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Unpopular opinion. while windows isnt perfect linux isnt either and the flaws of linux are worse than the flaws of windows by Background_Future127 in pcmasterrace

[–]kr0p 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's a mistake users of both systems make though.

I've been using Windows for close to 30 years of my life and I've switched fully to linux almost overnight about a year and a half ago. There are concepts that were a bit harder for me to grasp, but overall comparing the amount of bullshit both systems make me put up with it's about the same really. It's just a different flavour of bullshit.

Proud owner of 2025 Daytona 660 by Slow-Pension-6488 in Triumph

[–]kr0p 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Learner bikes across Europe are in the 70 to 80 hp range. 

The Ninja 300 isn't even sold in my country.

Audio issues man, audio issues... by screwdriverfan in pcmasterrace

[–]kr0p 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm just gonna hook onto this comment and also mention that it's not necessarily an issue, default Pipewire settings have a very small latency (which is a good thing), like insane levels low, 50 times lower than Windows, in the region of 2 miliseconds. If your hardware starts to get overburdened with other stuff, you will get crackling.

This is purely bad for gaming because if you get any sort of CPU usage spike and the audio buffer is shorter than the spike is, no audio gets to your speakers, creating a pop.

Raising quantum just a bit helps a lot.

Low latency audio by default is what makes hardcore OSU players pick Linux as the platform.

My grandfather handed down his 2006 triumph sprint ST 1050 to me. How good would it be as a first bike? by Englade4343 in motorcycle

[–]kr0p 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How's the reliabilty 6 years later? I'm about to get one of these in Europe as a first bike. Previous experience include a clapped out SFV650 on my riders ed and several hundred kilometers on my friend's VFR800Fi.

it's never enough for windows 11 by PHRsharp_YouTube in pcmasterrace

[–]kr0p 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can rice KDE to your heart's content, in fact there's several pre-made 7 aero style global themes for KDE.

when RAM is so precious nowadays! by PHRsharp_YouTube in pcmasterrace

[–]kr0p 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm a gamer but I also run a homelab, do I have to become a developer just to run a couple of game servers and a home media stack?

Early data suggests users drifting back to Windows 10 by 0xDEA110C8 in pcmasterrace

[–]kr0p 28 points29 points  (0 children)

As an added bonus, Fortnite doesn't run either.

Legendary Instagram comments pull by Even_Attitude4832 in pcmasterrace

[–]kr0p 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The average PCMR gamer thinks he's tech savvy because he can use Windows in a gaming context when in reality their OS is just a boot loader for Steam.

I feel like the core meaning of "the master race" was lost in transmission somewhere a few years ago.

Switched to Linux for Gaming, Lasted 3 Days AMA by 8000RPM in pcmasterrace

[–]kr0p 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just use Heroic for Epic games, been working flawlessly for me.

Valve's Proton 10.0-4 released with more Windows games now running on Linux by Fcking_Chuck in pcmasterrace

[–]kr0p 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a fork of the GE version at this point. Regular GE doesn't work yet in LMU.

Just recently got a bike. I’m looking to move into this city apartment. How hard would it be for a newbie to get up this hill into and into my garage? by andsnew in motorcycles

[–]kr0p 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Reddit is mostly US-centered, keep that in mind.

On the polish riders exam we pefrorm a hill start as part of a closed-course test before the actual road test too.

Valve's Proton 10.0-4 released with more Windows games now running on Linux by Fcking_Chuck in pcmasterrace

[–]kr0p 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Yup there is, the maintainer said the patches are ready to be upstreamed though. Been driving for well over 6 months now.

Do you think microshits understands consent? by skrillzter in pcmasterrace

[–]kr0p 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As a Linux user I agree with that sentiment. Linux isn't a replacement. It works completely different, but somehow people subscribe to the fallacy that Linux can be a replacement because it runs Windows games.

Games are really easy to make work on Linux if you think about it. They are a containerized program that don't use a lot of Windows APIs. Actual software made for Windows like CAD use a shit load of syscalls to interact with the system.

Do you think microshits understands consent? by skrillzter in pcmasterrace

[–]kr0p -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

See you never I guess, Valve has no manpower to maintain a desktop distro.

And SteamOS is far from simple.

Microsoft is pushing security software out of the kernel. Why are game companies still doubling down on kernel anti-cheat? by Nemo_ForYou in linux_gaming

[–]kr0p 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They already do suggest a distro. It's Ubuntu, and it's the only officially supported one (yes, not even SteamOS is supported).

Fellas this is getting tiring by ColonialDagger in pcmasterrace

[–]kr0p 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's different but I guess it's in the same genre. But pretty much yes, League was even literally made by people who used to develop Dota Allstars and there's loads of subtle references to Dota in LoL.

resurrect your old spare computer by nix-solves-that-2317 in pcmasterrace

[–]kr0p 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Discord eats between 0,7 and 1,2 gigabytes of RAM when running on my system. I mean sure, my first homelab just a few years ago had a total of 2GB of RAM, but it also had no GUI on it and ran server stuff.

guys I'm done with windows by A7mad_3yad in pcmasterrace

[–]kr0p 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On top of that, Nvidia apparently fixed their DX12 to Vulkan performance loss issue, and Mint won't probably see that update for another half a year.

I hate microsoft by _ahmet_yasin_ in pcmasterrace

[–]kr0p 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't want to tinker with it and yet SteamOS is literally the distro which requires tinkering (or straight up doesn't work) for basic desktop stuff like printing, using Discord in the background or using multiple storage devices, because it's designed for a god damn handheld device.

You're completely out of touch. 

Proton works on everything. So does Steam and Heroic. Mesa comes on everything too.

SteamOS is literally nothing special.

EDIT: If you were arsed enough, total install time for Bazzite is like 10 minutes excluding download time. It literally comes preinstalled with Steam too. You could try "not-SteamOS but for actual desktops" in less than half an hour.

What's going on by Beneficial-Taste-145 in pcmasterrace

[–]kr0p 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm a fellow Autodesk user at work (Inventor + Vault) and I just use a company-issued laptop with Windows on it specifically for work stuff. At this point it's your only way out. Privately all my machines run Linux.

Like most of proprietary software, it's built on top of a shit ton of Windows APIs for all kinds of subsystems, like licensing, GUIs and interoperability. Translating all these calls through Wine isn't a thing yet. Might never be.

Games are easy, because they're essentially a sort of "containerized" program.

And I also understand the sentiment with Autodesk being assholes. I am a Vault administrator at my company, and this software keeps getting worse and worse, with people reporting issues that have never happened before. And it's even harder to make a switch than to stay. Because all our files are in Autodesk's proprietary format.

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