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kelvinhall05

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    kelvinhall05 reacted to Master Disaster in Linux sucks, please change my mind!   
    Honestly, sounds like pebkac to me (absolutely no offense intended when I say that).
     
    1) NEVER EVER EVER blindly follow a guide by using copy/paste without understanding what it is you're telling it to do. This is pretty much the universal precursor to a bricked install.
     
    2) WINE is an abstraction layer, that means it technically doesn't have direct access to hardware on Linux. If you're trying to install a CD based game in WINE with the disc inserted into a Linux host then its obviously going to complain about a missing disc. For cases like this Lutris exist.
     
    3) (Just my opinion) Mint sucks, for a debian based distro it has so many specific issues that non of the other debian based distros have I have no idea why people still use it. If you want a great debian based distro that is good for gaming then go with PopOS.
     
    4) Based on the phrases in your OP I'd assume you're still a relative newcomer to Linux. In that case please ignore the advice to switch to anything Arch based, the advantages of using Arch are exactly what makes it difficult to newcomers. Because everything is about as new as possible its pretty common for updates to break things and then you have to spend hours trawling through configs to find the issue and fix it. Much better to stay on a stable release "just works" type distro where the software might be a few months old but you know it has been curated and tested to work on your system with no user input required.
     
    Edit - Also as a newcomer I'd advise staying away from RHEL/SUSE based distros as well, these days they come with SELinux out of the box and that's 100% not something for a newbie to be getting into. Understanding Linux permissions for a Windows users is bad enough on its own without adding a whole new layer of complexity to everything.
     
    5) Linux doesn't suck, it is however FAR from perfect in many areas (but then, so is Windows and macOS).
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    kelvinhall05 reacted to Sauron in Linux sucks, please change my mind!   
    If your only use case is playing games and you aren't willing to spend half an hour troubleshooting error messages, don't even consider Linux. Game developers rarely target it, which means in most cases you'll need workarounds which are not guaranteed to work or need a bare minimum knowledge of what you're doing.
     
    Linux is not "Windows but free". It's a different operating system and it requires some time to get used to if you're never touched anything other than Windows. It's up to you to decide whether the reasons you want to quit Windows are strong enough to put in that effort.
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    kelvinhall05 reacted to Sojiro84 in Linux sucks, please change my mind!   
    What distro are you using? Ubuntu based?
     
    Also, from the errors you get, it seems like you are trying to run games from a NTFS drive?
     
    This is bound to give problems, the best thing you can do is install games fresh on a EXT4 drive.
     
    I don't know how it is with Ubuntu, but I am on Arch and I have no issues with Steam and Lutris. I prefer Arch since I am always up to date with the latest kernels and drivers and other software etc. In the past I used Ubuntu, but not getting app updates was annoying, and having to add PPA's for the latest version of stuff is cumbersome. Hence I am on Arch.
     
    Although I am not a fan of Manjaro, I do recommend this if you want to try out a Arch distro. It has a good base system that should cover all your needs.
     
    If you are more tech savvy, you can also try EndeavourOS, also Arch based (but starts out with a more minimal system). I run this together with KDE Plasma desktop with Wayland for that sweet performance and FreeSync and also less input lag. Gaming wise, I rarely have issues. But, I also don't play Multiplayer games aside from WoW, Overwatch and FFXIV.
     
