if they are willing to do some reasearch before buying/playing a game (a simple search) then they mi

if they are willing to do some reasearch before buying/playing a game (a simple search) then they might be willing to try linux first.

plus if you put the games on a btrfs drive they can be used on windows anyway if they end up moving to windows later

HikariKnightOP•6/10/24, 9:34 PM

shoehorning linux into someones life almost never ends well (even though we want to)

HHikariKnight gamemode doesnt work on nvidia

Kid•6/10/24, 9:37 PM

sh*t, didn't know that. Ty. This is such a great feature, especially for a Console like PC.

HHikariKnight if they are willing to do some reasearch before buying/playing a game (a simple ...

Kid•6/10/24, 9:40 PM

Yea. I will tell him that.

He said he won't buy next gen consoles and wants to hop on PC, because Xbox is basically PC and more and more sony games are on PC now. So the best of both worlds :D

HikariKnightOP•6/10/24, 9:43 PM

yeah just make sure you get to find out what your friends expectations are.
if they are like "man i want to be able to play call of duty" then you know they will need windows no matter what if they want any of the newer ones (i belive some older ones work on linux but dont quote me on that and im too lazy to check)

Kid•6/10/24, 9:44 PM

Kid•6/10/24, 9:44 PM

do you ever converted someone to linux?

HikariKnightOP•6/10/24, 9:44 PM

plus launchers (EA/ubisoft/etc) will always be a bigger pain on linux even with lutris

HHikariKnight plus launchers (EA/ubisoft/etc) will always be a bigger pain on linux even with ...

Kid•6/10/24, 9:45 PM

one of my biggest fears ...

Kid•6/10/24, 9:45 PM

"Hey I want to play Diablo 4"

KKid do you ever converted someone to linux?

HikariKnightOP•6/10/24, 9:45 PM

5 of my friends are planning to switch next year when windows10 goes EOL

ogglord•6/10/24, 9:45 PM

lol its not a religion

ogglord•6/10/24, 9:45 PM

as long as you're happy with linux be satisfied

HikariKnightOP•6/10/24, 9:46 PM

but they also know a bit more what they are getting into at this point since i have used linux the whole time they have known me

ogglord•6/10/24, 9:46 PM

"how many have you converted?" ^

Oogglord as long as you're happy with linux be satisfied

HikariKnightOP•6/10/24, 9:46 PM

yep its why i say use what works for you

Kid•6/10/24, 9:46 PM

hahah

KKid "Hey I want to play Diablo 4"

Kid•6/10/24, 9:46 PM

Okay it's on steam now.. I forgot

HikariKnightOP•6/10/24, 9:47 PM

my most computer illeterate friend jumped straight into gentoo... this was about 6 years ago

HikariKnightOP•6/10/24, 9:47 PM

he still uses gentoo

HHikariKnight my most computer illeterate friend jumped straight into gentoo... this was about...

Crono•6/10/24, 9:47 PM

Did he survive?

Kid•6/10/24, 9:47 PM

o.O

Crono•6/10/24, 9:47 PM

Whoa what

Crono•6/10/24, 9:47 PM

Absolute mad lad

Denizen•6/10/24, 9:47 PM

gentoo docs are goated tbh

Denizen•6/10/24, 9:48 PM

the real challenge is having the patience for gentoo

Oogglord lol its not a religion

Kid•6/10/24, 9:48 PM

It's my religion

CCrono Did he survive?

HikariKnightOP•6/10/24, 9:48 PM

compiled kernel and everything on his horrible hp laptop. he had no idea what he was doing but followed documentation and the compile took i think 1 week

Crono•6/10/24, 9:48 PM

Gentoo is nice if you have a life though, there's always compile break time

Crono•6/10/24, 9:48 PM

So you can look outside, hear the birds chirping

Crono•6/10/24, 9:49 PM

PC fan going full throttle in the background

Crono•6/10/24, 9:49 PM

Good life

CCrono So you can look outside, hear the birds chirping

HikariKnightOP•6/10/24, 9:49 PM

get aggressively attacked by seagulls if you live at my location

HHikariKnight my most computer illeterate friend jumped straight into gentoo... this was about...

halva•6/10/24, 9:58 PM

this is the computer equivalent of learning to cook by being sent off to an uninhabited island

halva•6/10/24, 9:59 PM

Hhalva this is the computer equivalent of learning to cook by being sent off to an unin...

HikariKnightOP•6/10/24, 10:03 PM

hey he did it out of the blue after i had not talked to him for 3 years

Kasher_CS•6/10/24, 10:06 PM

"Install gentoo"
"Sure"

KKid "Hey I want to play Diablo 4"

potemkinhr•6/10/24, 10:18 PM

Played it today a bit via Lutris, everything works normally, even DLSS. Didn't think to check for RTX but it's fully playable without any noticeable drawbacks

KKid Okay it's on steam now.. I forgot

LJMPRO•6/10/24, 10:18 PM

Even on the BNet launcher it was fine. Played when it was first released on my Steam Deck and Nobara at the time.

LJMPRO•6/10/24, 10:19 PM

Now if they want to play Destiny 2, then they’re out of luck.

Kid•6/10/24, 10:19 PM

Thank you guys.
I just mean... if he wants to install stuff by himself ... I think lutris would be too "hacky"

But I guess, if I preinstall all the different launchers, it'd be fine.
Everything on Steam would be top tier, I don't worry about steam.
But also anti cheat maby ...

LJMPRO•6/10/24, 10:21 PM

I think another thing to consider when getting people into Linux is Lutris isn’t the only option. It does the job, but you can also just install it via Steam “Add to library” function. You’re bound to run into some space issues in the prefix, but it worked for my use-cases without ever fiddling with Lutris.

KKid Thank you guys. I just mean... if he wants to install stuff by himself ... I thi...

potemkinhr•6/10/24, 10:22 PM

Don't forget that Diablo 4 is in the Steam storefront now so it may work that way without any fiddling, if he doesn't have it there alternative methods will be necessary, but otherwise it might ease it for users

Ppotemkinhr Don't forget that Diablo 4 is in the Steam storefront now so it may work that wa...

Kyle Gospo•6/10/24, 10:23 PM

lutris installer for D4 just works if you own it on BNET like I do

Kyle Gospo•6/10/24, 10:23 PM

the thing with lutris is

Kyle Gospo•6/10/24, 10:23 PM

1: Use the installers

Kyle Gospo•6/10/24, 10:23 PM

2: Add to steam and never open it again until you repeat step 1

Kid•6/10/24, 10:23 PM

Even though blizzard can be a-holes in certain aspects, I heard they are even patching wine stuff :)

KKyle Gospo lutris installer for D4 just works if you own it on BNET like I do

potemkinhr•6/10/24, 10:24 PM

I know, have it myself that way also, works perfectly fine

Crono•6/10/24, 10:24 PM

I hate that the Ubisoft launcher doesn't close when their games do

LJMPRO•6/10/24, 10:24 PM

I haven’t heard any of that, but I know that they probably saw the Steam Deck and went “ah, this is actually a match made in heaven with our ARPG”. So they been pretty cool.

if they are willing to do some reasearch before buying/playing a game (a simple search) then they mi

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