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   Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 (gamingonlinux@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 21:32:44 JST Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

   Windows: forces adverts on you, even though you paid for it.

   Linux: free, does not do that.

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     novatorine 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ (anarchopunk_girl@kolektiva.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 21:32:40 JST novatorine 🏴🏳️‍⚧️

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     • DeManiak 🇿🇦 🐧

     @kaasbaas @gamingonlinux screw Ubuntu, all my homies hate Ubuntu lol. It's GNU/Windows

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     DeManiak 🇿🇦 🐧 (kaasbaas@social.oevents.co.za)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 21:32:43 JST DeManiak 🇿🇦 🐧

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     @gamingonlinux weeelll... *squints at ubuntu, which was has been promoting some subscription service via apt-get*

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     novatorine 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ (anarchopunk_girl@kolektiva.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 21:35:31 JST novatorine 🏴🏳️‍⚧️

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     • Canadian Curmudgeon

     @CdnCurmudgeon @gamingonlinux yeah there is, Proton is a translation layer between Windows and Linux APIs (graphics and otherwise) that's made by Valve and built into Steam, that allows you to play Windows games on Linux with basically no performance hit. It's basically compatible with everything at this point, it's actually incredible. It's what the Steam Deck uses, which is why Valve has a major interest in making it possible to play all windows games with it, and they're very close. Check this out: https://www.protondb.com/ you can plug your steam library into it and it'll tell you which ones will run and how well.

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     Canadian Curmudgeon (cdncurmudgeon@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 21:35:32 JST Canadian Curmudgeon

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     @gamingonlinux But is there an emulator or way to run Windows games on Linux (via Steam, Epic or EA servers)? I'd like to switch but don't want to lose my gaming.