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Windows 11 is now an ad platform--this is why we're here (www.ghacks.net)

submitted 5 months ago by MHSJenkins@infosec.pub to c/foss@beehaw.org

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The writing is on the wall--I suspect the next Windows OS will be a subscription service. Gather your ISOs while ye may.

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[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 7 points 5 months ago (9 children)

3 things I'm still looking to get in one distro and Windows will be gone. Not looking to have my desk/lap turn into another ad platform like phones did.

Easy drive mapping for remote shares, most have this but some are a bit clunky.

Solid games support, mostly a WINE thing. One called Bazzite looks promising with a pile of pre-configured profiles.

Easy and reliable connection to a DC so the same creds can be used across multiple machines. This is probably the hardest part in Nix at this point.

Otherwise pretty well every app I use is web based and hosted on some local server, or has a Nix native variant.

[–] JSens1998@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

For games, have you tried Lutris and Bottles? These tools make it an absolute breeze to setup the games outside of Steam.

[–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have had some good luck with Bottles.

[–] JSens1998@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

Its pretty freaking solid!

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I have not, the last time I made a real effort at moving to Nix for games was quite a while ago. The big factor is if I can get GOG working since that's the preferred platform here.

[–] JSens1998@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

GOG is easy to setup through Bottles. :)

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