• @[email protected]
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      Drakeposting meme: Switching to Linux... Solve your problems? No. Exchanges them with different ones? Yes

      With Linux:

      I don’t have forced updates.
      I do have driver compile error when I update the kernel.

      I don’t have spyware recording my screen.
      I don’t have Discord record my screen when I want it to, either.

      I don’t have ads for games in my launcher.
      I don’t have HDR for games in my Steam library.

      Etc.

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        HDR works quite well, with a bit of tinkering naturally, for Steam games. (Fedora 42 using ProtonPlus to get GE-Proton-10 and modifying the launch parameters)

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          What GPU and DE? It’s been a complete nightmare for me, and only the gamescope WSI seems to actually work.

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            GNOME, what else. AMD Ryzen censored 7 350 with Radeon 860M 32GB of RAM Internal Display

            The drivers for the GPU are unfortunately not in the LiveUSB image so I had to connect my laptop using a HDMI to VGA converter to my CRT monitor to install Fedora xD

            Launch options are: PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 PROTON_ENABLE_HDR=1 %command%

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              I don’t use GNOME, but I’ll give those launch parameters a try and see if that works, thanks!

              Edit: It didn’t work. The game could detect HDR, but the color was completely washed out. Probably Nvidia being Nvidia, but oddly enough HDR can work if I use gamescope as an intermediary.

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        45 days ago

        I mean tbf most of these Linux issues are pretty easy to fix/avoid.

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          74 days ago

          Honestly, that was the biggest difference for me, when I switched.

          A bunch of my issues I’d had on Windows just went away, overnight. And, sure, I ran into other problems; but I would’ve on Windows, too, except I can usually resolve them on Linux.

          My machine is so much more usable, just on a daily basis; and I’ve learned so much more about my computer naturally since I switched.

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        65 days ago

        And the new problems are way above most people’s ability to solve. The usual man on the street is not the usual lemmy user.

        OTOH, I used to give away Little Old Lady computers to seniors. Slap Linux Lite on there, setup their email and browser, DONE. They would never call me back for support.