I use Ubuntu 18. I've never used mint before. Is it better or easier?

Heroic, which also runs on Linux acts as a game launcher for Gog, Epic, and Amazon. You select a game from a list with graphics, choose install, it normally just works though a few games you need to do a few things.

With W11. Do a web search, i'm sure something will pop up.
Mint 22 is more user friendly, more polished (imo) and newer, more up to date. Being newer it has better compatibility with Lutris/Heroic. Newer kernel, system packages, drivers, everything.

Indeed. But we also live in a capitalistic society, and the bottom line is that if a company do not make a profitt, no matter how ethical and idealistic it may be, then they are not going to survive. So Steam currently have the user base to follow those ideals, does GOG?

So it never actually happened. Unless you're taking about big company that store our data. Which everyone them do, even steam. No escaping, even on Linux.

chromium got caught sending our data to Google. Which multiple browsers use.

If you can't be bothered with a simple search, why even bring it up? I'm talking about Windows moving personal documents, pictures, videos from user's PC to OneDrive, without the user knowing. It never happened to you, cool. Enjoy your OS, but don't call me a liar.

That never happens unless you sign into OneDrive. Which is how any cloud backup program works. The burden of proof is on you not me. I'm not one saying windows is backup up my files on OneDrive without my knowledge.

I been using windows 10/11 for years. This has not happened to me once and I have OneDrive account, but I barley use it.

Believe what you will. Have a nice day.

Pliky had shared their own personal experience with unauthorized transfer of data to OneDrive. They are under no obligation to prove anything. Their mere expression of an occurrence does not warrant such a response.

It is great that you have not witnessed such behavior within Windows, but, it is obvious that others have.

For any interested parties:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-11-now-turns-on-onedrive-folder-backup-without-your-permission/
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2376883/attention-microsoft-activates-this-feature-in-windows-11-without-asking-you.html
https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-11-is-now-automatically-enabling-onedrive-folder-backup-without-asking-permission/

He has no obligation to provide any evidence, just like anyone else who makes statements that could be untrue. However, if the information is so easy to find via a Google search, why not just share the link? How do we know it's based on his personal experience and not something he read online? Providing some proof would help validate his claims and potentially prove me wrong. There's nothing wrong that.

If this issue occurs, it’s because you signed into Windows using your email account, as I mentioned earlier. If you use a local account and do not sign in, this situation does not arise.

Once you sign in, your files are backed up to your OneDrive, but you can delete them if you prefer. If any files are backed up, they will only be from the specific paths designated for it. It seems like an overreaction, as usual. Both articles provided no actual proof that this is happening; they merely state that it is occurring and explain how to stop the sync. You can turn off onedrive or even delete it.

Microsoft's Single Sign-On (SSO) can be quite annoying, but I suppose SSO is the future.

Edit: I overlooked the first article, which mentioned that he performed a clean boot on Windows 11. As I mentioned earlier, signing into Windows with a Microsoft account will activate the Single Sign-On (SSO) feature for OneDrive. However, I'm curious as to why one would choose not to use a local account on Windows. Even if you sign into windows with email you can sign out right away and create local.

So if Pliky is using windows with his MS account then I guess that dose happen. But you can remove it or turn it off easily. I never use MS account for windows. Also, Thank you Palestine for providing Zdent link.

I did in my reply, unless you mean something else..

Apparently it does as it is still up and running.

I have no idea why you changed the subject, that has nothing to do with what I said. I just corrected your implication that the reason why Valve is investing in Linux support is not because they have so many more Linux users than GOG. It has nothing to do with that, Valve would invest into it even if they had 1/100th or 1/1000th of Linux users, to what they have now.

The main and maybe even only reason for Valve to invest into Linux gaming is to put pressure to Microsoft, showing them that Valve can (possibly) still have a business even without Microsoft and Windows. And there is nothing wrong with that either, that is very smart from Valve, since they have money for such plan Bs, trying to secure their business at least partially in case the shit really hits the fan.

For those stating that "nobody uses Linux!", I'd like to remind that Windows 10 support ends this year and many hardcore Windows users will at least try some Linux distro instead of buying a new PC that meets Windows 11 system requirements.

P.S. Lutris rulez.

Nobody cares about what these people are stating ;)
(in addition to being wrong: technically Linux has much more users than Windows)

No, they won’t.
They did not for the Windows 10 release, nor for the Windows 8 one, nor the Windows 7 one… Nothing is different this time, so there is no reason to expect a change in behaviour.