References to subscription 'edition,' 'type,' and 'status' found in a test build of Windows.

[A]n INI configuration file in the Windows Canary channel, discovered by German website Deskmodder, includes references to a “Subscription Edition,” “Subscription Type,” and a “subscription status.”

    • DarthBueller@lemmy.worldEnglish
      171·
      1 year ago

      Not the commenter but the answer is easy - right now, it’s not costing me anything to run Windows on my PC, and installing Linux takes research, time, and attention that I don’t feel like investing in my home PC at the moment. Probably the next PC I build (whenever my 10 year old Dell i7 is too damn slow, only now starting to get laggy) will run Linux. Previously I only installed linux on laptops I retired from active use, just for shits and giggles. Never once had a linux powerhouse, but now that linux gaming is a reality, I’m very interested in getting away from the advertising platform that Windows has become.

      • bleepbloopbleep@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        We’re running a 6 year old selfbuilt gaming rig on Garuda Linux … Runs like a charm. Husband is playing Warthunder which uses Anti-Cheat - so far everything runs out of the box.

      • Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        111·
        1 year ago

        Linux gaming has made mind blowing progression thanks to Valve.

        If you’re using Steam, most games run, zero fiddling needed.

        I’m running Void Linux and have no issues running most games. Proton pretty much handles everything. And performance is often better than on Windows these days.

        Other platforms are a bit more difficult. There are several apps that take care of the heavy lifting, but a bit more knowledge is required.

        Pretty much thrown out every Windows installation and haven’t missed them at all.

      • Josh@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        10·
        1 year ago

        This website is a godsend https://www.protondb.com/

        You can search any game in steam, and it will tell you exactly what to expect.

        For most games, it’s as simple as checking one box in the steam settings for the first time.

      • Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.comEnglish
        52·
        1 year ago

        There has been a lot of progress recently due to the SteamDeck, but it’s still not as good as Windows gaming. There are a few outlier examples where games run better on linux, but those are few and far between. Give it another few years, and hopefully things will improve even more.

      • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        It’s been at the point for awhile now that I can just buy games on a whim without looking up any sort of compatibility, and I just assume they work. It’s worked every time so far. Right now I’m like 100 hours into Bauldurs Gate 3 lol. The other online game I play is Genshin Impact, which I just had to install with the exe through wine and then it just works.

      • PopOfAfrica@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Pretty much the only games that don’t work now are games with anticheat.

        Steam really pushed windows games on Linux after the steam deck.

      • darth_helmet@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Pretty rare that you run into an issue at all these days, but one big bummer is that non-steam-workshop mods are a pain to install. Basically anything that uses a mod manager.

      • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        21·
        1 year ago

        Short answer: no. You can expect to fiddle at least sometimes. Many games will run out of the box in proton, but there a million things that can throw a wrench in the gears. I’ve personally never had a 100% seamless experience for the duration of a game.

        This has been true across a couple distros, although none that were specifically geared toward gaming. Maybe I’ll change my tune next time I hop distros.

          • GeekyNerdyNerd@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            There’s Valve’s custom Distro they built for the steamdeck, unfortunately they haven’t fully released it yet, for the time being it’s only available via steamdeck recovery software.

          • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            I’ve heard that Mint, PopOS, and Manjaro are good for gaming, but I have not tried them myself. Mint is high on my list for my next distro.

            I’m on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS now, which I chose in the hope that it would eliminate a lot of fiddling since it’s a common, stable target officially supported by most companies (like Nvidia). Unfortunately, it is simply too old at this point.

            I assume that if you are running AMD instead of Nvidia, you will have an easier time. Nvidia’s drivers have been a pain point on every distro I’ve used.

    • smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Article: “We don’t know how, but Windows is taking away a pint of blood from the user every time the OS is booted up”.

      Some guy at the edge of fainting: “I swear, I am this close to switching away”.

    • PotjiePig@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      Not OP, but Linux isn’t much good for professional creative work. Would love to try it out, but without a functioning Adobe suite it’s not gonna happen.

      • PopOfAfrica@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        In my opinion, Inkscape is a great competitor to Adobe Illustrator. The problem comes in with the fact that we don’t have a viable image manipulation software. Gimp just aint it.