• doingthestuff@lemy.lolEnglish
    1·
    24 hours ago

    Windows is unfortunately still better for gaming. Full stop. I still use both in different settings. Fuck Apple though.

  • Psythik@lemm.ee
    5·
    2 days ago

    Windows is only better for you if you have a high-end Nvidia GPU and/or like having a good HDR implementation (KDE’s HDR support is a joke by comparison). If neither apply to you, then there’s no reason to ever use Windows.

    That said, from what I’ve seen since I joined Lemmy, most people here couldn’t give a single fuck about HDR. In fact, every time I even bring it up, I get nothing but hostility from the community (cause how dare I dual boot instead of using Arch fulltime? *sigh*).

    You’re missing out on a colorful image that more closely resembles real-life (clouds and sunsets look especially beautiful in HDR), but if you’ve never experienced it before then I can understand why the general opinion around here is that HDR is useless. I mean, I used to think that VA panels had good contrast and that IPS had superior colors, until I got a 4K144Hz HDR OLED… Hell, at one point I used to think that 60 FPS looked smooth too…

    Anyway, that’s the end of my little rant. You can go ahead and downvote me now.

    • nek0d3r@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      The only thing Windows has ever done with my HDR is decide for no reason to put insane contrast and color temps on my displays. Then I have to flick it on and off repeatedly until it looks a bit less terrible

    • boonhet@lemm.ee
      1·
      2 days ago

      If neither apply to you, then there’s no reason to ever use Windows.

      I’m sure someone somewhere has found software they need that doesn’t work with Wine. Solidworks, a bunch of Adobe shit, etc. Oftentimes the free alternatives just aren’t quite there yet, even though they exist.

  • Demdaru@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    2 days ago

    I honestly hated idea of linux for soooo long. Ew. Like ew. Doesn’t work, borks, needs command line, wtf is that steaming pile of…yeah. Ew.

    But insert the goddamn bird with cracker meme after I tried Nobara last year (tried some other distros too). When Windows 10 loses support, I am pretty confident that Nobara will fill most of my needs.

    And, well, have some IT experience, with linux too, so occasional terminal isn’t that bad. I was simply afraid of constantly having to work in terminal.

  • DashboTreeFrog@discuss.onlineEnglish
    14·
    2 days ago

    As a relatively recent Windows refugee, I want to share a recent success that has made me feel fully confident in never needing Windows again and fully feeling the Linux superiority.

    I got Cyberpunk with all my previous mods running.

    Maybe not a big deal for most people, but this was one thing that had kept me holding onto dual boot on my main device. Conversations online also kept making modding on Linux seem so impenetrable.

    Then I decided to spend an afternoon figuring out modding games in general on Linux, and yeah parts of it was tough for me to figure out, but now I’m confident that anything I used to do on PC, I can probably do better on Linux.

    I am ready to take up arms alongside the Weaponized Assault Penguin squad.

    • CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      I’m going to be playing through cyberpunk again after not touching it since the launch fiasco and recommendations?

      • DashboTreeFrog@discuss.onlineEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        For mods? Personally I just browser Nexus mods for what looks fun or interesting. Just getting command lines going is fun enough for a start. I always at least start a run giving myself a bunch of cash. But honestly, the vanilla game is plenty fun now and pretty well balanced compared to when it started. Still finding side content and weird stuff

        For general modding I started with the Redmodding Wiki and then I got over complicated trying to use a mod manager, messing with Steam Tinker Launcher and Mod Organizer 2. In the end just did things manually following the redmodding wiki.