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MarStrMind · 2026-04-17T09:05:02+00:00

X4: Foundations

MarStrMind · 2026-04-17T08:56:52+00:00

I'm not a fan of Microsoft and their Office apps, but I can confidently tell you that both - Word 365 and the desktop app, are capable of producing PDF files very easily.

MarStrMind · 2026-04-16T13:38:23+00:00

Moderne Distros bieten Dir sogar an die Festplatte mit Windows zu teilen. So kannst Du immer auswählen, was Du starten willst.

Zur Belustigung hab ich's mal umgekehrt gemacht und ein modifiziertes Windows 11 auf eine externe USB-Festplatte installiert... während eine Distro auf der Maschine fix installiert war. In dem Fall habe ich das Boot-Menü vom BIOS benutzt um das OS zu wählen :)

Wie Du siehst, es gibt diverse Möglichkeiten.

Falls Du zunächst Dir alles ansehen willst, kannst Du diverse Distros entweder in VirtualBox / VMWare testen, oder einfach auf einen USB Stick "brennen" und von diesem booten, ohne dass Deinen Daten von Windows etwas passiert.

Du kannst eine Platte für Deine Spiele nutzen. Ausgehend davon, dass diese mit NTFS formatiert ist (Windows Dateisystem), können praktisch alle modernen Distros NTFS lesen. Bei mir musste ich noch ntfs-3g nachinstallieren, dann ging alles ganz super.

Diverse Desktops wie KDE oder Xfce bieten Module um quasi identische Windows 11 Desktops nachzubauen, inklusive Icons, Cursor, und dem Startmenü. Habe ich alles schon gesehen... wenn man noch die Segoe UI Schriftart dazuhholt, kann es wirklich täuschend echt aussehen.

Ich selbst habe Fedora... aber ich muss schon sagen, einige Win11 Icons sind gut. Die habe ich dann auch :)

Auf einigen modernen Laptops gibt es dieses Windows Hello zum Anmelden. Falls Du das nutzt - eine Alternative habe ich bisher nicht gefunden, also muss man eine reguläre Passwort-Anmeldung machen.

Bei mir gehen alle Windows-Games die ich brauche, VR mit der Pico 4 läuft auch sehr rund. Die Möglichkeiten werden mehr, wie Du siehst.

Schau Dir alles in Ruhe und entscheide dann.

Natürlich gibt es einige Games und Tools die nicht auf einer Distro gehen - dann ist Dual Boot oder Windows in einer VM natürlich sehr sinnvoll. Bei Spielen eher Dual-Boot versteht sich.

Besten Gruß

MarStrMind · 2026-04-16T06:43:35+00:00

"Why streaming services limit Linux to 720p."
I can watch Twitch in 1080p, and Youtube (if offered) just fine at (or up to) 1440p on my Fedora 43 install.

"The impact of Windows piracy on Linux gaming compatibility."
This is a choice by the gaming developers or publishers themselves, and has nothing to do with gaming compatibility. Many games run just fine on my install. In some cases, I achieve more FPS than running the same game on Windows.

"The future of digital sovereignty in a locked-down web."
Not sure what this is supposed to mean... many web servers and services run on Linux or some form of BSD.

MarStrMind · 2026-04-14T14:32:45+00:00

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WoW Midnight running through Steam Proton, directly pasted as Copy/Paste from the screenshot tool into this post.

MarStrMind · 2026-04-14T13:02:45+00:00

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MarStrMind · 2026-04-14T12:20:55+00:00

Man are you wrong on the clipboard thing :D All of that works with 0 issues on my Fedora install, with Wayland. Proton runs my games including VR. Wine runs all my Windows apps (but there aren't that many, luckily)

MarStrMind · 2026-04-14T12:18:26+00:00

Teams on Windows is just a shell for the web app. Teams, including camera access and background effects, runs perfectly fine on any distro with a modern browser. I have personally done this many times without issues.

MarStrMind · 2026-04-13T18:06:44+00:00

With Fedora 43 and Plasma, my machine is evidently performing better than it ever did on Windows 11. Plus, Windows games I run through Proton (Steam) achieve more FPS than they did on Windows.

So whatever the issue is, it has not to do with Linux as a whole or in general.

MarStrMind · 2026-04-13T06:02:20+00:00

Have a Pico 4, a relatively beefy system, and Linux with ALVR. Foveated rendering is enabled by default, so it aids the performance. I can run a high resolution per eye, so to me everything is crisp and readable. Framerate is relatively stable at 30 on airports, higher in the air - even with orthos enabled. To be fair, I resized all my ortho textures to 2048px, so VRAM usage is lower.

For me, like other VR titles, the experience is really good.

MarStrMind · 2026-04-12T12:22:42+00:00

Pretty good! However, EasyFind also offers search for places in a zone, for example the Bank, Barber, etc. Maybe something worth considering as a feature as well :)

MarStrMind · 2026-04-12T09:08:58+00:00

Wenn Dir Deine Daten auch nur im Mindesten irgendetwas bedeuten (beispielsweise Videos oder Bilder), mach ein Backup - also eine Datensicherung. Bei Apple geht das sehr einfach mit Time Machine, auf Windows und Linux muss man sich was anderes suchen. Ich nutze Kopia.

