No. Not anymore. Haven't encountered a single game yet that doesn't run either via Steam or Wine. Games that require Secure Boot won't work and not all anti-cheats work but Battle Eye and Easy Anticheat for example work under Linux. Valve has done incredible work and it only gets better.
Also CachyOS in general is significantly faster than W10 and especially W11.
Wine/Proton are far from perfect. Many games, particularly ones that are graphically demanding, will randomly crash while running on Wine/Proton, much more so than they would while running in Windows.
As others have said, this is highly dependent on which genres you like; most issues involve anti-cheat unless the game specifically includes Linux, like Arc Raiders does.
That said, if you want to get a high level view of how your own steam library will fare, go to protondb.com, make an account, and link it to your steam account. This will add a 'personal library' entry to the front page, which will show a breakdown indicating what kind of success you'll have.
For me, I've had the hardest time with older windows games. I still haven't gotten Civ3 to run in an acceptable way under Wine/Proton, but every other Civ title works just fine. Thankfully these older titles also run great in a virtual machine.
Overall, very happy with the switch. My computer feels so much less annoying now. Went with Mint due to prior experience, but agree CachyOS would be a great bet for a gaming rig.
dont have linux myself yet, but apps like wine/proton are able to run a lot of games on linux, just everything what needs kernel level access for anti cheat software doesnt work there.
There is a variant of Windows 11 called Windows 11 LTSC that has a lot of this bullshit ripped out of it. It also only follows the "security patches" branch of Microslop's updates so it is much less likely to break when there's an update.
Same for Windows 10 - Windows 10 LTSC Enterprise IoT - it will continue to be supported with security patches (different from feature patches that try to add shit you don't want) until 2030+
Except you can't. Windows 10 is not supported anymore. I had an issue with Windows 10 and tried to reinstall it with my key and it threw me an error about validating key because I also did a PC upgrade. I tried some workarounds found online but didn't work so I opened a case with support that my key is no longer working and I just received a message about not supported and can't help.
So I have a windows 10 that I can no longer install despite valid key.
excuse me nigger i still run windows 10, without updates and without the bullshit (i did a lot of workaround) and i figure steam games will have a solid 6-7 years of support before they make it Winslop 11 and beyond only
remember that windows 7 had steam support until January 1, 2024
While you’re right, it’s a private entity. There are plenty of specialized hardware needs for even small businesses. My optometrist has a machine with a built in Windows 95 computer that is still in use because the manufacturer never updated the software, it doesn’t run on anything else, and the machine still does its job.
Basically queries the URL with a web request, which grabs the text of a script which then gets piped to Invoke-Expression, which runs said script.
I can vouch for this being legit as I've used it to get Windows 10 LTSC up and running on my current rig, but it's worth taking a look at the script that you're piping to Invoke-Expression before you actually pull the trigger on blindly executing strange code on your machine.
Fuck that gay shit, go back to Windows 7. I was using that all the way up until 2024 and still would be if I'd figured out how to get DirectX 12 installed.
They out A.I (always online spyware) in the fucking notepad!!!
Seriously when you get jeetdoes 11 just uninstall everything from microslop
Better, stick with Windows 10
Switch to Linux. I'm using CachyOS and it works better than W10 ever did. Dualboot W10 for everything that doesn't work under Linux and you're set.
Isnt getting games to run a major pain outside of windows?
No. Not anymore. Haven't encountered a single game yet that doesn't run either via Steam or Wine. Games that require Secure Boot won't work and not all anti-cheats work but Battle Eye and Easy Anticheat for example work under Linux. Valve has done incredible work and it only gets better.
Also CachyOS in general is significantly faster than W10 and especially W11.
Wine/Proton are far from perfect. Many games, particularly ones that are graphically demanding, will randomly crash while running on Wine/Proton, much more so than they would while running in Windows.
Boot-access anti-cheat shouldn't exist, anyways, so not "being able" to play things you shouldn't be using anyways isn't really a loss.
