Now when trying to activate the OS by attempting to call the phone number for Microsoft Product Activation, an automated voice response says the following: "Support for product activation has moved online.
Linux is this way, guys.
Now when trying to activate the OS by attempting to call the phone number for Microsoft Product Activation, an automated voice response says the following: "Support for product activation has moved online.
Linux is this way, guys.
I’d switch off windows but most of the games I play won’t work on Linux due to “anti cheat”.
Gta, bf6, rainbow 6, cod, none of these run because the game studios hate giving linix users anything and its not worth their time.
Most of them are made by horrible companies we shouldn’t be supporting anyways.
I’ve come to terms with the fact that i just won’t play those games. There are just too many wonderful games out there that do run perfectly well under linux. Does help that most of my gaming buddies think the same. Definitely a challenge when your entire friend group is hooked in those kinda games
Not judging, just curious.
What games are those? In the last 12 months I tried 151 games on Linux. All of them worked, only 6 required tinkering.
The fact they mentioned “anti cheat”, it’s going to be your modern online multiplayer games. It’s going to be games like Fortnite, PUBG, Call of Duty, Battlefield, etc.
@ipkpjersi @v0rld
I would still like to know which and why. Usually there are alternatives out even for those multiplayer games. Example -> all the Valve Games / Blizards Games are good too ;)
Sure, there are alternatives for the games I listed, but if all your friends are playing any of the games I listed, you don’t have many options for Linux outside of something like Shadow or GeForce Now, which admittedly is a pretty solid option for online-only games if you live near their servers.
sadly most online mp games have kernel-level anti-cheat that doesn’t run on linux
@octoham
i can’t agree with this general statement. i guess it’s important to understand that a lot of the multiplayer games you wanna currently play have some kind of protection which makes it currently not suitable to run on linux.
just to give a different view mp games which currently seem to work ( checked protondb ):
- Eldenring Nightreign
- Dark and Darker (used to work)
- Helldivers & Helldivers 2
- Arc Raiders
- Counter Strike
- Overwatch
- DOOM in very different versions
- Quake Live
- Hunt Showdown 1896
- Dead by Daylight
- Warframe
with all respect for the games you currently love so much, please don’t make general statements.
A personal advice i want to give: Only change to linux if you are also willing to change yourself and adapt. Linux is not Windows like, Mac OS is not Windows , like a Playstation is not a XBOX or a Switch.
i know a lot of the mp games i play have an anti-cheat that doesn’t support linux, i’m blaming the AC devs here, not linux.
as for my general statement, i used this handy little website: https://areweanticheatyet.com/
note how i said most mp games w anti-cheat can’t run on linux. i think 59% qualifies as ‘most’.
i’m rlly not sure why you’re so defensive here ngl, i love linux. i use linux on one of my pcs for development, i’m not attacking linux in any way.
I recently found a neat list of games that don’t work due to Anti-Cheat:
https://areweanticheatyet.com/
So it’s probably one of the ~700 games.
Awesome find.
Looking at the first 4 pages, you’d have to pay me to play the “denied” games.
I’m not missing a damn thing. :D
You must not play most of the top 5 fps games then lol.
Literally everything a “normal” gamer plays is not supported on linux.
Normal gamers don’t just play FPS lol
Yeahh they do. 90% of kids with a ps5 wanna play bf6 and pubg etc type games. And if a normie even thinks of gamer they think of fortnite bf and cod.
We’re talking about Windows vs Linux, not consoles. A normie will think of roblox, which blows all consoles as well as steam/EPIC/etc out of the water.
True
That’s obviously not true
Obviously how? Who is a “normal” gamer?
Well it seems like you think only someone with your interests is. However, by any objective measure more people play FPS competitive games than any variety except sports games.
Objectively Roblox is on par, and has previously beaten steam: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/roblox-had-more-concurrent-players-than-the-entirety-of-steam-over-the-weekend-as-it-reeled-in-over-45-million-users/
There is no PC game that has as many concurrent online players as the top game on roblox at any point.
You’re objectively wrong.
Not the original commenter, but for me it’s Arc Raiders. I’m a fan of extraction shooters and have been messing with the idea of fully switching to Linux and ditching microslop completely, aaaaaaand then Arc Raiders was released
i’m a linux gamer and can personally confirm arc raiders works on my machine 👍
Arc Raiders has Platinum status on Linux, meaning it works extremely well under Linux. What problem are you having with it?
Then enjoy windows (unfortunately). You have no other option unless you buy those games again on a Xbox or PlayStation console.
@ClydapusGotwald @1984
Can you give some more inside of what you game and specially why ?
Not the original commenter, but my current ones are, EAs WRC it doesn’t work on Linux and the clubs feature is used by a couple of communities and is a great way to have current rallies.
Raceroom is not great on Linux, very crashy. But it can work at least.
I am also deep into Le Mans Ultimate, which just added EAC, and Devs have said they will not support linux. Currently it still works, but I am expecting that to end sometime soon.
For my hobby there isn’t really alternatives, iRacing doesn’t work, AC Rally is just too early and doesn’t have anything outside of leaderboards (and that doesn’t even have friend filtering). In terms of Sim racing there isn’t much that works really well on Linux and can’t exactly get the same experience in other games, like a 24hr race with driver swaps, ranked racing with multi class.
@OrgunDonor
thanks for the answer. i remember there was a scene for sim racing at one point, but i am completly out of this one. Maybe @gamingonlinux has some ideas about racing.
There are certainly options, but they are older or just not fully fleshed out for sim racing, Hardware has gotten pretty well supported now. And games like Le Mans Ultimate had their on proton fork to get it working. But If you want big races you are very limited software wise, you kinda only really have iRacing or LMU. And They both devs have been unsupportive of linux, although LMU does still currently work.
In terms of sims that do work, Automobilista 2, Raceroom, Assetto Corsa, AC Rally, AC Evo, AC Competizione, BeamNG.Drive, Dirt Rally 2.0 and i think Live for Speed.
There are options that are fun, but AC Evo is rough, AC Rally is great but you can tell it is Early Access. And honestly nothing on that list ticks the same boxes as iRacing or LMU for racing.
Outside of that though, I could absolutely switch away from windows. Nothing else I play or am looking forward to getting to play will have issues running
I run rfactor 2 on Linux. Might be an option for a more causal sim racer. It’s funny because I know other racing sims are more popular but my local VR racing sim location mainly runs rfactor 2 as well.
It runs on Linux, not sure if VR works with Linux though. I suspect the Steam frame may change that