    I myself started out with Cinnamon, but Plasma is so much better. Performance wise and visually.
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    kelvinhall05 reacted to LogicalDrm in ROG RIG Reboot 2021 Announcement   
    Well, this will be interesting. For one, forum nor this thread really blew up like it did last year(s). The submission period is over, and I don't know if the competition was hyped by LMG in any way other than announcement video. Not in WAN Show week ago. So I guess, surge of posts will come in 2 months when videos come out.
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    kelvinhall05 got a reaction from Vambitt in ROG RIG Reboot 2021 Announcement   
    Maybe we can arrange a consolation prize for being the first (afaik) to complain about it on the forums.
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    kelvinhall05 got a reaction from TheCoder2019 in Brain Fuck   
    You might be thinking of Java.
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    kelvinhall05 reacted to Jeskspie in Brain Fuck   
    1) Please dont use wekipedia to learn a -lang-
    2) Also it's brainfuck please dont learn it, or compile it, it is a complete disastar
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    kelvinhall05 reacted to 2plash6 in Brain Fuck   
    Brainfuck is a joke language that can only do basic programming. You can't use it for anything useful really.
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    kelvinhall05 got a reaction from RockSolid1106 in Brain Fuck   
    You might be thinking of Java.
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    kelvinhall05 got a reaction from vorticalbox in Brain Fuck   
    You might be thinking of Java.
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    kelvinhall05 got a reaction from seon123 in Mech keyboard looks like its missing a PCB trace?   
    It looks like you tore both the pads and one of the traces for that LED clean off the board when desoldering it. If you don't care about a capslock LED then you can just ignore it. If you want the capslock led, you're gonna have to use some wire to replace the trace.
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    kelvinhall05 got a reaction from seon123 in What keyboard   
    Their profile (where this should've been posted) says it's a GMMK with Tangerines. 
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    kelvinhall05 got a reaction from Eschew in Mech keyboard looks like its missing a PCB trace?   
    It looks like you tore both the pads and one of the traces for that LED clean off the board when desoldering it. If you don't care about a capslock LED then you can just ignore it. If you want the capslock led, you're gonna have to use some wire to replace the trace.
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    kelvinhall05 reacted to LogicalDrm in ROG RIG Reboot 2021 Announcement   
    Is there RRR build video without any cringe?
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    kelvinhall05 reacted to LogicalDrm in ROG RIG Reboot 2021 Announcement   
    Also all the 12yos coming. The age restriction is 13+. Which is purely about YouTube "made for kids".
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    kelvinhall05 reacted to Arika in ROG RIG Reboot 2021 Announcement   
    i expect to wake up tomorrow with the mods ripping their hair out.
    God speed.
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    kelvinhall05 reacted to LogicalDrm in ROG RIG Reboot 2021 Announcement   
    Reading comprehension should be automatic reason to (dis)qualify. Also I'm surprised this is not to 10 pages yet.
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    kelvinhall05 got a reaction from Lightwreather in ROG RIG Reboot 2021 Announcement   
    Maybe we can arrange a consolation prize for being the first (afaik) to complain about it on the forums.
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    kelvinhall05 got a reaction from AzzaNezz in why do people buy a separate pc for linux?   
    I haven't heard of people buying separate PCs. Separate drives maybe, cause dual booting on one drive is somewhat unreliable.
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    kelvinhall05 got a reaction from Arika in ROG RIG Reboot 2021 Announcement   
    Maybe we can arrange a consolation prize for being the first (afaik) to complain about it on the forums.
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    kelvinhall05 got a reaction from GDRRiley in ROG RIG Reboot 2021 Announcement   
    Maybe we can arrange a consolation prize for being the first (afaik) to complain about it on the forums.
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    kelvinhall05 got a reaction from lewdicrous in ROG RIG Reboot 2021 Announcement   
    Maybe we can arrange a consolation prize for being the first (afaik) to complain about it on the forums.
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    kelvinhall05 got a reaction from Gegger in ROG RIG Reboot 2021 Announcement   
    Maybe we can arrange a consolation prize for being the first (afaik) to complain about it on the forums.
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    kelvinhall05 got a reaction from Prodigy_Smit in ROG RIG Reboot 2021 Announcement   
    Maybe we can arrange a consolation prize for being the first (afaik) to complain about it on the forums.
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    kelvinhall05 reacted to mariushm in What is the metal disk glued to the cover of a digital watch?   
    It's a f...ing piezo speaker ... it beeps.
     
     
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