with enough time to market to MAGAs and sell access to the backdoors and the telemetry data.
I’ve read this comment about 30 times, trying to talk myself out of paying some kids to re-package Mint for me. But with all the grifting, I could do this and charge $47 a pop and raaaake it in. And it’s not a REAL scam, right?
No, I need bitcoin scammer money up front to bother with this. And I don’t have that.
I feel like it depends on who you are and who you are selling to. Microsoft and Intel have no trouble selling backdoors to the NSA.
But in general selling access to somebody else’s computer without their knowledge is considered illegal.
“Libs hate Linux Mint”
“Nazis hate Fedora”
“I use arch btw” says the anarchist
If you hate both, are you an enlightened centrist?
Libertarians hate Ubuntu?
This is the way.
I seem to be the only guy on lemmy who doesn’t know computer shit T-T
What does this mean
League of Legends is a popular game that has a reputation for having toxic players, as well as requiring kernel-level anti-cheat, which is intrusive and so disliked here, and also does not work on Linux.
Thus, by switching to Linux, you can avoid the unwanted chance of playing League of Legends.
I don’t understand. Isn’t that show Arcane insanely popular, and a LoL show? How can the game be so disliked, then?
The gameplay and toxic playerbase are disliked. The lore and characters, which is the only thing the show shares with the game, are liked.
It’s more abusive relationship lol. You remember it was good, get in, get slapped by community, go away. Repeat later. Or install linux to break the cycle. xD
You remember it was good
That’s nostalgia lying to you.
Thought I was in a Halo thread for a second. Feels the exact same. Now if you’ll excuse me I’m gonna go snort Dorito dust and install Halo again
You remember it was good
That’s nostalgia lying to you.
it means league of legends blocks itself from being installed on linux
Interesting choice of instance in that case.
Idk, that seems about right for most of the developers I’ve known professionally.
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It means League of Legends is bad, but Doom is not.
League of Legends and other games by the same company require you to run an anti-cheat system that has more control over your computer than even you as an user can ever possibly get while windows is fully loaded. It basically controls windows itself - so all the tools that Linux has to run windows game are ineffective for these. It’s like the game is running windows instead of the other way around.
The other point is that games like LoL tend to have a weird effect on people. It’s not the case for everyone but most people I’ve met who play it, absolutely hate the game and feel miserable within minutes once they start playing - but they get cravings for it when they don’t. So they keep going back to play more and get mad at it again every day.
At the same time, people who don’t play those games and see the toxicity in it often meme about how the world would be better if it didn’t exist.
So the OP text is similar to saying something like “there’s no cocaine there” being a good selling point for living in some country.
What worked for me was:
“Windows updates won’t break your 5 year old laptop!”
FUCK M$
More like, my computer now belongs to Microsoft because yes. Also it bricked thanks windows.
Ok but now I can’t put my laptop to sleep without it breaking my wifi and needing a full restart. None of the solutions I found worked. What then? More hours of fruitless troubleshooting?
Have you tried posting in the Linux community and having them tell you that it’s your fault for closing the laptop in the first place, it’s clearly that’s an insane thing that no human should ever be doing?
Your laptop’s wifi is the sacrifice we make to the gods. Once we get enough sacrifices, the gods will intervene and force hardware makers to offer better support for anything non-windows. Think of the future where your laptop’s grandchildren will finally be free from all the shackles.
[unless your problem happens to be a bug on Linux itself, but that is usually not the case].
So, you’re saying that you tried all of this?
Did I stutter?
I really should be switching to linux, but I only turn my laptop on like once a month and I’m sure I’d forget all the Linux things in-between those occasions…
Also, does anyone know whether linux can run PHPStorm? That’s like the only program I need on thereMany developers use Linux, so Jetbrains makes sure all their IDEs work on it.
I’m pretty sure in general there are more development tools that don’t work on windows (or only work through WSL, which is Linux), than development tools that don’t work on Linux.
I agree, even MacOS is a more capable software development platform than Windows these days.
I have used JetBrains software for years on Linux with no issues.
Mostly used IntelliJ, but they all seem to be built on a common base so I think it should be no problems.
Try in a VM!
I’ve always had a better time running jetbrains ides on linux than I’ve had on windows so yeah, there won’t be any issue with that at all.
I keep an org-mode file of all the useful commands, configs, and settings. and bash automatically keeps a history of all your commands anyway.
It seems so, at least it started without issues here, no clue how well it actually works
No League = perfection
This was honestly such a big selling factor for me and has been incredibly valuable and mentally healthy.
Telling me it runs, “League of Legends” is the best way to keep me away.
Telling me Linux can run my weird ass indie games could get me to change my tune though.
It will run all your weird ass indie games.
if it runs neon’s ass indie games, can it run my ass indie games too? I have a lot of ass games
Didn’t ass games get banned by Visa/MasterCard?
For games about ass: run installer if applicable thought Lutris, porn patch if needed, activate if needed with Lutris, and launch with Lutris. Most work just launching the EXE but old RPG maker games are a bit fiicky with the runtime or if they include DRM/keys. I got the run time to work by installing from Steam and adding to launching from wine and Lutris.
Also you may need to extract zips from the command line if they come out looking funny as JP encoding breaks sometimes.
I got more working on Linux than I got working on Windows. Some just work, some need some tinkering.
oh they aren’t about ass, they are just ass the english language really needs more words
Aw, I assed up my interpretation.
protondb.com to check if it runs your weird ass indie games.
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just tell them how microsoft is willfully fucking them over, that worked to stop people smoking cigarettes
Not League specifically, but “Can’t play the top games that most of your friends will be playing, thus alienating you from your friend group until they decide to play an indie title” is not the selling point you think it is…
- Can play the top games that most of your friends will be playing, thus allowing you to game with your friend group, unless you happen to be friends with people who play games that use Kernel level anti cheat.