What about modding games?
As others have said, this is highly dependent on which genres you like; most issues involve anti-cheat unless the game specifically includes Linux, like Arc Raiders does.
That said, if you want to get a high level view of how your own steam library will fare, go to protondb.com, make an account, and link it to your steam account. This will add a 'personal library' entry to the front page, which will show a breakdown indicating what kind of success you'll have.
For me, I've had the hardest time with older windows games. I still haven't gotten Civ3 to run in an acceptable way under Wine/Proton, but every other Civ title works just fine. Thankfully these older titles also run great in a virtual machine.
Overall, very happy with the switch. My computer feels so much less annoying now. Went with Mint due to prior experience, but agree CachyOS would be a great bet for a gaming rig.
dont have linux myself yet, but apps like wine/proton are able to run a lot of games on linux, just everything what needs kernel level access for anti cheat software doesnt work there.
There is a variant of Windows 11 called Windows 11 LTSC that has a lot of this bullshit ripped out of it. It also only follows the "security patches" branch of Microslop's updates so it is much less likely to break when there's an update.
Same for Windows 10 - Windows 10 LTSC Enterprise IoT - it will continue to be supported with security patches (different from feature patches that try to add shit you don't want) until 2030+
https://massgrave.dev/genuine-installation-media
If I remember correctly this thing points you to the actual place the file/iso is stored on Microsoft's servers.
Select either Windows 11 LTSC 2024 or Windows 10 LTSC 2021. I've been using the latter for the past 4 years and it's been solid.
Well if windows 10 support bites the dust i shall follow your advise to the letter
Though i wonder... Can i get an LTSC W11 install for say... An Xbox Ally X?
Except you can't. Windows 10 is not supported anymore. I had an issue with Windows 10 and tried to reinstall it with my key and it threw me an error about validating key because I also did a PC upgrade. I tried some workarounds found online but didn't work so I opened a case with support that my key is no longer working and I just received a message about not supported and can't help.
So I have a windows 10 that I can no longer install despite valid key.
I guess you can have a cracked windows 10.
excuse me nigger i still run windows 10, without updates and without the bullshit (i did a lot of workaround) and i figure steam games will have a solid 6-7 years of support before they make it Winslop 11 and beyond only
remember that windows 7 had steam support until January 1, 2024
windows 7 lost mainstream support in 2015.
so if there is a will, there is a way.
If you must use windblows and don't wanna run 10, run Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC. It's 11 with most of the cancer ripped out.
Who gives a shit? I still use XP at work.
So do this.
I'm jealous. My work laptop runs 11 and it's horrible.
What government agency is that?
While you’re right, it’s a private entity. There are plenty of specialized hardware needs for even small businesses. My optometrist has a machine with a built in Windows 95 computer that is still in use because the manufacturer never updated the software, it doesn’t run on anything else, and the machine still does its job.
https://massgrave.dev
Start menu --> Powershell --> right click --> open with Administrator priviledges
At the next prompt type:
irm https://get.activated.win | iex
Fixed. 100% safe, this guy has been around for YEARS.
My spergery compels me to yell at you for using aliases outside of the shell.
Basically queries the URL with a web request, which grabs the text of a script which then gets piped to Invoke-Expression, which runs said script.
I can vouch for this being legit as I've used it to get Windows 10 LTSC up and running on my current rig, but it's worth taking a look at the script that you're piping to Invoke-Expression before you actually pull the trigger on blindly executing strange code on your machine.
Windows 7 "isn't supported" and yet you can still download security patches for it.
It's not the security patches. In my case it made my key useless. I could not install it once I upgraded my PC.
May as well go back to the faster 8.1 at that point.
Fuck that gay shit, go back to Windows 7. I was using that all the way up until 2024 and still would be if I'd figured out how to get DirectX 12 installed.
That is the other thing. Every Windows seem to be running worse.
Windows 11 is horrible compared to 10 and it does not look in any way better.