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I am very pro Linux and have been trying to migrate all my system but I got to say:
I installed windows 11 LTSC and disabled automatic updates, it’s not good but it’s also not this bad.
If your wondering why, pirating games isn’t very seamless on Linux yet,
Why would we pirate games when we have SuperTuxKart?
Don't forget SuperTux! It got a larger update just a few days ago.
https://www.supertux.org/news/2026/03/14/0.7.0
The pirates I know personally all have dedicated PCs to gaming. So none of them care about any files being stolen, or things like that. That’s not many people, so I cannot say it’s some good statistics. But I believe it’s true for many. If I’d pirate games (I’m not a gamer, and I see no point in not buying, if I’m going to play just one game casually), I’d do the same. Since my work PC is plenty powerful, I’d rather use it, but switch disks to not allow Windows to see it. (However, they are encrypted anyway.)
On the other hand, if the games would work on Linux, I’d rather go this isolation way. Sounds just many times easier to me.
Works doesn’t always means works well. “Playable” on proton db has wildly different meanings to some people.
Thanks for explaining that! I was rather commenting on how it is for some of my old friends who game. I’m happy to learn that even piracy is better on Linux :) I may convert those to Linux then!
Many pirates do piracy for the lack of money (hence why many end up buying the game when they get money) so this is def an exception of the exception
I mean, those people I know, they are not computer people. So, for them, having a computer is to play games. If they are pressed with money, they’d rather buy a better GPU than games. It’s not like these people are having multiple computers, keeping one to just play games.
Sure, I agree, when the money isn’t an issue, why won’t you just buy the game?
Personally for me, i no long find pirating worth the time to set things up. The only recent good titles are mostly indi, and they are quite cheap. You can also find ultra cheap offers on not-so-old 3A titles. Also, my backlog is already 6-7 times longer of the rest of my remaining lifespan, so i have quite a bit to chose from.
Indeed. And honestly, for example GOG classics are worth to support and also come with the added benefit of being usable on modern systems out of the box, with emulation readily setup if needed.
But playing on a SNES emulator is! :D
I pray you are deleting those roms after 24 hours
Nah. Seems like a hassle to go download them every day. Much rather just keep them ready to go.
Why would you even want to delete them after a day?
That's what I would like to know!
Back in the olden internet days rom sites would tell you to delete your roms withon 24 hours to stay legal
Ahhh, I see. I bet that worked as well as that time when people wrote on their facebook "I do not consent to any of my data or pictures to be used by facebook" lol
Indeed, it was just a cope on the rom owner websites anyway to skirt legalities
Fake news
Yep. Imagine that, using the specialist version of the OS strips out a lot of the bullshit.
I'll never argue that the suck inherent to Windows is OK, but anyone who thinks it's somehow completely unavoidable just isn't trying. It's always kind of shocking to see Linux users, who are at least on paper tech savvy, have complaints that include shit that can be disabled by toggling a single switch in a top level settings menu. Meanwhile they'll act like some of the arcane hoops needed to fix shit like sleep mode, hdr, or audio on some combinations of hardware and distro is just par for the course.
Personally, I find the better approach to convert folks isn't to create an insane caricature of the issues with Windows, but to go "here's the list of all the stuff you need to do to fix Windows, or you can sidestep it entirely with Linux but risk occasional strange hardware compatibility problems"
These are tools, not religion.
Until windows decides you really should have that switched on and flips it back after an update.
That was my main issue with Windows. I’m not here to fight with my computer, especially not with a corporation controlling MY computer.
I have literally never seen this occur outside of:
That was over the course of a literal decade, most of it with a day job working IT and sysadmin in a Windows environment.
If you've got more hard evidence of MS doing this I'd love to see it, but as far as I can tell this comes from the same place that has resulted in every support thread saying you need to run "SFC /scannow".
My PC used to turn itself on occasionally after I put it to sleep at night and went to bed. Over a span of weeks, I'd track down the latest reason for starting up and disable it until it would only wake on keyboard or by hitting the power button.
Except I'd have to reapply them because it would just randomly be enabled again.