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Posted January 06, 2020
So the discussion was taken up again after a rest of a year and a half.
Posted January 06, 2020
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Themken: So the discussion was taken up again after a rest of a year and a half.
Sounds about right.
Posted January 06, 2020
I've been wanting to switch to Linux for more than 10 years, but unfortunately the gaming industry hasn't made all that much progress at this point. I would switch to Linux in a heartbeat if GOG Galaxy was available on the platform.
Posted January 06, 2020
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Magmarock: Furthermore Linux has poor software backwards compatibility. This means that the dependencies and the software that needs them can lose functionality with future releases of the kernel. Case and point Remastersys, a program that is no longer supported thus you can no longer use it. The distributions no longer support it, and the dependencies needed to run it are no longer stored in repositories.
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dtgreene: Actually, software incompatibility is almost never the kernel's fault; the kernel actually has a "never break userspace" policy. In fact, it should be possible to run an ancient distro with a modern kernel, provided that your system can run the modern kernel (386 CPUs are not supported anymore, though 486 ones are still supported IIRC) and that the ancient system doesn't use the a.out binary format (and even that format, made obsolete as of the 1.2 kernel, was only made unusable in 5.1), provided the kernel configuration includes certain features that were made optional (like the uselib() syscall which modern systems don't use).
It's deja vu all over again
Posted January 07, 2020
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dtgreene: Actually, software incompatibility is almost never the kernel's fault; the kernel actually has a "never break userspace" policy. In fact, it should be possible to run an ancient distro with a modern kernel, provided that your system can run the modern kernel (386 CPUs are not supported anymore, though 486 ones are still supported IIRC) and that the ancient system doesn't use the a.out binary format (and even that format, made obsolete as of the 1.2 kernel, was only made unusable in 5.1), provided the kernel configuration includes certain features that were made optional (like the uselib() syscall which modern systems don't use).
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ZFR: It's deja vu all over again
Well, welcome to the department of redundancy department. Enjoy your enjoyable stay here at this place.

Editt: By the way, if you want redundancy, Linux has its own built-in RAID software, including RAID1.
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Posted January 07, 2020
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dtgreene: Editt: By the way, if you want redundancy, Linux has its own built-in RAID software, including RAID1.
There's also OpenZFS you can compile and use, which includes the RAID options among other things.
Posted January 07, 2020
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dtgreene: Editt: By the way, if you want redundancy, Linux has its own built-in RAID software, including RAID1.
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rtcvb32: There's also OpenZFS you can compile and use, which includes the RAID options among other things.
I would look at btrfs first simply because it's in the upstream kernel, whereas ZFS is not due to license issues.
Posted January 07, 2020
Not sure why such an old topic has been bumped.

I would like to point out to OP (if he's still reading) that some of our Good Old Games say RIGHT ON THE STORE PAGE

"Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility"

I first dabbled with Linux with Ubunutu couple years back, and I do quite like it, not enough that I stuck around that long and I'm back to Windows 10, but I'll probably be using Linux for my older rigs.

I've had Windows licences expire over the years, I've had Microsoft support tell me I'll have to buy another licence.. And you want to call linux the DRM? An OPEN SOURCE operating system? lmfao
Posted January 07, 2020
I would like to move to Linux for good but the big issue stopping me is the driver support for all my stuff.

My AE-9 soundcard
and all other software and such comes to mind. is there a way to use Windows 10 drivers and EXE stuff on Linux?
Posted January 07, 2020
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DreamedArtist: I would like to move to Linux for good but the big issue stopping me is the driver support for all my stuff.

My AE-9 soundcard
and all other software and such comes to mind. is there a way to use Windows 10 drivers and EXE stuff on Linux?
Not sure if you could get those to work on Linux.

I will say though, you don't have to drop Windows entirely, that's the beauty of Dual Booting

Only reason I've gone back to Windows 10 for now, is lack of storage.. Once I get a few more drives in my rig though, I'll be using this current 2TB for Linux, mostly for my web browsing, watching tv shows ect. and some mild gaming (indie games and such) then use my other drive for Windows 10 as my "main" gaming OS
Posted January 07, 2020
This old chestnut?

Why use Linux? = because of WIndows 10.

Windows 10 is firstly not an OS you use as a tool to run your hardware, that is it's secondary purpose. WIndows 10 is all about the data-gathering MS can do with it, and it is all there in the EULA agreement for using WIndows 10.

You might have a go at switching this data-gathering off, but it will come back and as MS now is in full control of your OS you can not stop this from ever happening in the future.

Windows 10 is basically spyware. And Windows 10 is 100% why i now use Linux almost exclusively on the internet, i just can not trust MS as a company anymore.

For gaming i use the last decent OS that MS made, Windows 7 (without the spyware additions they added as updates over recent years).
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