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mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

PC Gamer: "I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop"

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PC Gamer: "I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop"

www.pcgamer.com

mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop
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Now if you don't mind I'm going to delete the root folder and see what happens.
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    The biggest problem with Linux has always been windows software imo.

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      Most of it works fine if the devs aren’t actively making it impossible to work under Wine, either as a conscious effort (which is more often than you would think) or as a side-effect of other shady practices like constant communication with servers for DRM that is poorly or aggressively implemented.

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        idk, simple stuff like old versions of microsoft word, or mspaint don’t work under wine.

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          mspaint…? Is. Is this a troll?

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            because i like mspaint?
            I’ve been using it for the last ~5 years for (really shitty) pixel art and i can’t find anything similar enough for linux. it never worked under wine for me.

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              How do you even get an installer for mspaint?? Like, I’m honestly baffled and intrigued at this point that mspaint is the “killer app” keeping someone on Windows and how one would even try to install it under wine…

              I did a bit of hunting online and most people report no problems with the windows xp version of paint under wine, but 7 and later requires some tinkering because of missing .dll files or won’t work at all.

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                I wouldn’t say it’s keeping me on windows, but I would miss it.

                I just tried downloading the .exes from the Internet archive.

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          That’s a feature.

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            well, that feature has been the reason i’ve always had to keep a windows laptop around.

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          Then don’t use them? Alternatives exist that work better

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      Do you mean lack of quality native applications?

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