I know LoL is popular, but I also don’t personally know anyone who plays it. And even if I did I wouldn’t play League with them because I don’t like the game. Not everyone is in the same boat.
Also, this meme is a joke and not meant to be taken seriously.
It be a joke
Is it? My buddy doesn’t like Windows 11, but is into LoL and trying to decide on what he’ll do. He has no issue using Linux and computers are his profession, but he likes playing that game
I suspect he’ll keep a rig just to play (or maybe dual-boot), but that’s kinda cumbersome and wasteful for one game. Not sure what he’ll end up doing, but it sucks that it’s even an issue in this day and age. If it’s a joke, it’s a bad one cause there are plenty of people stuck in that type of situation (for various different reasons)
TL;DR - Linux is free, it’s easy to use, works out of the box (when choosing a distro like Mint), and it can make your old-trusty computer work again. But I’m also too wordy, so…
Ehh, I think the point is that there’s a lot of people who don’t play “top games” on their pc, if any games at all (non-gamers/console gamers). A lot of people just need file management/storage, a browser, an office suite, and (oftentimes) an email client. Most everything else is done on a “smart phone” and a “streaming device/smart tv”. And Linux has come a long way that those types of users wouldn’t need to touch CLI any more than they would Powershell
The selling point is that it’s free and it works, with (more recently) just a small learning curve… and you don’t have to throw away a perfectly good computer because of “planned obsolescence”. Hell, people switch between iPhones and Android all the time, just so the family is all on the same system. It’s a small learning curve, but manageable for many people
If you feel like you would be alienated from playing games with friends because you use Linux, then that would put you in the other half of the population that don’t want to switch. And honestly, is that any different than being “locked-in” with a console or phone? Even with cross-platform-play becoming more common, that still doesn’t cover every “top game”
I’m really just saying that a large portion of people don’t have an interest in gaming like that. They maybe have a console, a steam deck, or don’t game, and their “home computer” is for personal computing
Now Adobe and AutoCad are another issue when it comes to “business computing” and a harder sell (even though there’s good alternatives). But a vast majority of home users just need a computer that works, and they don’t have the money to suddenly buy a new pc that’s “compatible with Microsoft”. Just give them a free OS that they can click around and figure out, and they’ll probably want to keep their current pc if they can. One of the hardest things is teaching people “how to install a new OS” and how easy it can be, instead of just “updating” or buying a whole new device
Conspiracy time: Companies are trying to lock people into proprietary software and move home-computing to their phone, so that the average user’s overall computing power is diminished and monitorable (plus the profit incentive). Easily controlled and exploited. “Free and open = Viruses and incompatibility… stick with what you know/trust and ‘keep your information safe with us’”
If you’re a pc gamer or power-user, you’re probably already going to be acquainted with your hardware and use an OS that suits those needs. But most users are just browsing the internet and editing/storing files
(even though there’s good alternatives).
Bahhaha, good one. Even if you considered GIMP a good Photoshop alternative, thats one out of like 15 Adobe programs. Find me a good Linux (updatable) alternative to Substance and I’ll stop laughing at you.
I literally said, “It’s an issue” and “a harder sell in that area.” I’m just talking about average home-computing, not professional/hobby
You should probably stop laughing on your own accord though; cause I don’t know what “Substance” is, and perpetually laughing can’t be healthy
Sorry you’re locked into Adobe with no decent alternatives. Anti-competitive behavior can really restrict freedom of choice, and that kinda sucks for everyone
Can’t play the top games that most of your friends will be playing
“If I don’t have LoL installed, my friends won’t be able to scream ‘I’m dick deep in your dad’s bussy’ on an open mic.”
Imagine how many parents would immediately switch to Linux upon hearing this.
Like what games? Apparently my friends and I aren’t playing “top” games lol
I’ve almost fully moved over to a Linux Mint on a dual boot system but I need Virtual desktop for the Meta Quest and that only works on Microshit.
Monado + WiVRn is what I use, when using ny quest while traveling. Works reasonably well :)
Might need to swap the compositor between Xrizer (default now) and OpenComposite for some games or functionality.
I’ve been using virtualbox and a Windows 10 VM. Easy to set up, if not a bit slow.
I’ve used ALVR to play Underdogs on my Pico 4 on Linux. It can be a bit flakey getting it running though.
Might be worth trying WiVRn, which I’ve linked docs for in reply to the other guy :3
Nice. I didn’t know about that and will check it out later. I am also using ALVR to play modded Beat Saber multiplayer on linux and have a very well working setup and configuration by now but it’s still not great compared to Virtual Desktop on Windows with my Pico 4.
As a person using Linux and having a separate windows PC to play league of legends:
I fully support this toot!
Exact same thing, except I also use my windows PC for my school exam spyware lol
Lul, thank god they dont have that where I study
Can’t play ForkKnife neither 😠
Why would you want to play Fortskin?
I play Fortnite regularly with two friends, it’s a way to keep the connection when I live across the world. We catch up on our lives while murdering teenagers dressed as spiderman, it’s fun
Fun with the bros (I’m almost 30 😎)
I am dual booting Linux Mint and Windows 10 on my desktop PC, what’s keeping me from switching completely is Lossless Scaling… I didn’t find a similarly hassle-free and functional alternative that would run on Linux
EDIT: Oh, and it’s a huge pain comparatively to overclock my display from 60 to 96 Hz. In Windows it’s a matter of running an executable every time my display driver updates. I gave up and I just boot to Windows anytime I want to take advantage of the higher frequency (which is a lot)