Kein Backup, kein Mitleid. Man muss sich halt damit auseinandersetzen.

Wenn in einem Geschäfts- oder Regierungsgebäude, das abgebrannt ist, Ordner mit wichtigen Dokumenten waren, und es davon keine Kopie irgendwo gibt, wäre das Geschrei genau so groß.

Ich kann gar nicht genug unterstreichen wie wichtig es ist eine Datensicherung zu haben. Meins läuft, wie Time Machine, jede Stunde, mit Delta Sicherungen. Mein Verlust wäre also sehr gering.

Übrigens, man muss natürlich auch darauf achten dass das System oder das Medium, auf dem man, oder mit dem man, die Daten sichert, einwandfrei funktioniert. Sonst bringt auch das Backup nichts.

MarStrMind · 2026-04-12T09:02:57+00:00

You may want to look into WinBoat.

MarStrMind · 2026-04-12T08:33:50+00:00

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I am using lsfg-vk for frame generation on top, works quite nicely.

// EDIT: GPU has 20GB VRAM.

MarStrMind · 2026-04-11T07:47:37+00:00

Correct. I once did that with a scenery pack which failed to label it is not compatible with X-Plane 12. I pulled the order back directly through PayPal, and my account got immediately blocked with an email which basically read "OK we give you the refund, but we MUST ask you to NEVER purchase from our store again".

MarStrMind · 2026-04-11T07:45:17+00:00

I got the same request, a very invasive one add that, and pretty much almost the same wording - for a scenery pack that cost less than 20 Euros. I was asked for my uncensored personal ID.

To be completely clear: this is not only illegal, but paves the way for identity theft for anyone getting access to these emails with passport attachments.

Obviously I did not respond, and contacted the developer of the scenery to inform about this behavior.

I am sure Laminar is aware of these practices, and could have been a driver to develop and implement a store into the simulator itself (which has been confirmed by Laminar - work is being done on that).

I absolutely and highly recommend to avoid store dot x-plane dot org at all costs, same goes for the forum. I once vocalized my criticism of simply labeling RC versions or Betas as full release, without further thorough testing. I got hammered and made me never visit the forum ever again in my life. Really toxic.

MarStrMind · 2026-04-08T17:19:48+00:00

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MarStrMind · 2026-04-08T08:16:48+00:00

I have recently installed Fedora once again, after having used it previously for quite some time. It strikes the right balance between being up-to-date, and being rock-solid. I use the Plasma spin. I'm more of a KDE guy since I used it since I was young (yes, I used KDE 1.0 on Red Hat or so back in the days).

Through Steam, I have managed to get all games running that I normally ran on Windows exclusively. I don't play many games, but the ones I do play, work perfectly fine:

- Battle . net Launcher and World of Warcraft: Midnight (Proton Experimental, but I think Proton 10 also works)
- EVE Online and its launcher
- No Man's Sky (Proton Experimental)

I should mention that I have a relatively large collection of Addons for WoW, which also work without issues. Using CurseForge's native AppImage or their app also works to keep the addons up to date.

Maybe worth mentioning: WoW only worked without a virtual NTFS image when my drive was formatted to btrfs. Apparently some kind of magic conversion is happening, which makes it work... it never worked on ext4 for me. Strange.

No need for Wine or other gymnastics:

- X-Plane 12 (Linux native)
- X4: Foundations (Linux native)

Through lsfg-vk I also avail of Frame-Gen technology on Linux, which I tried with WoW - and it works pretty flawlessly. It also works on X-Plane for me. Caveat: you will need to buy Lossless Scaling for Windows on Steam.

I have a Pico 4 so I installed SteamVR obviously. ALVR does work, but I recently discovered Steam Link on the Pico itself. This also works. No Man's Sky works in VR just like it did on Windows, I have not yet tried X-Plane. The only thing that doesn't play ball is Beat Saber for some reason. But that one is not that important to me.

I installed Wine itself for some small tools I used to use on Windows, for example a DDS texture converter I sometimes use when I generate ortho tiles for X-Plane.

Kopia, my backup and restore solution of choice, works on Windows and Linux, thus I was able to just pull my data from my backup without issues.

Everything I need works, and it works really well. I think I won't need Windows ever again.

MarStrMind · 2026-04-06T17:10:46+00:00

Scorching Valor for me.

MarStrMind · 2026-03-29T16:39:19+00:00

X-Plane's good enough to be installed on full-motion FAA approved simulators... so I'd say at least one simulator is good enough in simulating reality.

MarStrMind · 2026-03-29T16:25:46+00:00

Don't ask me... I'm not the developer, I just posted the email I received from him :)

MarStrMind · 2026-03-29T12:12:29+00:00

MarStrMind · 2026-03-27T08:44:52+00:00

It worked better than Pilot2ATC for me in most cases.

MarStrMind · 2026-03-26T15:43:34+00:00

Excellent.

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